: ordered once using the $50 off first-time order and it was great weed
: look very much forward to purchasing from them again
ordering & pricing
: easy enough sign-up, might have had to send a scan of a... health card, can’t remember
: fair prices, nice $50-off sign up bonus
: free shipping with orders over $140; reasonable
packaging
: shipped in a bubble sealed envelope
: comes in plastic containers with generic labels and a boveda inside
incentive for customers
: the $50-off first-purchase sign-up is sweet
: fucking amazing weed!
the site
: beautiful pictures of the weed
: without a doubt some unique crafty weed
: notable is what they call ‘living soil’ weed, worth reading about
: weed is arranged in three categories: platinum, top shelf, canadian select
: other products include distillates, concentrates, shatter, etc.
incentive for review
: fun to write, fun to share
: no incentives offered by kootenay craft other than the chance to buy some great weed
Cactus Breath
https://kootenaycraft.com/product/cactus-breath/
incentive to purchase
: this is legendary weed, which is part of my thing, coming late to the wild west of weed cultivation, and sometimes it’s nice to get something spectial. cactus breath is special.
general impression
: a couple of years before i started toking again some guy told me the weed in the kootenays was the best. for a long time all i had were my memories of reading high times and smoking sinsemilla in the 80s before i withdrew from the scene. so i come looking for these fancy-schmancy “legendary strains” with some pretty big expectations. and i was pretty excited to try cactus breath after reading about it. here are some of the things which happened when i toked it.
first responder response
: wow, maybe don’t want to do too much of that at once. smooth smoke, big rip, no cough. read about the flavor a lot and yes, it is very tasty, bit like lapsang suchong. lingers afterwards in the nasal passages, forehead taste, strong head-hold, powerful sting, that white-noise hiss. feeling it physically in the lobes, inside around the eyes, trippy as shit, serious, fun, but hey! balanced? soft? seems like it. still, maybe don’t do too much at once. then there’s that issue of maybe making it last because you know you want to smoke as much as you want! someone says, ‘it’s fucking surged up my face man, but i see why it’s cactus it’s like a prickly, ee! right in the face.’ yes, lots of tingles. what is that? is that nerve-endings? feeling it in the follicles. love that. micro-shivers. love it. wow, a whole dome of tingly energy in the follicles. noticeably unique. nice. if i had to smoke one weed only and live in a sci-fi paperback it might be cactus breath. great fucking name. i have a helmet of happy fire around my head. thank you weed.
now, let’s see where it goes...
meditation
: in a word, spectacular. 3-4 hours in and after a second visit to the bong, a nice little whm breath hold, 2.50 mins, the cranial corona produced by the weed vivid throughout, indeed it exploded. but it was a fully detached journey, lots of golden energy, until surfacing into a full-on ten minute relaxed infusion of energy breathing, very comfortable in detachment, (feels almost out of body but there is only embodied); wow, the relaxation into heightened focus is the best i’ve had with weed so far, can only imagine going deeper. and the tingliness of a breath-hold matches nicely with the cactus tingles. if you’re into the altered-states type meditations, cactus breath seems ideal; pranayama, baby! this herb, wow.
couple days later
: there is a definite sense of comfort and well-being associated with this weed now. take a small hit, go back to work for an hour or two; smooth, happy, well-being. it is very favorable to breath work, energy meditations, and probably great for doing outdoor activities. it’s a strong high with an agreeable level of support. words like ‘that’s the best weed ever man’ have floated around our millenial household because there’s no question a single toke delivers. greedy too. we share the other stuff, but not this. except we want to boast! every review i’ve read remarks on look and taste, and that is there for sure; it is a bit exotic, like a treasured pick of tea, and almost edible. capers, shallots, cremini mushrooms, basil, garlic, olive oil, and no doubt many more seem to be echoed in this weed’s odor and appearance, which in our case was nice medium buds. definitely caked in crystal, as stated in other positive reviews out there. no question this weed is not like most others, and it is better for it.
two weeks in
: apart from hoarding the last few nugs, this is go-to evening focus time; we write for hours, watch tv for hours, clean house, meditate, whatever. it’s kind of the perfect long-lasting and heavy stone for a head like me. a layered stone. and i would say more than most weed, a living stone. very interactive. if you believe in communing with the spirit of the bud, this would be a good doorway.
bonus review: watermelon
https://kootenaycraft.com/product/watermelon/
: never tried watermelon before. tight buds, lots of crystals, dusty with ‘em, and a rich fruity aroma. breaks up nice. two tiny hits in a glass pipe, go sit down with a jolt of a quad in brain from earlier, wondering what this will do. a minute in, faint, then the nice heavy creep into a strong head hold. definitely a nice overall body high, but with a clear path to focus on thoughts and brainwork. a nice heaviness, not too draggy. notable are the buds which look like little romanescos. they also smell heavily of watermelon, and the weed tastes like watermelon. this got everyone talking about how terpenes are the same in weed as in watermelon etc. strong watermelon smell and taste, coupled with effects, made for a pleasant mid-to-heavy-hitting indica with a bit of focus.
conclusion
: kootenay craft offers great tasty weed. their best is a bit pricy, but the first-time buy deal gives us a try. as for the future in this house we all discuss getting more cactus breath the next time it’s not sold out on the site. stuff sells fast, so if you’re curious, jump on it. watermelon is very nice weed but i’m not sure i’d prioritize it. we are a bit more curious about kootenay craft’s living soil weeds at this point than getting more watermelon, though i can easily see getting more in the future on an impulse buy. it’s very tasty and delivers.
It’s really nice . Great bag(jar) appeal. Good looking nugs, perfect moisture . Smell is out of this world. I can’t explain it really , my girlfriend thinks it smells a bit like aloe, with a hint of sweet cucumber? It’s a treat every time to open the jar and twist one up. Burns nice, unique ta...ste and a pretty potent sativa leaning hybrid. Quad in my eyes!
Smell and taste : Wow this cannabis literally smell and also taste like strawberry. Its got no weed smell at all, just a pleasing strong strawberry odor. Its the first time I’ve ever gotten weed with that much terpenes. Amazing !
Look and appearances: I ordered 7g and it was just thi...s pictured 3.9g nug and the rest were about 0.7g buds. Very nice to get big dense buds. This weed was also the perfect kind of sticky, loaded with trichomes also. Very good looking weed.
Effects : This was a pure sativa, works really well to focus on a task, have a conversation or clean around. I am mostly an indica lover, but it still got me satisfyingly high.
Overall would buy again just for the smell and taste, even though it is not the most potent (for me) I think the experience of smoking goes beyond just the potency with this kind of quality cannabis.
Smell and taste : Strong smell of berries mixed with a hint of fuel. When exhaled, the taste of the fuel comes more through it but it also tastes more woody than fruity when smoked.
Look and appearances: Most of the buds were about 0.7 to 1g in size. That is to be expected with the bubba ge...netics. The trim job on all buds were perfect. They were very sticky and were coated in sparkly trichomes. Most buds were dark purple with hints of green.
Effects : First let me say this was burning with clean white ashes. It was a very potent indica that started with a very cerebral effects which turns to a heavy sedative body high. Definitely good in the evening/night. Took me by surprise with my high tolerance.
Overall very satisfied with this as it was my first Kootenay experience and also first time smoking living soil cannabis. Will surely be grabbing more of this.
