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We’ve all seen THC-infused coconut oil, olive oil and i’ve even seen infused avocado oil - but THC-infused honey?!?! OK - I’m officially hooked. Local edible brand, Trail Blazers, has mastered a potent, balanced honey infusion that’s sure to satisfy. A lot of people are impressed by quirky infusions like honey or sugar and I am certainly not immune to that impression. This infused honey by Trail Blazers is thick, sweet, and its added THC is non-detectable in taste. Everyone has their edible preference, right? Some people like the taste of bud in their chocolate bar and some prefer an indistinguishable taste from a non-infused product. I belong to the School of No Weed Taste. I don’t really know why. I guess for the same reason why I hate banana Laffy Taffy - you know, that “fake” banana flavor is just...off-putting? I feel the same way about cannabis-infused food. Sometimes that weed flavor can come across as artificial and I just prefer a more discreet marijuana taste. I’m happy to say I thoroughly enjoyed this canna-honey, but not only because of the lack of a canna-taste. For one thing, it’s potent. At 100mg in just a 3oz jar (glass, I might add - props for the sustainable packaging 🤙 ), you have a ton of dosing and cooking options. Depending on your tolerance and comfort level, you can dose this honey fairly easily. For my first taste I went with a ¼ tsp in my morning cup of coffee, which, according to their dosage information (1sp = 33mg), equaled about 8.25mg of THC. After about 30 minutes I began to feel clear-headed and ready to take on the day’s tasks. I’m not sure what strain, or type of strain, Trail Blazers used to infuse this incredible THC honey, but it feels sativa-leaning. I’m about three hours out from that special cup of joe and I still feel focused and clear. Speaking to how versatile this 100mg jar of honey really is, your list of recipe options is quite long. Honey can be used in just about any meal of the day, and this canna-honey is so well made that you could replace it with any “regular” honey you find in your favorite recipes. Like I mentioned, I enjoy about 8-12mg (¼-½ tsp) in my morning coffee, but you can slab some of this honey on a peanut butter and banana sandwich, glaze it on your favorite dessert. I might recommend this easy almond-flour pancake recipe (and yes pancakes can be desserts!!). Another great recipe option for this THC infused honey is a honey-garlic glaze. I like to use this glaze for grilled chicken or pork, but feel free to add this honey to any dish you see fit. The recipe is super simple and elevates your favorite BBQ sauce! Just mix them all together in a small mixing bowl and it’s ready to be brushed on any protein on your dinner plate! Quick n’ Easy THC-infused Honey Garlic Glaze: 1sp garlic powder 1 freshly minced garlic clove ½ cup (or more, to taste) bbq sauce of your choice (I like Stubbs because it’s Gluten Free!) 1sp Trail Blazers THC- infused honey (33mg) A pinch of pepper Whether it’s coffee or chicken, when adding this canna-honey to your recipe, you won’t be disappointed. Just be sure to triple check your dosing - too much of this quality THC honey in your coffee might have you missing a few emails that day! 😂

Do you ever spend any time just gazing at your bud? I mean, really looking at it. This Black Cherry Pie by Top Secret DC is a real looker. She’s dense, purple and smothered with kief, leaving you bud-struck, and content. In all seriousness, Top Secret’s Black Cherry Pie is probably one of the best strains I’ve smoked lately. This indoor grown strain feels like an indica but there was definitely some cerebral buzz in there that is commonly associated with a strong sativa. After one puff of this Black Cherry Pie I was, and I can’t stress this enough, stoned. Not just stoned, but like, stoned stoned. Whenever I write a review on any strain, from any vendor, I usually follow the same process: open the bag, waft in the aroma, break it down, grind it up, and give it the ol’ one-hit test. I always take my time with new strains because, like Black Cherry Pie, some strains can really catch you off guard and this one did. I’m not usually a fan of indoor flower, sun grown plants are usually bigger, THC content is lower, CBD content is higher and that’s just my jam, ya know?. But every once in a while a real sticky-icky indoor strain will waltz on by, tantalizing me with it’s dusty ridges and purple leaves and I just can’t…*puff*... stay….*puff*...away. Needless to say, if you’re a fan of the plant, Black Cherry Pie is that “stop n’ look” type strain that’s definitely worthy of a dedicated IG post. It’ll catch your eye, and your senses, off guard. Let’s talk about the smell of this guy, shall we? Usually when you open up a fresh bag o’ weed for the first time, you’re smacked by its scent and Black Cherry Pie is no exception. I don’t like reading reviews that go the obvious route when describing a strain’s smell. It’s always something like, “OMG! This Lemon Haze smells exactly like lemons! How crazy!”. So, with that said, I have to apologize for this next sentence… This Black Cherry Pie smells exactly like black cherries! How crazy! No, but seriously it does always surprise me when I come across an aptly named strain like this one. It just goes to show how involved the cultivators are in the growing process. So, we broke it down, now to wrap it up, Black Cherry Pie by Top Secret DC does have that sweet, cherry smell and, when inhaled, its densely THC-infused haze will weave its way through your body, satisfying all your senses.

