Overall rating out of 10: 8/10
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Ordering & Pricing: Didn't chose anything, this was a free sample pack
Communication: No complaints, always courteous and fast to reply
Packaging: Bubble mailer with a vacuum bag, each strain in a mylar style bag. All good.
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Products / Photos:
Strain Fidelity: Never had "Island" specifically, but it definitely has that signature Pink Kush taste with a bit of sweetness
Size of buds: N/A hard to evaluate with a gram sample, but the sample was a good sized bud with a smaller one. Didn't weight but looked over 1g.
Bag Appeal: 8.5/10 Leaving asside the fact it had been squished in transport, the product has very nice colors, a decent trim and it was sticky as hell, still fairly fresh, good stuff
Cure & Humidity: 8/10 Strong smell when broken up, sticky, still has some freshness.
Smell Intensity: 8/10 The bag smell itself wasn't crazy, but once broken up it released it's strong pink aroma. Very nice.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 7/10 Passable, it's a tiny bit harsh but not too bad
Burn: 4/10 Black as night on the outside, grey in the center. It kept it's light and burned fairly well despite this, but that outside color is concerning.
Taste Intensity: 4/10 Mostly tastes like smoke, seems like most of the terps are overwhelmed by this. Can't say it was an enjoyable smoke.
Taste Complexity: 2/10 Pretty much can't taste any of it, it's all smoke/burn taste. Little that gets through is classic pink with a hint of sweetness.
Buzz Intensity: 8/10 Competent buzz, but didn't hit me like a pink usually does.
Price: 150$/OZ
Value: I've had better 99ers smokewise, but the bag appeal and other aspects aren't typical for that price range. I honestly would not buy this whatever the price because of burn/taste.
"A" Scale Rating: AAA-
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Strain Fidelity: 9/10 While the bag smell was lacking, once broken up I've recognized classic PE
Size of buds: 8/10 Two decent sized buds. Didn't weight it but it looked like 1g buds.
Bag Appeal: 7/10 Looks real nice visually, but the dryness and lack of smell out of the bag is a letdown. First time I see purple in PE.
Cure & Humidity: 5/10 Very dry, crunchy. The aroma is still present but muted.
Smell Intensity: 6/10 Out of the bag I didn't even recognize the signature smell of PE, but once broken up it comes out clearly. That said, this stuff is dry to the core, so the smell is very muted even broken up.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 8/10 Fairly smooth, expected worse given the dryness.
Burn: 8/10 More salt than pepper, descent burn.
Taste Intensity: 7/10 Passable, I can taste classic PE through the smoke but it's fairly weak.
Taste Complexity: 7/10 Pineapple is usually a mix of spicy/pine/sweet for me, this one lacks in the pine/spicy department a bit. Really not bad, but not amazing for PE.
Buzz Intensity: 8/10 It's not the strongest of buzz, like any PE, but it's a really cool hybrid buzz. It's one of those strains that never disapoints, the buzz is fairly strong but not sleepy/couch locky.
Price: 100$/OZ
Value: 10/10 Very fair price
"A" Scale Rating: AAA-
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Strain Fidelity: Never had that strain
Size of buds: 7/10 Average size
Bag Appeal: 5/10 Looks pretty rough. Color is a bit brown, looks a bit old, very dry, not much if any smell.
Cure & Humidity: 3/10 Pretty terrible, dry to the core, almost no smell, hay/floral/plant matter/dead
Smell Intensity: 2/10 Not much smell, almost inert
Harshness vs Smoothness: 4/10 Fairly rough on the throat, not as bad as expected, but pretty terrible
Burn: 7/10 Salt and pepper
Taste Intensity: 1/10 Mostly smoke, no terps
Taste Complexity: 0/10 No terps
Buzz Intensity: 4/10 Fairly weak
Price: 100$/OZ
Value: Wouldn't want this if it were free. Had much better 100$/OZ stuff.
"A" Scale Rating: A at best, edibles/distillate level shit.
