Submitted by: JojoSF (Member)

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Name: Jillybean

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: A+

Type: Hybrid (Sativa dominant)  Maybe 70/30?  (I read another review here that lists this strain as indica-dominant, but by all accounts, this plant is pretty obviously sativa-heavy.)

Price: $55/8th (with 10% discount).

Looks: Bright, medium green.  Fluffy little nuggets with longish leaves.  Long, reddish-orange hairs.  Pretty well-saturated with crystal clear trichomes.  Small buds (at least in my bag, though I tend to prefer little popcorn nugs anyway: less stem.)

Smell: Absolutely delicious.  Sweet.  Candy-like.  Even my friends who don’t smoke remarked on its loveliness.  Hints of grapefruit and tangerine and, well… jelly beans.  Whoever named it really thought this one through.  Sometimes, I open my jar just to take a whiff, even if I’m not planning on smoking.  It’s downright refreshing.

Taste: Like it smells.  Super sweet.  Citrus fruit on the exhale/aftertaste.  Smooth in the chest.  Jillybean should be eaten for dessert, possibly atop some ice cream. 

As proof of its gourmet status, I packed a bowl for some of the crusty locals at the Golden Gate Park disc golf course.  These guys are grumpy, weed-snob a–holes, and they smoke a lot of high-grade dispensary product, but they were all blown away by Jillybean’s flavor.

Buzz Type:  Clean.  Even.  Well-balanced.  Cerebral but not paranoid.  Energetic but not anxious.  Talkative but not tweaky.  In fact, you may just write the world’s greatest screenplay.  (Though no one will ever read it because you accidentally used it as a bib when the pizza arrived).  You might even finish the NY Times Sunday crossword for once.

In reality, though, this is a hybrid and it is also marijuana.  So, let’s face it guys: if you smoke enough–or too much– of it, Jillybean will put you on your ass like all the other cannabis on earth.  But it does so in a remarkably kind and gentle way.

Buzz Length: ?

Overall: I’m planning on saving some of this pot for the special moments in my life.  I want to have it ready for that trip to Carnaval in Brazil, or that perfect, empty surf spot in Morocco, or maybe that accidental threesome in Sweden (fingers crossed).  If you see Jillybean around, I highly recommend purchasing as much as your credit limit allows.  This might be my favorite cannabis on the planet.  –JojoSF

Thank you JojoSF.  Can you let us know how long your ride was?  –Mrs. Chubbs

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Submitted By: PacHeights (Member)

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Name: Blackberry Kush

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: A

Type: Indica

Price: $60/8th.  They give you 10% off if you spend over $50, so it was only $54.

Looks: Amazing.  This is beautiful organic herb, grown to perfection.  You can see a tint on it.

Once I took it home I checked it out under the microscope.  The trichomes were both milky white and translucent.  The hairs were also a perfect shade of orange.

It obviously looked like this grower knew what they were doing with this particular strain.

Smell: First thing that came to mind was it smells like LA Confidential, which makes sense cause they are both from the kush family.

Taste: I am using a lighter (I miss the Bee-line).  This is some organic herb for sure.

At first it tasted a little ashy but when it went in the back of my throat I could taste the sweetness.

Buzz Type: This is a type of medical marijuana that I would recommend to someone who is looking for a real couch lock effect, whether it is for sleeping or for pain relief.

Buzz Length: Medium.  It was very strong in the first 45min.  I have to admit that it does linger a lot longer but not with that intense effect.

Overall: I am just coming back to the Bay Area from the Los Angeles area.  Ever since I moved back to SF I have been searching for some high quality herb.

First thing I ask for when I walked in was “please show me your best Organic Strain”.  The guy only had one, which I though was disappointing but when he showed me the Blackberry Kush I was blown away. It took me all of one second to say “1/8 please”.

Buzz Report: All I can say is WOW – AMAZING HERB and leave it at that, but I will elaborate. Really, this is just an amazing quality strain of medical marijuana. It looked, smelled and tasted exquisite.

This is a great strain, mainly because it was grown perfectly.  Being organic definitely gave it a little bit of a nudge for me to say that this is some of the best herb I have smoked since coming back to SF.  –PacHeights

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Now, on to this review from Amanda – who always brings the goods.  –Mrs. Chubbs

Submitted By: Amanda (Member and Editor)

Name: Purple Princess

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: A-

Type: Hybrid

Price: $50/8th

Looks: Beautiful, very purple which offsets the orange hairs with surprising clarity.