Earth is wack, fellow Tokers! All the noise around here has got me feeling like I need to change up my scenery and get out of here for a little while. Luckily, DC local i71 compliant provider DMV Organics can help us with all of our space travel needs! What unstoppable force could possibly propel us to such dizzying heights as to reach the heavens themselves?!? Cosmonauts everywhere know that moon rock pre-rolls are absolutely essential if you want to escape the earth’s gravitational pull! Our local lunatics (👈 moon related joke!) at DMV Organics have been hard at work developing these sensory rockets for interstellar travel! Basically? They’ve taken a pre-roll, coated it in live resin, and then coated that in THC crystals—or kief. Essentially, if moon rocks are flowers that have been coated in live resin and kief, these are the pre-roll version thereof. DMV Organics explained to me that the recipe of their new moon rock pre-roll is ever-changing as they will be frequently using different combinations of high quality organic flower, live resin, and kief. I tried several different moon rock pre-roll recipes on several different occasions, which afforded me the opportunity to try different combinations of the ingredients. Fellow Tokers, I can honestly tell you here and now that this has quickly become my new favorite way to enjoy our favorite plant. I’ve always been partial to joints and blunts and such, so this luxury moon rock pre-roll really spoke to me. The sensory experience of having three different strains via three different mediums at once working synergistically via the moon rock pre-roll allows you to intimately know cannabis for a brief moment of interstellar adventures! Our friends at DMV Organics carefully curate amazing combinations of the three different ingredients, making sure to pick strains that compliment each other not only in feeling and experience, but in flavor as well! I love that the ever-changing recipe affords me infinite combinations to experience! I also found the moon rock pre-roll to be particularly potent; I myself was able to get to the moon from earth pretty quickly but pleasantly, and not in an overwhelming way. Tokers with a higher tolerance— and more experienced cosmonauts—can probably handle a moon rock pre-roll by themselves if they’re so inclined. If quarantine has given you cabin fever, you’re just one moon rock pre-roll away from outer space!

Greetings, fellow Tokers! I've been radio-silent recently, working hard in my back room churning up some intriguing new twists in the journey that is Toker's Guide. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for some major announcements! In the meantime, I'd like to present for your consideration some excellently calming and anxiety-reducing (for me) indoor cannabis flowers from our friends over at Joint Delivery. While the name Lava Cake might make you think of something dangerously hot at first, if you're like me, you may think, instead, of that delectable desert at so many chain restaurants. You know - the one made of chocolate cake, loosely in the shape of a volcano's caldera, with "molten" chocolate "lava" poured over it? I must say, I'm a sucker for this type of cake. In a similar, but far less messy way, I very much enjoy devouring this Lava Cake cannabis cultivar. Its aroma and flavor are very sweet and bready with just a touch of fruity cream. Its complexion is fairly dark purple, inter-spliced with bright green and LOTS of hyper-white trichomes. In fact, if there were any part of these buds that could be considered the "lava," it would be these tremendous trichome smatterings flowing throughout. When you break the buds open, there's a crack and an explosion of white debris everywhere too. In effects, it's true to form for an indica-dominant hybrid strain. With parents like Grape Pie and Thin Mint Cookies, it's not hard to see why she's such a sought after strain. Perhaps most notable is the mega relaxing feeling that washes over you - especially after a long hard day fighting DC Inauguration traffic. It's such a peaceful feeling, but not so much in the sense that you want to fall asleep...nor watch TV. I'd say it's more cerebrally stimulating than I find many indicas, and the result is a welcome blend of calmness and inspiration. To grab your slice of this amazing batch holler at Joint Delivery ASAP!

