Kush Mints 11 - CE - Harmonized Hemp - Mid July
I’ve been waiting for a good price on some CE flower for a while now, so last Wednesday when I saw Harmonized Hemp offering a couple CE strains for 240 an ounce, I knew I had to try it. I read what reviews I could find beforehand, which seemed to agree that out of the two options in the 240 category the Kush Mints was the better one, so I inquired to make sure they still had an ounce left (since I’ve seen reviews saying they replaced with something else when out of stock without notice). They confirmed, I placed my order that same day, and it shipped the following day. Arrived today, so the shipping was quick, as well as free.
The ounce arrived in four separate quarters, each in a small branded mylar bag with the strain name on it, as well as an integra in each bag. Very nice packaging in my opinion, but I would’ve preferred to receive a whole ounce in one bag. Not a big deal. No free samples or anything, they did throw in a few business cards and a branded sticker. Everything weighed in properly.
Upon cracking open the bags, the smell is immediately pungent. It’s almost an old fashioned “kush smell”, but with a weird funk that is hard to describe. Mint seems a bit of a stretch to me, but I can see how people interpret it that way. It definitely fills the room with an intoxicating scent.
The bag appeal is unfortunately lacking in my opinion. The stuff is coated in trichomes, but just doesn’t seem to have that CE touch where you can immediately recognize their flowers. It’s still very good looking, I guess I just expected more from CE. Maybe that’s why it’s on the 240 menu and the 275 menu has the better looking stuff? I don’t know. Regardless, it’s still very good. I didn’t receive any large buds unfortunately, a few medium and mostly quite small, however even the small ones are hard and sticky, no scraggly loose buds at all. It’s ridiculously sticky, even more so than the DCM from HGA I have, which really impressed me. This stuff loves to stick to your fingers.
It’s surprisingly not the smoothest smoke. Not necessarily bad like some bud I’ve had in the past, but it makes me cough sometimes. I don’t usually cough except from a very large bowl. It’s nothing that most people would complain about or notice, but I have some health issues and try to go for organic or at least reputable “smooth” smokes usually, and this is currently the harshest in my stash. It’s not unbearable at all though, I can still take good bowls and the stuff does have a nice aftertaste, the weird mint terps really stand out on the exhale.
The high is really why I was after this bud, hearing so many people say CE grows the strongest stuff you can get, and I’m glad to say it’s not disappointing, at 240 anyway. It’s not as strong of an indica as I prefer, but it’s undeniably potent. A nice hybrid high that hits you in the face then melts into a bit of a body high. Two bowls had me nicely baked for quite a while, which is my usual test dose for a new pickup. I smoke a few grams of flower every day, so my tolerance is pretty high. This stuff definitely impressed me potency wise, just not exactly my cup of tea for effects.
Overall I rate this cut of Kush Mints 11 by CE a solid 8.5/10. It’s smelly, tasty, sticky, coated in trichomes, but you can tell this is not the best batch they’ve ever grown. It’s not exactly under trimmed, but it just doesn’t have the appearance of some top quality CE flower. It’s also just a little harsher than I would expect from something of this grade. I’ll most likely wait for a particularly good batch of something else from CE to try out next, but I can say that if you like hybrids you won’t be disappointed by this. It’s definitely a potent smoke, and for 40 dollars cheaper than you normally find their stuff, it’s a good way to try them out.