Smell: Not much to be taken from the smell, slightly sweet.

Taste: Delicious taste that is barely there, almost like Skittles and apple juice.

Buzz Type: Uplifting and relaxing.

Buzz Length: Short, 1-2 hours.

Overall: Purple Princess creeps up on you after the first few hits, leaving you extremely relaxed and uplifting your mood.  It is far from a heavy indica and the high is extremely pleasant.  The high is functional and happy, and I spent most of my time after smoking Purple Princess feeling satisfied and laughing with my friends. 

This high would have been close to perfect if it wasn’t for how disappointingly short the high lasted.  However, with that in mind, it’s still hard to give Purple Princess anything less than an A, it was just that pleasant.      –Amanda

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Submitted By: Amanda (Member and Editor)

Name: Orange Krush

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: C+

Type: Indica

Genetics: California Orange x Kerela Krush

Price: $50/8th

Looks: The buds were airy, slightly yellowish and not as green as others. They were very hairy and turned out to be denser than expected when ground up.

Smell: Smells like orange candy and peppery, sweet, fresh and most like one of my favorite smells of all time: Orange Pledge.

Taste: Kind of disappointing. Does not taste like much. I was really hoping Orange Krush would taste more like oranges, but it didn’t.

Buzz Type: Relaxed.

Buzz Length: Medium. 1-2 Hours.

Overall: This bud was nice enough and unremarkable. I always want to have a lot to say, but certain strains just don’t deliver much of a punch or even anything worth noting. All my notes say is: “Nice weed, nice high.”

Orange Krush gets the job done when it comes to relaxing, it does not completely couch lock you but does leave you drowsy and relaxed. It is easy to fall asleep or zone out and watch tv or listen to music and really not do much.

For being in the price range that it was I was expecting a lot more and disappointed that it delivered so little. Bit it sure did smell delicious.  –Amanda

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Submitted By: Amanda (Member and Editor)

Name: White Magic

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: B

Type: Sativa

Price: $50/8th

Looks: Surprisingly light in color and very sticky.

Smell: The smell of White Magic really startled me. When I broke apart the nugs I could seriously smell sulfur. There is no other way to describe the scent other than sulfur and pine.

Taste: Inexplicably like Vanilla Coke, nothing like how it smelled.

Buzz Type: Relaxed and focused with a very hard comedown.

Buzz Length: Long. 2-3 Hours.

Overall: While the budtender described this as being a sativa, it was not as energetic and uplifting as I had anticipated that it would be. The high was very pleasant and enjoyable but it was not the strain I was looking to smoke while hiking in the woods.

While White Magic left me alert and clear headed, I didn’t want to be moving as much as I wanted to be enjoying was was around me.

It was far from being couch locked but more of a being satisfied with where I am feeling. My body was not over relaxed and neither was my mind at any point after smoking White Magic and it really felt like one of the better strains for working as it actually enhanced my ability to get things done without befuddling my thoughts at any time.

There was not any paranoia and everything seemed much sharper from my vision to smelling to hearing. I was very aware of my surrounding and everything that was going on at every moment.

There was a drawback to White Magic and it was just how hard the comedown was. After a few hours it takes you by surprise and made all of my thoughts fuzzy and I became overwhelmingly tired. The only way to stop from feeling like this was to smoke again. I would have enjoyed White Magic much more if it didn’t leave me feeling like I had been run over by a Mack truck in the end – although that did make for some easy and well rested sleep.  –Amanda

Regarding the comedown, sounds like a secret marketing ploy by the grower to get you to smoke more and then have to buy more.   –Chubbs

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Submitted By: Amanda (Member and Editor)

Name: Super Sour Berry

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: A

Type: Sativa

Price: $50/8th

Looks: Long, green buds, not too dense but not too airy.

Smell: These smelled delicious, very much like mixed berries and was both sweet and rich. It also smelled like one of those baskets I used to get at Easter, it smelled faintly of grass, jelly beans and chocolate.

Taste: It tasted like an excellent sweet red wine, the kind that always gets you with that little bit of pepper at the end when you are not expecting it.

Buzz Type: Energetic.

