We were super excited to see Papa & Barkley extend their product line into live rosin and ice water hash. Known for being a pioneer for topicals, Papa & Barkley is a trusted name that now produces concentrates and gummies that seem to sell out quickly, and for good reason.
Some of you may be wondering, what is live rosin and how it is made? Papa & Barkley’s live rosin is concentrated solventless extract that is refined by applying heat and pressure to their famous ice water hash made from freshly frozen cannabis. They then refine our ice water hash by applying heat in a pneumatic rosin press. This combination of heat and pressure produces a golden concentrated rosin. The rosin drips onto parchment paper where it is then collected and packaged for sale or refined in a post-production process to produce various consistencies in the material. Some of these consistencies or textures are known as heat-pressed batter, sugar or sauce.
Now onto the review…
The nose provides an earthy yet slight fresh-lemon scent. Appearance is a yellow wax-like crumble with visible sparkle from the pressed trichomes. We used a KandyPens Crystal wax pen, which is known for preserving flavor with its glass and ceramic bowl and heating apparatus. The first hit tasted of lemon infused mint espresso, think of summer in the Amalfi coast, with little to no burning of the throat on exhale. The second and third hits became more earthy and took on more of a roasted coffee flavor on the exhale, with the lemon-mint profile likely burned off in the first draw, as most of the terps likely burn off during the first hit.
The sensation was definitely a sativa-forward experience for the first 20-30 minutes – with a mental clarity and mild boost of energy. The next 30 minutes had some muscle relaxation and a bit of eye area relief that indica leaning hybrids are known for.
Kush Mints is a relatively new strain, but a fast growing favorite hybrid cannabis strain made by crossing Animal Mints with the famous Bubba Kush. The result is a high THC strain with a unique minty taste. Kush Mints provides effects that are uplifting and happy. This strain has a complex flavor profile that tastes like mint and cookies. Growers say Kush Mints grows best when indoors and done hydroponically. Medical patients choose this strain to help stimulate appetite.
The most prominent terpenes in this strain are limonene, linalool and caryophyllene. Linalool is found in lavender and has been used for centuries as an aromatherapy tool for relaxation so expect to feel your tension melt away. Limonene, which is normally found in citrus peels, has been shown in studies to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Lastly, caryophyllene is a common cannabis terpene that has spicy black pepper notes and can also be found in rosemary, cloves and hops. Limited studies conducted have shown this terpene may be helpful in providing mild pain relief and easing of inflammation.
Kiva’s Sparkling Pear Camino Gummies edibles are some of the most popular and widely sold gummies in adult-use markets in CA, NV and beyond. Known for their consistent flavor and texture, the sensation is typically mild and sociable, making them perfect for cannabis newbies and experts alike. Expect a pleasant, calming body effect accompanied by a slight calming head high that edibles consumers typically seek. Since these are also infused with CBD, these can be consumed to ease mild aches and anxieties.
What to expect:
2mg THC PER SERVING
6mg CBD PER SERVING
40mg THC PER PACK
120mg CBD PER PACK
What makes them different from your typical THC/CBD infused gummy? TERPENES! While the verdict is still out as to whether ingesting terpenes orally makes a true difference, (some say terps are broken down in the GI track before absorbed into the bloodstream) the flavor and effect are improved by introducing cannabis derived terpenes into their formula.
Here is the terpene profile found in Sparkling Pear Gummies by Camino:
Limonene – Reduces stress, alleviates asthma and allergies, reduces inflammation, and acts as an antioxidant. Beta-Caryophyllene – May assist with the body’s response to anxiety and stress. Linalool – Anti-anxiety and sedating effects. Humulene -Provides therapeutic benefits like pain relief, anti-inflammatory effects, and can act as an appetite suppressant. Nerolidol – Provides a wide range of therapeutic properties including anti-ulcer, antioxidant, anti-fungal and anti-inflammatory. Delivers anti-anxiety effects without hampering coordination.
Overall we give Camino Sparkling Pear Gummies an 8 out of 10.
Want to know where to find some of your own to enjoy? Find them here.
We are always seeking out new brands of gummies – but Camino products are a great line to compare to. They are made by some of the most trusted producers in the marketplace, and have been doing it longer than most. Do you know about a new gummy that we should try or write about? Send us a message and let us know where to find some – we would love to give them a whirl!
Lean economic times are upon us, but thankfully cannabis extracts are cleaner, legal, and more affordable than ever before.
Independence Day and the 710 Oil Day holiday are here and millions of North American hash fans are scooping up some sweet, sweet bargains on vape cartridges, budders, rosins, and other dabbables.
Thousands of state-legal cannabis retailers from California, Florida, Oregon, Colorado, and Michigan offer steals, like buy two vape carts, get one for a $1. There are great concentrates for every tax bracket.
Here are the country’s leading economical extracts for celebrating, medicating, meditating—you name it, this heated summer.
Half-price hash in California
(Courtesy of Raw Garden)
Legal since 2018, California is the red hot cherry at the center of the bowl of bargain hash in the US—with about 600 stores and delivery services selling the world’s purest extracts, third-party lab-tested for residual solvents, pesticides, and mold. More stores and brands launch all the time.
