For my first time trying THCa Small Buds, I grabbed two options from the ‘Light Assist’ category, ‘Hyper Za’ & ‘Gary Payton.’
Each bag was $14/7g, which is a lot cheaper than I usually go for, so my expectations were not very high. But, I wanted to check out the hype on this place, and these bags definitely exceeded my expectations for the price!
Right off the bat, the smell on both is strong and very dank, it really fills up the room. The Hyper Za smells especially potent, but they both smell great.
They both have a perfect amount of stickiness and moisture to them as well, neither bag is dry at all.
Hyper Za has a very sweet, vanilla, doughy smell to it, with VERY potent effects. It started off as a strong euphoria for me, which slowly faded into a couchlocked, heavy indica type of vibe. I was surprised at how strong this was for the price!
Gary Payton has a more earthy, spicy smell to it, with a more balanced, gentle hybrid feeling high. More of a relaxing, mood lifting buzz with less potent effects, but still nice, better suited for a daytime smoke.
Gary Payton, TSB Light Assist
Overall, considering this is budget smoke, I wasn’t expecting to love it very much, but this order was great! I would grab more, and I definitely recommend it if you’re looking to stock up on good herb for a great price.
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These are the top 5 small bud options that I would pick from LIT Farms today. These are the 5 freshest batches, and all are grown by LIT themselves. Ordering based on freshness and grower should ensure that you get the best possible product.
#5 is Tropicana Cherry, a cross between tropicana cookies and cherry cookies. You can expect a strong fruity, sour citrus nose with a slightly sativa dominant high.
#4 is Platinum Bubba, a cross between platinum OG kush and bubba kush. Expect a spicy nose and a powerful indica dominant high.
#3 is Pipe dream, a cross of blue dream, Cindy 99 and Acapulco gold. Expect a blueberry nose with mood boosting, bright sativa dominant high.
#2 is Creme Brûlée, a cross of platinum kush, go kush & girl scout cookies. This one will have a nutty, vanilla nose and a relaxing, indica dominant high.
#1 is Zerbert, a cross of sherbert and zkittlez. It’s got a sweet, sour candy nose with a lazy, euphoric, slightly indica dominant high.
I love CBD tinctures, they help me get through my days. However, they can get a bit expensive, which is why I started buying isolates and making my own tinctures at home instead. Here’s how I do it!
But first, let me do a little math. My favorite, most effective CBD tincture was This One from Mellow Moose. With 3000mg per bottle, and 100mg per dose, this tincture gave me 30 days of doses for $50, or $1.66 per day.
Buying Organic CBD Isolate from Mellow Moose, I get 20 grams (20,000mg!) for $60 per jar. At my dose of 100mg per day, this isolate gives me 200 days of doses for just $10 more, or $0.30 per day. This can save a lot of money, almost $500 a year!
So, let’s get into it.
Note: This process is the same whether you’re using CBD, CBG, or CBN isolate. No changes necessary!
A Digital Thermometer – Like This One (Optional, but strongly encouraged.)
Step 1:
Mix 3 grams of CBD isolate (3000mg)and 30mlof MCT Oil (about 2 tablespoons)in a mason jar, and shake it well for ~30 seconds.
This ratio of 1000mg isolate : 10ml oil gives us 100mg per 1ml dose, but you can customize this to your preferred dose or amount.
Chunks of isolate will still be visible, and that’s okay. They’ll melt into the oil in the next steps.
Step 2:
Fill a pot with enough water to cover the isolate and oil mix, but not enough to submerge the jar.
Then, put the the pot on the stove over low heat. Make sure the jar is in the pot of water before heat is applied, as putting a colder jar into warmer water can cause the jar to shatter.
Let the water reach 140-150°F, then let the jar sit in that temp for about 20 minutes. A digital thermometer is very helpful for this stage, but if you don’t have one, 140-150°F should be just under simmering.
Step 3:
After 20 minutes, remove the jar from the water and shake the jar for another 30 seconds. The isolate should be fully melted and combined into the MCT oil now.
Let the tincture sit for around 20 minutes to cool down.