Buzz Length: Short. 45 Minutes – 1 Hour

Overall: When I first started smoking Super Sour Berry, I specifically noted how quickly the smoke from the joints we rolled up of this filled up my car, even when well ventilated, the smoke was heavy, thick and stagnant. Regardless of how the smoke behaved, the high was as energetic and upbeat as they come.

Buzz Report: Super Sour Berry gave me a wonderful clear headed and energetic high that was a wonderful confidence booster.

My friend and I enjoyed this strain on the beach at low tide, while we climbed over rocks, picked up shells and generally walked along the beach seeing what we could and it was perfect for this. As someone who is not afraid to admit they are afraid of heights, I frequently have to have someone hold my hand even when I step off ledges, but while I was enjoying the buzz from Super Sour Berry, I was fearlessly climbing and jumping off rocks, not caring about what was below.

I was confident, happy and interested, although I did have a hard time speaking in sentences that made much sense as my brain would get too far ahead of what I was actually saying. Once the high started to slow down, the effects become much more like a stimulant. It became very easy to concentrate and think logical, orderly thoughts.

Super Sour Berry was a pleasure to smoke, and even though the high was very short, the come-down was easy and never left me feeling burnt out and my overall experience was just so positive, that I have to give it an A.  –Amanda

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Submitted By: Amanda (Member and Editor)

Name: Blue Dream

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: B+

Type: Sativa

Genetics: Blueberry x Haze

Price: $50/8th

Looks: Dense, sticky with tons of orange hairs and covered in trichomes.

Smell: Very fruity and sweet

Taste: The taste reminds me of those cheap orange lollipops and is very sweet.

Buzz Type: Introspective and clear.

Buzz Length: Long. 2-4 Hours.

Overall: It did not take long for me to feel the effects of Blue Dream immediately after the first hit. The fist thing I felt was slightly overwhelmed as my head started to feel like it was floating away. I could not help but feel kind of uncomfortable, but I quickly felt my body relaxing as I took another hit.

When I finished the bowl I lost the confusion that existed just minutes before and it was replace with a very warm, relaxing and clear headed high.

As the high went on, just how introspective Blue Dream made me became apparent. I had tried to relax and fall asleep but my mind would not let me. I felt philosophical about everything and very social as I regretted not having anyone there to talk to. It was easy for me to see that this strain would have been perfect if I had been doing something outside, with other people, or anything at all – other than trying to sleep.

When the high started to wear off it was easy for me to relax enough to go to sleep. However, when I smoked Blue Dream I had a migraine. Most marijuana cures my migraines instead of masking the pain, and I don’t know if I had a killer migraine or if Blue Dream just was not enough, but in the middle of the night I woke up with the migraine still pounding in my skull. It did numb the pain of the headache, enough that I could happily function for a while, the but migraine never went away.  –Amanda

Sorry to hear it did not help actually cure you of your migraine. I too get migraines and know that there is nothing worse than having one, finally being able to fall asleep and then waking up later and still having it. UGH!!!  –Chubbs

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Submitted By: Amanda (Member and Editor)

Name: Purple Sunrise

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: A-

Type: Hybrid

Price: $50/8th

Looks: The buds were compact and long, tightly drawn in and very dark. They were extremely sticky to the touch, and seriously reminded me of little turds. When I broke apart the nugs themselves, the insides glistened in the light.

Smell: The smell was pungent, rich and almost rotten like old fruit.

Taste: Tastes like peanut butter and bruised apples and is earth and hearty.

Buzz Type: Creeper, heavy and relaxing.

Buzz Length: Long. 3+ Hours.

Overall: I almost decided to pass on Purple Sunrise, to be honest, everything about it was kind of unappetizing. It did not smell delicious, and even it’s looks kind of turned me off as it appeared much more brown under the lights of this dispensary, but I went for it anyway.

Buzz Report: The high from Purple Sunrise was a definite creeper that took me by surprise at how powerful it was. There was a slow, gradual build up and it is easy to smoke yourself stupid with this strain since you don’t realize how high you actually are until it is too late.

However, this weed was so resinous that I spent most of my time unclogging my bong which allowed me to feel the high between each hit.

It was not long before my entire forehead was numb and I wanted to do nothing other than lay down. My mind was completely befuddled and I was glad that I smoked Purple Sunrise at the very end of the day when I had nothing left to do. My body was so completely relaxed that everything I wanted to do was exhausting including watching TV and it was nearly impossible to remain awake an hour into the high.