Ho Ho Ho! Stoney Santa got a little too stoney this year and is rolling in a little late to the party, but his gifts are from the tip top of the Super Nice List. Take the Platinum Tropicana Cookies, pictured below, available from Top Secret DC right now. Only someone with a truly magical touch - much like that of the jolly man from the North - could make this baby shine so bright this time of year. And boy does she shine. Starry-white trichomes GLEAM as you rotate these colas in the light. The contrast against the utterly purple buds - yes, the color green is a rarity with this batch - makes the fiery, red hairs look like those of a leprechaun gone mad. This bud is insane. If appearances weren't enough, she's also got an obscenely strong citrus aroma to match the other-worldly visual exoticism. Don't put this Tropicana in a jar with other strains unless you want them all to smell like a freshly peeled dump truck full of tangerines. No hyperbole, I have never had a more citrus-smelling or -tasting batch of bud. Even the last Tropicana Cookies we reviewed from these guys (which were completely amazing) come in second to these ~ beautiful nuggets of purple love ~ when it comes to intensity of aroma and flavor. To build on the flavor discussion a bit more, to say it is only citrusy would be misleading. The mouth on this is layered in complexity. There are certainly sweeter hints, bready notes, and a lingering skunky aftertaste that makes you sort of cock your head in bewilderment. From a cultivator's perspective, this flower is a dream come true. It is perfection across every millimeter with incredible attention to input, process, and detail. When you crack the stems at the base of the colas you can instantly smell a distinct skunky, tart, earthy smell. This smell is evidence of nitrozyme - an organic growth stimulator made of kelp extract - and its use in the grow. Its presence immediately indicates to me that this was an exceptionally high quality organic grow, and that its tenders spared no expense to keep it that way. The genetics, said to be from a cutting in the bay-area itself, are from an exceptionally purple Tropicana Cookie mother that had Platinum Kush in its ancestry - undoubtedly added for yield and color. However, do not let the extreme purple lull you into thinking this is a sedative varietal - it is not. Running about 70/30 sativa heavy she can get your motor running for sure - NOT recommended for those new to partaking in flower. Tokers: I highly recommend that you hit up Top Secret DC ASAP to get some of this for yourselves if you want to try it. You can thank me later - and give your own opinion if you'd like (see comments section).

Season's greetings, DC I-71 gift vendors and Tokers everywhere! Let me tell you about some incredible edibles that I just had the pleasure of trying. This outlet has some vast experience in the baking and confectionary arena, and their knack clearly shines through in the gifts they purvey. Turns out, they're looking to land in a couple new, friendly, quality-focused services - and personally, I think you all should be jumping at the chance to add them to your menu. The brand is One Lane Bridge and, much like their name suggests, they're all about seeing things through a more easy-going lens than what this urban DC metro area often has to provide. Not far outside DC - and some may be quite surprised to learn this - you can still find country roads with one lane bridges. These bridges are a testament to simpler, slower times. The kind of times when things were made with simple, local ingredients, and people cared deeply about quality, flavor, and attention to even the finest details. This is the essence of One Lane Bridge's mission - to provide small-batch infused products made with care and from the finest quality ingredients, just like they did back in the aforementioned simpler times (minus the infused part of course 😉). We'll be reviewing a few gift items from these guys, but the first one that I just had to share with you is their Banana Bread Slice. As seen above, you can tell the chocolate ganache and toasted coconut topping with already delectable homemade banana bread is absolutely, mouthwateringly delicious from mere observation alone. Note the flavor is everything you want and crave in some epic gourmet banana bread, but at 250 mg in each slice, the challenge becomes stopping yourself before you each too much. That's right, this one slice packs quite the punch. We highly recommend managing or partitioning your portions in a manner proportionate with your experience and tolerance levels. To get your hands on some, tell your favorite vendor about this review and that you'd like them to start carrying One Lane Bridge. I'm certainly telling my DC vendor clients about them and looking forward to seeing them around town a bit more. Surely, this town could benefit from the "Slow Down - Enjoy Life" vibe they exude, not to mention the high-flying euphoric effects of their amazing small-batch edibles! DC weed vendors, contact me to find out more info about carrying One Lane Bridge gifts in your store today!