Step 4:(optional)
Once cooled, I use a funnel to transfer the tincture into an old Mellow Moose tincture bottle I had lying around. It’s perfectly built for it, with a dropper cap for dosing, and dark glass to stop sunlight from harming the product.
If you don’t have these bottles laying around, you can just leave it in the jar you made it in, and dose directly from it. A 1ml dropper would still be ideal for dosing, but if you don’t have one, you can eyeball it using a teaspoon, knowing that 5ml = 1 teaspoon.
I hope this helps someone save some money on this medicine! I love this stuff, and to be able to make it so much more affordable is a life-saver. Take care!
Here’s the short-form video I made for this guide.
Sour Lemon Essential Smalls – $30/Ounce at LITFarms.com
I decided to try out some small buds from LIT Farms, and I’m glad I did. I was sleeping on this option for WAY too long! This was a $30/ounce, yet it’s just about as quality as most supreme tier options that I get in.
The buds are nice and frosty, just packed with beautiful trichomes.
The nose was strong sour citrus, exactly what you’d expect based on the name. Translates well to flavor, with a nice smooth smoke in a joint. It also produces a nice little resin ring on the joint, which you can see in the video below.
Effects are very strong sativa for me, hitting me almost like a cup of coffee. It’s almost too strong for me personally, it’s a rush!
Overall, I’m absolutely amazed that this was a $30 ounce. I had lower expectations for these essential smalls ounces, but they blew me out of the water. I would actually recommend this!
I’ve tried a few CBD tinctures in the past, and never really had any good results. Some of them had added terpenes that hurt my stomach, some had plain nasty aftertastes, and none of them actually had the effect I was looking for; a calm, relaxed, quieter brain and body.
After having those experiences, I just stopped trying. Until recently, when I realized I was having more issues than usual when it comes to feeling relaxed & calm. I was waking up feeling jittery, feeling restless at night, just feeling more and more high strung overall. After seeing so many people having such success with CBD tinctures, I decided to give it one more try, but this time I’d do it different; I researched brands, how they make their product, whats in them, etc, and one brand stuck out to me. Mellow Moose!
When doing my research on brands that actually create clean, USDA certified, organic CBD tincture, I stumbled upon a post on a forum for cannabis enthusiasts and business operators. The post was written by a man named Sterling, talking all about his family farm in Oregon, and his brand of CBD, Mellow Moose. I even got the chance to exchange a few messages with him, and it was immediately clear to me that he not only knew exactly what he was talking about, but he was also extremely passionate about hemp and everything surrounding it.
He walked me through exactly what his farm does to create cleaner product than most brands. While most other brands use harsh solvent chemicals to extract cannabinoids from their hemp flower, Mellow Moose uses a clean, solventless, water-based process to extract theirs. He was also very transparent, with an instagram full of genuine pictures and videos from their hemp farm, dating years back. They show everything about themselves, which really helps me trust them!
So, I decided to try some of their product, and it has opened my eyes to what CBD tinctures can do. Based on my previous experiences, my expectations weren’t super high. But, this stuff kind of blew me away. I was feeling a bit stressed, which had become somewhat of a normal lately, as I mentioned earlier. An hour after taking one dropper of this tincture, I had the most relief I had felt in weeks. My mind and body felt a certain ‘equilibrium’ feeling that I rarely feel, and it was amazing. All of the stress, anxiety and worry just melted away, and I was able to just relax and laugh to a funny TV show.
Whereas a few weeks before, I would have been so caught up in my head, stressing about things, that I would hardly be able to pay attention to a show in the first place. But after one dropper of this, it was like all of my current issues were gone, and replaced with a feeling of total contentedness.
Overall, I really can’t recommend Mellow Moose enough!
I used this discount code, ‘Dallas20’ for 20% off my order.
This bottle has lasted me about a month so far, and I’ve been taking a dropper every day or two. I’m only halfway through the bottle! ~$70 for a month of pure calm has been incredibly worthwhile to me. I would (and will) do it again in a heartbeat. Cannot recommend these guys, or this product, enough!
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