This is the perfect strain for anyone with severe insomnia, like me. Not only does it relax your body, but it completely stops your mind as well, allowing you to quickly and easily fall into a very deep and restful sleep.

Purple Sunrise felt like and indulgence every time I smoked it, being that it was so hard to gauge how high you were while smoking and sometimes the complete feeling would not hit me until a half an hour after I finished smoking. You know the nap you have to take after Thanksgiving Dinner? That is what this felt like every time.  –Amanda

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Name: Mr. Nice

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: C-

Type: Indica

Price: $40/8th

Looks: The buds themselves were dark green and surprisingly heavy given how fluffy they look to the eye. They were covered in orange hairs and sprinkled with purple. The buds burn evenly and hit smoothly.

Smell: Slightly like citrus with lemon undertones.

Taste: The taste is very light, as though there is no taste at all other than a slightly sweet aftertaste.

Buzz Type: Relaxing body stone with some thought disturbances.

Buzz Length: Long. 2-3 hours.

Overall: Organic Mr. Nice gave me a strong body high with very foggy thoughts. Immediately after hitting the bong I became uncoordinated, discombobulated and confused. It was almost impossible to imagine that I would be able to successfully complete any task, including walking to the kitchen, packing another bowl or even turning on the TV. My muscles were so relaxed that they would not respond appropriately to the tasks at hand and I experienced a very strong couch lock.

The immediate overwhelming body high wore off within thirty minutes and left me with a much more mellow, relaxing high where I was free to be alone with my own thoughts. The high turned highly introspective and it was hard to comprehend any outside influences or anything else that could have been going on. I was only able to concentrate on the feelings and thoughts that were going through my mind. I would simply ignore things being said to me and comment on the things that I was thinking about.

For me it was not surprising when the high headed south. For some reason the budtender’s don’t always seem to believe me when I describe some of the experiences I have from certain strains (increased paranoia from a heavy indica) and convince me to try strains that won’t be right for me anyway. I know that some of my experiences are shared as my friend and I, who smoke the same strains, feel the same effects. Please don’t get me wrong, the high was very relaxing, every muscle in my body felt stretched out and completely relaxed, but the emotional side of the high was depressing, dark and occasionally frightening.

Organic Mr. Nice also increased my sense of vision and hearing, which in turn added to my paranoia. Now not only was I paranoid by the thoughts that were running through my mind, but my increased senses caused me to jump at every unknown sound and notice every change in lighting. In the end, I spent so much time focused on was I was hearing and seeing and convincing myself not to be frightened that I did not get to experience the upside from the high at all.

Once the paranoia and the negative effects passed, as it grew closer to the 2 hour mark, my body was relaxed enough that it overwhelmed my mind with the need for sleep. I did have a pleasant sleep, and while I could recommend this strain for someone who was experiencing insomnia or minor body aches, I will personally avoid smoking Organic Mr. Nice again as it is just not for me.  –Amanda

Am I the only one that was salivating as they read the description of Amanda’s buzz? I can only wish/hope to get that high from smoking marijuana. I do understand were that heavy a buzz can be overwhelming but for me, it’s all good. Thanks for one of the best reviews I’ve read in a while.  –Chubbs

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Submitted By: Amanda (Member and Editor)

Name: Sex

From: Grassroots (Dispensary – San Francisco)

Grade: B-

Type: Indica

Price: $50/8th

Looks: Large dark green buds with orange hairs.

Smell: Pine, peppery.

Taste: Semi-harsh, peppery taste almost like those Mexican lollipops with the chill powder in it.

Buzz Type: Creeper, Couch Lock.

Buzz Length: Short. 1-2 Hours

Overall: Sadly, I do not have much to say about Sex as the high was pretty stereotypical of a strong indica. I was very relaxed, without being immediately overpowered. As the high gradually increased I became so relaxed that it was hard to fight off sleep.

I would not recommend Sex for smoking and attempting to do anything, but merely smoking this to help wit chronic insomnia. It is an excellent sedative strain and really put me right out. When I did remain awake after smoking some Sex I became irritable because quite frankly, I would rather have been sleeping.

Not sure it was worth the price, but definitely a great stone if you have a very strong and stubborn case of insomnia.  –Amanda

With a name like Sex, personally I’d expect a nice strong sativa that really puts you in the mood. Instead in sounds like it is just the opposite? Go figure.  –Chubbs

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