If you're a cannabis connoisseur on any level—and anywhere near the DC area—I hope that you're familiar with Top Secret DC. If not, now would be a really good time to hit them up. Typically when I review their flower gifts, the particular strain in question has a tendency to do three things: 1). Make it onto my top three list for sativa, hybrid, or indica. 2). Make its way to into my personal coffers by the zip. 3). Sell out pretty much the same day my review is published. As I write this, there are three superstar strains on their menu and, after publishing this one, two of them I will have reviewed with full marks. So you could say that now might be the best chance to get ahold of some of their (absolute) fire before it's gone. So what's up with the Miracle Whip? A three-way cross of Cookies and Cream x Starfighter x Colombian, she runs slightly indica, and packs a uniquely calming, yet heady and creative high. The aroma and flavor is super sugary, creamy, and sweet with woody, skunky undertones. Rare, exotic, and delicious: this is a true find my friends! The avalanches of trichomes are super fresh and the texture is still soft and highly sticky. When you break it up, your hands will start to stick to everything in a strangely sugary way - perhaps not unlike the hands of a seven year old after eating a ton of whipped cream atop a piece of sweet apple pie. Which begs the question: Do they call it Miracle Whip because you need a miracle to get it off your fingers? 😂 Honestly, the real miracle here is that it's not sold out by the time you request it. So, I encourage you to waste no more time, and give the fantabulous Top Secret DC a shout ASAP!

Hey Tokers, let’s make our dentists work for their money! We all know that candy rules, and sugar is delicious. If I’m not careful, I’ll eat candy til my tongue is blistered and I’ve entered into some sugar induced quasi-masochistic hallucinatory state. So, when DC local i71 compliant provider DMV Organics gifted me these sour gummy bears and sour gummy worms, I tried to play it cool. I was pretending like everything was alright, but the ravenous candy beast that lurks within me was howling into the air, demanding sugary goodness! Who am I to deny my baser impulses? As a lifelong lover of Sour Patch Kids and anything tart or sour, I was beyond excited to take these gummies for a test drive. Blood sugar levels be damned! Most Tokers know that the experience you get from eating edibles can be very different from inhaling cannabis. Eating cannabis edibles yields a longer-lasting high and often gives a more intense, full-body, potentially psychoactive effect. I’m not a doctor, so I encourage you to experiment responsibly. Eating cannabis products may affect you differently than what you’re used to from inhalation, so be careful, especially if you’re thinking about venturing out into the world and moving about by some form of locomotion (Editor’s Note: TG never advocates driving under the influence. Rule of thumb: if you’re going to get high, just don’t drive!) An individual’s age, body weight, and metabolic rate, as well as what they’ve eaten or drank throughout the day can all factor into a Toker’s edible adventure! Some Tokers report feeling a high from a dose as low as 3mgs of THC, yet there are edibles available at literally hundreds of times that dosage. A wise Toker once told me, “you can always eat more, but you can’t un-eat it!” So, try a wee bit and wait an hour and see how you feel! The Sour Gummies come in two different formats and dosages. Sour Gummy Bears are 15mgs per Bear, and the Sour Gummy Worms are 75mgs per Worm. I’m a man of science, dear Tokers, and I’m here for you! I tried each gummy from a maddeningly sober baseline so that I could accurately tell you what to expect. I’ve learned that 50mgs is my line in the sand, if you will; I can consume anything up to 50mgs and be fine. Anything beyond 50mgs, and I’m gonna be pretty lit - you DEF won’t see me operating heavy machinery (bikes, scooters, Power Wheels included). I really enjoyed the Sour Gummy Bears! At 15mgs of THC per bear and five bears per package, I found that I could comfortably micro-dose and really exert some control over my experience. I love low-dose edibles because they allow the Toker to kind of play around and get a feel for tolerance and dosing. Eating two Sour Bears at once had me feeling fantastic within the hour, but not incapacitated. The Sour Gummy Worms are for real. At 75 msg per worm with three worms per package, these Worms came to work! Have you ever sung ridiculous songs to your dog? That’s how high I was. I sang my dog’s life story to my dog, and he seemed to enjoy it! I know I had a blast at least. Since both of the Sour Gummies are made with local high-quality organic distillate, there’s virtually no cannabis flavor whatsoever. These gummies are so tasty, they’re dangerous! My love of sour candy was almost my undoing, as I just wanted to eat all of them immediately. Organic and free of high fructose corn syrup and gluten, DMV Organics is able to accommodate dietary restrictions and requirements based on order volumes, so if you’re looking for something specific don’t hesitate to reach out!