Cali vape pen cartridges
For penny-pinchers, seek out brand Flav, which offers products like the one-gram cartridge of Jack Herer oil (aka distillate), for just $13 in Los Angeles’ Green Cross of Torrance.
Similarly, oil carts from national brand Select start at $20 a gram for Mendo Breath Elite at Club78 in Reseda. Twenty bucks a gram is pretty much the national price floor for legal cannabis extracts.
Count on major cart brand Stiizy to run tons of cart deals, like Blue Dream one-gram carts for $20, or Birthday Cake distillate (“disty”) for $27 at their own store in Los Angeles. Stiizy’s Biscotti 0.5g disty cart is $20; Gelato is $25.
But let’s get real—California value belongs to the brand Raw Garden, whose $35 grams of live resin and carts are where savings meet quality Get the Raspberry Punch or Dosi Punch live sauce grams for $35 from The Pottery in Los Angeles.
There’s so much more in California. Love bubble hash? Seek out Biscotti Resina and stuff like their Banana OG 1g for $30, or their Headband Super Glue Chem sold at Sherbinskis. Statewide brand Cali Hash really holds down the bubble sector with $28 grams; spotted at Coast Coast Collective. And don’t miss Talking Trees kief for $20 a gram statewide.
Florida’s medical cannabis program is nascent and its potential massive. Less than a dozen vertically integrated brands grow, extract, and sell concentrates to medical cannabis patients in Florida in 2020. That’s light-years better than even a few years ago in the state. Deals aren’t great, but it’s all relative.
Trulieve Blue River rosin cart is a deal at $60 for 0.4 grams. TruLieve excels in all extracts: TruWax, TruShatter, TruClear, and TruRosin
Bargain dabs of Oregon
(Grant Hindsley for Leafly)
Oregon enjoys a mature, extremely competitive legal cannabis market that has driven prices through the floor, benefiting bargain shoppers. You can easily page through dabs in Oregon on Leafly.
Just a year into adult-use sales, Michigan’s robust medical cannabis manufacturers are making the switch over to recreational sales. They’re running some of the best, most exotic strains through modern extraction processes. You’ll see all the flavors and textures of California, just at a higher price point.
Look for the brand Flav in Michigan, with $35 gram carts of disty Fire OG.
Also scan for highly regarded PRUF Cultivar—they bring $35 gram carts of Blue Dream to Michiganders.
Forty dollars is really the price point, though: Stiizy has $40 gram carts of OG Kush. And Willie’s Reserve even brings out a Wedding Cake gram cart for $40.
There’s also $45 grams of PMO premium dab dart from Great Lakes Natural Remedies. And Cannalicious’ 1:1 RSO grams start at $45 as well.
At the top, Mary’s Medicinals is a trusted national brand with Gelato Pax pods at $45 a half-gram, or Blue Dream PAX pods for $40 a half-gram. Airo Vapor carts of GSC run $35.84 per half-gram.
Going big for your birthday? The cart market tops out with The Clear’s Lobster Butter Elite carts at $60 a gram; buy them at Sunrise Solutions in Bailey, CO.
And that’s it! The dab world is so vast and so dynamic, there’s no way we’ve captured all the savings out there for hash lovers. Click on over to the Leafly concentrates marketplace and seek out the fuego near you.
Amid the recent uprising and protests there’s one undeniable fact, the energy of the people and the messages from the streets are what politicians should be paying attention to. During June, the Pride month for LGBTQIA+ and their allies to celebrate and advocate for equality, the Supreme Court ruled against the administration, making it illegal to terminate an individual’s employment based on their sexual preferences or identification.
This landmark move by the Supreme Court highlights a very special factor in history. It was the pain and suffering of the Civil Right Movement in the 60ies that created protections in 2020 for LGBTQIA+ community. It’s the sacrifices of many that created rights and protections for more in present day.
When you look at the cannabis industry, one thing is very clear, diversity is lacking and opportunity appears to be nothing more than a rumor. While this market fights for the ability to exist, there is much work to be done to ensure that it’s an equal playing field.
Looking at the pain and suffering of queer communities during the AIDS / HIV crisis, activists like Harvey Milk and Dennis Peron were leading the charge. It’s the work of the queer protests that helped pave the way for cannabis legalization. Peron even co-wrote Prop 215, undeniably linking the queer community and the cannabis industry.
Together, the marginalized communities can work to bring diversity and equality into cannabis, hopefully restoring the loss of opportunity that was once a reality.
While Pride celebrations this year are very different and while many timelines have been delayed due to Covid-19, here’s how some cannabis brands are giving back, honoring Pride and celebrating at home.
Sonder 510 Carts
COURTESY: SONDER
Sonder: One of the only truly Queer owned brands in the California market, Sonder is owned by wife and wife team Faun Chapin and M Paradise. Launching an all-new product at the end of June, the anticipated debut of Sonder Space Crystals (essentially cannabis infused pop-rocks) has been delayed amid corona but will be hitting shelves before July.
