Shane's Picks for April
Shane's Picks for April
Gotham's cannabis connoisseur Shane highlights his weekly in-store favorites.
We heard you like Sunday brunch and happy hour. Unfortunately, this is not the popular cocktail that your palette is craving. This is a high THC cannabis concentrate, and just like the popular flower strain it came from, it gets you and your party moving. Drop a glob of this wet and crystally stuff onto your hot banger, inhale, then find yourself dancing like nobody is watching as powerful currents of IDGAF sink deep into your cerebral. And, just like the popular cocktail, this strain will leave you with plenty of warming tingles in your cheeks, on the tip of your tongue, and the tip of your nose.
The taste and smell is reminiscent of really ripe fruit. Sweet, pungent notes fill your nasal cavity when you take a whiff and tease your taste buds when you take a hit. The oil gathers into a golden, sticky, crystally slurry when you pass your tool through. Hot knife recommended.
Nose and taste - extra ripe fruit
Texture - crystal slurry
Curious about hashish? Start here, then. Blue Dream Hash is a small serving (half gram) of pressed dry sift hash that can be easily crumbled atop some flower or into your favorite dry herb device. You can expect to feel an intense buzz in your third eye that soon unfolds into an expansive head high. Be careful with hash; a little goes a long way. Screen recommended if smoking it alone through a bowl or bong.
Not a smoker? Fear not, because you can cook with hash.and still enjoy its potent benefits. Follow your preferred recipes to infuse it into food.
Purple weed. Legit, actual, purple weed - and it tastes like cherries. Trop Cherry is the strain that you pull up to the cipher with, because you know everybody else is gonna have some regular. Flower needs more than looks to be a great strain, and thankfully, Flowerhouse checked all the boxes to deliver the perfect option to those who want heady euphoria: balanced taste, smooth smoke, no body high, long-lasting and no crash. This is an easy strain to cipher with, as it can mix with a variety of strains without tipping the scales to stoney or spacey, and the flavor is mild.
There’s a joke somewhere in here about “abduction.” Said joke won’t be made. Instead, let’s talk about the body high that Alien OG imparts. Aches, cramps,inflammation, pain…Light up one of these and feel all of them melt away. It’s as if the ailments were just lifted from your body, or your body was lifted from the ailments; whichever seems to make more sense to you. Maybe “abduction” will suffice to explain the “out of body” experience, because you may feel separated from your physical self. Despite this sense of detachment, your faculties will remain intact - at least for the first half of the high. This IS a Tahoe OG cross, afterall, which is noted for being one of the stoniest strains. Plan to be somewhere comfortable before you begin to descend, because your brain, joints and muscles will feel mushy and noodly. Notes of pine and lemon characterize the flavor and nose of this strain.
What a fun way to turn some extra flower into something that’s sure to surprise and delight. Full Moon Hash is a mix of uplifting flower strains that have been processed into a stable, versatile, and hard-hitting concentrate using some pretty snazzy solventless extraction methods. The end result is smooth, malleable, taffy-like hashish that can be used to take your flower or food to new levels. Simply add a clump atop a bowl, roll a clump in your flower, make a “snake” and place it in a joint with your flower, or smoke it alone through your favorite piece or dry herb device. You can even infuse it into a carrier oil of your choice to be used in food preparation. Not recommended for dabbing. Screen recommended if smoking it alone through a bowl or bong.