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Beautiful flower—frosty with some dark purple mixed in, and a lovely smell of flowery citrus terpenes. High rides in like Sour Diesel on the back of the euphoria dragon. Excellent strain!

Sour Patch Kiss tastes like strawberries and medicinal lip balm, and leaves a rich feeling on the lips like whale grease. The effects highlight the sativa dominance. SPK goes right for the head—energetic and a little loopy—distorting the perception of time like an alien abduction. An all around solid sativa: cerebral, energetic, and potent to boot.

Purple Kush never fails to make the world look all bright and over-saturated (sort of like the film Excalibur or Minority Report) and leave me relaxed right down to the bones. Blissful is a fair description. Gets the mouth watering at the mere thought of tacos...

With a powerful bouquet of garlic, wild mushrooms, and onion, GMO Cookies smells like the nebula’s funkiest Italian joint. A real power puncher, the batch I tested was a dispensary cultivar, weighing in at 37% THC. The flower is a bright green, with lots of white and an abundance of crystals and spindly orange trichomes. For an indica, the buds are large and long, with a robust cone shape. The high is fantastic. GMO is a gentle giant, whose superb indica genetics allow for a relaxed, mellow experience (even though this smoke is undeniably potent). The body relaxation and pain relief are strong, and come on quick. Also, GMO Cookies provides interesting physical sensations, similar to the feeling of floating in a sensory deprivation tank. A very contemplative strain, GMO is great for introspection and meditation (not the most social strain though, as it’s easy to get lost in thought). And although GMO is unlikely to make a person ambitious, it’s not sleepy (a nice surprise from such a powerful indica). GMO cookies—the great and powerful—is a unique strain, with (1) a refreshingly different terpene profile,(2) a remarkably clean and relaxing body high, and (3) a stimulating, very mindful, meditative effect. Overall, GMO Cookies truly is a top tier strain!

Heatwave has an earthy mushroom like nose, with notes of fresh lemon zest and gasoline. In my bag, the average nug runs about a gram a pop. The flower is bright green, completely covered in white crystal—like a palm tree in a snow globe—and dense. Vaporized in an Arizer Q, Heatwave has a mild, inoffensive taste, and a hard to stifle front of the throat cough. Heatwave gets to work fast—going right to the head and massaging the brain like a good sativa should, reminiscent of the best Headband phenotypes. While calm and relaxing, Heatwave isn’t sleepy and hasn’t come with the munchies. A great morning and afternoon strain. The particular cut of Heatwave I enjoyed weighed in at 25.6% THC and was a 60/40 Sativa/Indica hybrid. Blissful and energetic, Heatwave is a delightful hybrid, great for a day in nature or a stroll through an art gallery. Verdict: Heatwave is a great morning and afternoon strain. This stimulating hybrid gets you where you want to go (but won’t leave you stuck on the couch when you get there)!