Let me preface this one a bit. I wasn't really a fan of Birch+Fog the last few times I ordered. I felt like I was paying that retail premium, and honestly while I think their marketing is very successful it really isn't my cup of tea. All that said, I had a $100 visa gift card from using OpenCare to find a dentist, and Birch+Fog is one of the few to take credit cards; also I was out of Sativa; and this is where our story begins....
Overall rating out of 10: 7.5
Sign Up: Easy I think, it was a while ago, this was an additional order long after sign up. I'm not going to talk about that here because it wasn't part of the experience, and man, B+F love their experiences.
Ordering & Pricing: I paid $97 for 4 grams of Island Jack and 4 grams of Red Congolese and shipping. I didn't order enough to get free shipping.
Communication: We didn't correspond. I ordered, got tracking, got weed, got high. There were no CS issues that required contact.
Packaging: Well packaged in vacuumed sealed bags inside a box. The B+F branded tissue paper is a nice hipster useless choice that adds to the aesthetic. Anyway.
Products / Photos: To be honest, I wasn't really expecting much. I'm not sure why, the last flower order I had from them was fine. Pretty even. But I ordered two sativas, wasn't expecting a huge punch, just wanted to use up the gift card and increase the strain collection y'know what I'm saying? I was pleasantly surprised!
The Red Congo at first was disappointing. I'm used to caked red hairs and a very exotic look. This stuff still looked exotic, but I saw the yellowing hairs and was sure I had an inferior product. Take a look for yourself below. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The signature pepper and spice nose is there in full force, both when breaking it up and when vaping it. This is a unique sativa strain folks, one everyone should try. This might not be the best example of it, the stuff I had from JJ last year was better, but this a very, very decent. The high isn't quite as intensely intellectual as I found the other batches, its still a peppy sativa that gives a great rush of creativity and drive. I'm writing this review right now on a couple of bowls, and I've been procrastinating it for weeks.
Incentive for Review: none for this review, but I do have a refferal code that gives you $20 and me $20 that I've posted on Instagram and elsewhere.
Notes: I guess the short version is I was pleasantly surprised by two very tasty sativas from a MOM I didn't expect much from.