The team of seven is one of the most diverse in the California market, the brand will be donating a portion of company proceeds from June 2020 sales to the Santa Cruz Diversity Center, an organization close to both founders Faun and M. This year, there’s no better way to support queer business’ and celebrate Pride than purchasing and interacting with Sonder.
Proceeds are going to a national LGBTQIA non-profit organization serving as a lifeline for at risk … [+] COURTESY: FLOW KANA
Flow KANA: Flow Kana is teaming up with Woodman Peak Farm in Mendocino County, for a limited edition drop: the Purple Cupcake 1/8th, a heavy-hitting cross between Wedding Cake and Purple Punch.
With a dense and frosty bud structure and a berry-sweet, citrusy aroma, this cultivar with a strong terpene profile and 22.81% THC, it’s packing an inspiring Entourage Effect. Due to its high Limonene and β Caryophyllene levels, its powerful combination of uplifting and calming effects make this cultivar the perfect stay-at-home treat.
Proceeds are going to a national LGBTQIA non-profit organization serving as a lifeline for at risk queer youth.
Weekenders Cannabis
COURTESY: WEEKENDERS CANNABIS
WEEKENDERS CANNABIS: Weekenders Cannabis, a new-age BIPOC owned lifestyle brand featuring Humboldt sun-grown cannabis flower, in partnership with California Street Cannabis Company, (CSCC) a BIPOC owned boutique dispensary in Nob Hill, have created an all-new compassion program for San Francisco based low-income HIV+ patients with the help of the non-profit organization Brownie Mary Democratic Club. Launching on June 15 in honor of Pride month, 50 units of Weekender’s Chill Packs will be donated to patients in need of affordable and safe cannabis. This will be an ongoing program with goals of scaling.
Hosted on June 27th, the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, “The Summit” will feature a full spectrum of influential speakers, educational programming, and unique performances highlighting the intersections of LGBTQIA+ and minority communities in the cannabis space.
Lowell Herb Company
LOWELL HERB COMPANY
LOWELL HERB CO: Lowell Herb Co. released a limited-edition Pride 2020 collection, which celebrates two of its farm partners in the LGBTQAI+ community, Tuff-n-Tendergrass and Ventoso Farms.
The collection features two new limited-edition strains, Magic Melon Sativa and Blueberry Muffin Indica. Lowell will donate a portion of proceeds to GLAAD and The National Black Justice Coalition.
Kush Queen Bath Bomb
KUSH QUEEN
KUSH QUEEN: Kush Queen, the female-founded topical and wellness brand famous for exploding the cannabis bath bomb trend, refuses to let Pride 2020 pass without a party. This year, turn your tub into a club with their Pride Edition Bath Bombs, complete with THC or CBD, and a heavy dose of eco-friendly glitter.
Kush Queen will be donating a portion of the proceeds of the Pride Edition Bath Bombs, available exclusively through Sol Distro, to Asylum Connect, a non-profit tech company providing the first and only resource website and mobile app for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and other persecuted LGBTQ+ people.
Chances are you’ve encountered Cookies, whether you know a lot about the brand or not. The cannabis and street clothing empire started when rapper Berner was a budtender in San Francisco and worked with Cookies co-founder Jai to create one of the most legendary strains in modern cannabis: GSC, formerly known as Girl Scout Cookies.
Berner and the Cookies Fam have been churning out legendary strains for decades, and they’ve built a loyal fanbase beyond their California roots. For instance, hundreds of people have lined up around the block for Cookies dispensary openings in Detroit and Modesto.
Now Cookies has something for states still waiting on legal cannabis: CBD varieties of three popular strains, now without the THC, available to ship to all 50 states.
Translating legendary genetics to CBD products
Cookies genetics have been in the game for a very long time and welcomed the opportunity to thrive in a newly legalized marketplace. They have not only become staples on dispensary shelves but have landed in the stables of most modern cannabis breeders contributing to a lot of what the market has to offer today.
Cookies’ strains hit you hard through sight, smell, and taste with dramatic nugs, massive aromas, and complex tastes. Inspired by the terpene profiles of the real THC-based versions of these world-famous strains, the CBD version gets you as close as possible to the famed Cookies experience with vapes, gel capsules, and tinctures in bold packages.
Cereal Milk is flavorful—sweet and sugary in a way that users say actually does taste like its namesake. The uplifting London Pound Cake 75 has the musk of an OG and a berry sweet finish. Gelatti, originally a hybrid strain that users describe as euphoric, has a musky, menthol taste that’s sweet on the exhale.
All three strains will come in a standard 510 CCELL vape cart, a G Pen cart, and a disposable vape pen.
To give consumers more control over their experience, Cookies made both day and night tinctures, providing distinct products with complementary botanicals like Ginkgo Biloba and ginseng to help clear your mind in the daytime, and valerian root and skullcap assist with evening wind-downs.
State lines used to make it hard to experience Cookies strains outside of California— but these CBD products change everything. With free shipping to every state, you, too, can become part of the Cookies Fam.
