Sour Diesel

This is the only review I’ve ever left and I’ve been using cannabis medicinally for the past few years and used to use it a lot when I was younger. This strain I remember being a favorite of mine way back in the earlier 2000s. I hadn’t been able to find it in my area recently or at least not from a solid company. I finally found both flower form and rosin form recently from Seattles private reserve and this is without a doubt the best strain I have found to date. If used in very very small amounts it is perfect for an early morning start to your day and keeps me in a great mood from a very small amount essentially all day. For me it’s best as an early morning herb as it has really long legs on it and it’s not one that I would want to try and fall asleep to. It’s not tact or wiry but it’s just a very strong and long head my type feel where I feel perfectly content. Great for anxiety and depression in smaller amounts. I used it through my dry herb vapes. This would be the only herb I would use for my mornings if I was able to consistently get it as there’s really nothing else that can compare to it for just overall contentment. Gets me really motivated for the day as well. I’m not someone who uses it recreationally really but it is fun for that as well, but for me it’s just the perfect early morning medicine that I only need to use once and I’m in a great mood the rest of the day.

Long time toker, I favor high THC strains, sativas and sativa hybrids are my morning starter strains. I suffer from chronic pain and high tolerance has been a problem when looking for strains that will quiet the throbbing. Sour diesel gives me quick euphoria but lets me be clear eyed at the same time. That sounds like a contradiction but it's why I return to sour diesel when I can find it. It doesn't burn the throat when delivered in a vape. I don't know about flavor, it's not really what I care about when I'm seeking relief for symptoms created by arthritis. I've stopped all narcotics, I don't need them anymore and they are poison anyway. It's also a good social strain, no paranoia that I've experienced. Moderate munchies demanding something salty (or a chocolate sundae). All in all, I understand why it's so iconic.

So I recently picked up a quarter of "East Coast Sour Diesel", grown by Grand Crossing in Michigan. 27% test. I've been smoking since high school in 1998 and I can tell you that from the first time I smoked this cut of ECSD, I knew it was my favorite strain. Sativas are my first love in cannabis and this Sour Diesel is exactly what I've always wanted in a potent sativa high: it's strong, stony, and psychedelic but it also has this other side where it puts you into this calm, relaxed, zen-like state, and you are perfectly OK with how stoned you are. It's an extremely potent, stony and psychedelic sativa that isn't racy and it doesn't make you anxious or paranoid, and the buzz has legs. This is weed that makes me want to put on my headphones and listen to Mozart or Pink Floyd for hours, or to sit out stargazing at night, but I also see where it would be great to share with friends. The nose on this excellent flower is a pungent combination of grapefruity diesel fumes and lemony nail polish remover, so strong and sooo good! Has that grapefruit/jolly rancher/sour patch kids sort of taste, I love it so much, reminds me of the taste of Gelonade. But there's a very good reason that Sour Diesel is so widely regarded as the greatest strain ever, or certainly one of the greatest sativas at the very least. More companies in more legal states need to be growing this Sour Diesel, everybody is going to want it! But I understand it's kind of a finicky plant that's kind of a PITA to grow.