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Strain Fidelity: 10/10 Classic GDP
Size of buds: 7/10 Nothing crazy but decent
Bag Appeal: 7.5/10 Looks good. Smells amazing, bit sticky, still fresh, nice
Cure & Humidity: 9/10 Almost perfect
Smell Intensity: 9/10 This was the smelliest sample of the lot, very nice aroma out of the bag and very odorant once busted up, stank up the room
Harshness vs Smoothness: 10/10 Smooth as silk, almost no smoke taste, mouthful of terps
Burn: 9/10 I've seen whiter, but this was almost perfect, light grey smoke
Taste Intensity: 9/10 Very tasty
Taste Complexity: 8/10 It's a fairly classic Kush taste with a bit of sweetness to it. I'm usually not a huge fan of kush strains but this one is the kind I like.
Buzz Intensity: 7.5/10 Never had strong GDP and this one doesn't stand out either, a nice indica buzz but not a very strong buzz.
Price: 140/OZ
Value: 10/10 Very good for the price! This ain't craft, but it's as good as it gets otherwise. I've seen a lot of MOMs sell this kind of stuff 200+
"A" Scale Rating: AAA+/AAAA- having a hard time drawing the line on this one.
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Strain Fidelity: Never had this strain before, seems like a mix of Alien and a pheno of Sour Diesel according to what I can find
Size of buds: 7/10 Sample was 2 smallish buds
Bag Appeal: 7.5/10 This is some weird looking weed, but it's fairly caked. Smell is hard to describe, mostly floral, doesn't remind me of any strain I know.
Cure & Humidity: 6/10 Fairly dry, not much smell even broken up.
Smell Intensity: 6/10 Not much bag smell, not much smell broken up either
Harshness vs Smoothness: 6.5/10 Wasn't smooth, but it overly harsh either.
Burn: 6/10 Burned pretty dark, not as dark as the Island Pink, but not very nice.
Taste Intensity: 6/10 Smoke dominates the taste, but there are some terps coming through. Mostly floral, hard to describe.
Taste Complexity: 5/10 Not much going on
Buzz Intensity: 5/10 Weak sativa effects, it's supposed to be 30% indica and I'm not feeling it at all.
Price: 220/OZ
Value: Wouldn't pay 100$/OZ for this, not sure how it's so expensive.
"A" Scale Rating: AA to me, listed as AAA
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Strain Fidelity: I had Sunset Sherbet a few times as flower, but they were pretty shit batches, so I can't really comment.
Size of buds: N/A
Bag Appeal: 10/10 Obviously CRC. That aside, the smell is INSANE and the texture is the weirdest I've ever seen. It's like tiny grains but with the sligthest stickyness. It came as a kind of waffer that stands on it's own, but as soon as you touch it with a dab tool it breaks apart. Amazing looks.
Cure & Humidity: N/A
Smell Intensity: 10/10 This stuff is very odorant and has a crazy aroma. It really reminds me of Orange Creamsicles, a clear very fresh and sharp taste of orange, smoothed by a creamy sweetness. It's insane to think cannabis can taste so good.
Harshness vs Smoothness: 10/10 Very smooth, I usually choke a lot on extracts and this is some of the smoothest I've had.
Burn: N/A
Taste Intensity: 10/10 Strong taste
Taste Complexity: 9/10 Very good balance between fresh oranges/citrus, tart, creamy and sweet. Absolutely nothing else to taint it, it's a very clean taste.
Buzz Intensity: 8/10 Not the heaviest hitter, but decent punch.
Price: 40/g
Value: Well worth the price.
"A" Scale Rating: AAAA
Notes: The color is a bit darker than how it came through in the picture. The tint is like a very light tan, but it came out straight white on the pic. I'm not a fan of CRC products in general, but this shit caught me by surprise. I did not do an ISO test, but it left absolutely no residue in my bong so it looks legit.
Incentive for Customers: N/A
Incentive for Review: Samples were offered free for an unbiased review.
Notes: There were some extra goodies I didn't bother reviewing, a preroll, a 1 hitter contraption (pre-loaded) some papers, etc. Also, their site is slow as fuck, not sure why, but it's been consistently slow on all connections since they first approached me a few months ago.