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A long time user for 40 years I've smoked everything under the sun. I ordered the 2 strongest THC strains listed, Meridan, and Sunset shortly after midnight on the 17th, around the 12,000th order. Arrived on the 22nd, not bad. First thing noticed is how dry they are. When broken or cut they turn to dust. According to packaging they were packaged in Sept 2018. THC levels for both were listed on the website at 17/18-28%. The packaging that arrived on the Meridian said 18.1%, and the Sunset 19%, both on the lowest end. First, the Meridian: Horrible taste and smoke. Harsh, raunchy and nasty, burning the nose, no freshness, absolutely no sweetness contrary to the website's description, same goes for the 'fresh' (un-burnt) bud smell, just not as dramatic. Sufficiently potent but at what cost to take in? Yuk! Way overpriced by a minimum of 75%. The Sunset was not much different, although perhaps not quite as bad but still sorely lacking in fragrance, freshness et al at the cost of harshness. Nothing 'hashy' feeling about these two. More like a house fire than a heady fragrant herbal fire. Needless to say this was a one off experiment with conclusions in spades that bears no need of repetition. I was curious how high the bar was, now I know.