Hello, fellow Tokers! When DC I-71 vendor Top Secret DC gave us a call on the Toker Line and asked if we could review a slew of their awesome new concentrates in a single post, we were not only up to the challenge, we were stoked AF. I mean it's not everyday that such a wide variety of some of the finest concentrate in the world just falls into your lap. Whether it's diamonds, terp sauce, sugar, shatter, badder, rosin, or live resin you're after, you can pretty much find it all in the DC I-71 scene. However, many times, the quality can be somewhat less than desired. If you feel this way, or if you're like us and you're just an outright stickler for quality in general, then allow me to present the following for your consideration: Juice House 7Star Rosin To catch you all up to speed, rosin is made using a lot of heat and pressure to squeeze the resin from buds (or kief, trim) in a solventless manner. When done right, it will have the terpene profile from the original input with all the great flavor, aroma, and entourage of effects. In this case, it's likely that the rosin was made from some of the finest kief (hence the "7star" rating). The flavor is out of this world, and upon exhale, you immediately know you're in for something more intense than usual. The effects hit you super quick, super hard, and rush right to your forehead through your face. Full of euphoria and long-lasting, be prepared to vegetate on this one for a while. Maybe throw on some great holiday movies and avoid the fam for while? Careful though, if your tolerance isn't high, your little cousins might start wondering what's wrong with you when you raid the fridge with reckless abandon less than an hour after dinner. "Nug-run" Solvent-less Shatter As the name implies, this is "shatter"—though very different than what you might typically find as shatter—made solely from the nug, or buds, of a fine cannabis harvest. The result is quite close to live resin, just not cryogenically frozen prior to pressing. So, technically, you might lose a bit of the cannabinoids, but you still get some tremendously delicious, fresh and gassy concentrate that's just perfect for dabbing. This one is made from fresh-cut Gorilla Poundcake (indica-leaning) and you can totally taste the (nom nom nom) freshness! Of course this one isn't quite as strong as the previous "7star" but it's certainly very pure/high quality and an immensely enjoyable experience. It is a little easier to hang around those not in the know with this concentrate on-board at a holiday gathering, but the issue for me became the overt cottonmouth and need to steadily have a drink in my hand (not really a major issue though, right?). Northern Lights X White Widow Sugar Wax Running highly pure, sugar wax is refined in much the same way as sugar from sugarcane: with heat purging and vacuuming designed to spawn crystallization. Even though this type of concentrate has such a pure, sugary texture, it is still able to retain the terpene profile, and thus, is exceptionally delicious AND strong. Obviously, this is no surprise to those with exposure to the flavor heavyweight input varietals, Northern Lights X White Widow. An advantage of this format that cannot be overlooked is that it's easy to work with nature. The crystals break up easily and scoop seamlessly into whatever bucket or device you like without a mess. This holiday season, if you're in need of carrying an epic buzz through the "merriment" abounding across Zoom channels galore, then think about doing a holiday concentrate sampler by getting all three of the aforementioned and keeping the dab rig just off-screen nearby. Holler at Top Secret DC today to make it happen!

Cheers to the budtenders over at Baked DC for this potent and extremely pungent batch of Gorilla Cake. She's an indica dominant hybrid and she packs a heavy-handed euphoric buzz that makes you want to Netflix and chief all day. She's just perfect for a chilly fall Sunday. This one's buds are fluffy but still dense. Trichomes are heavily clustered, of quite amazing size, and starry. This is because it was harvested at the perfect peak and cured to utter perfection. When it comes to aroma, she's got enough to fill the room with earthy, sour, piny, and sweet aromas inherited from its parent strains, Gorilla Glue #4 and Wedding Cake. Flavor profile is rich with a sweet, piny, cake-like mouth. Perhaps also a hint of chocolate in the after taste? In comparison to our recently reviewed Platinum Glue, the Gorilla Cake is quite a bit sweeter whereas the other was more sour. The Platinum Glue also had more sativa oriented effects than the Cake, with the latter being more mellow and relaxing. Newbies: this one is powerful. If you have important things to do, good chance it's going to be difficult to get them done. On the other hand, if you want to rest, recover, and/or re-energize, this is quite possibly the perfect strain. If that sounds like what you're looking for we recommend you schedule an appointment with Baked DC and check her our for yourself asap!

Can't say enough about this Jet Fuel Gelato from our friends over at Baked DC. It's a mega strong strain that has tested as high as 29% THC in recent lab tests. She's a hybrid cross of Jet Fuel G6 with the notorious Gelato45 and these stellar genetics are very clear from the first whiff. The aroma is extremely pungent and exotic in nature. There's the ever present diesel, fuel-like smell combined with something sweet, but not fruity. The taste is a sweet, robust, almost doughy flavor, with a piney after taste. This batch felt very sativa heavy at first, with an uplifting and euphoric buzz. The initial rush soon faded to a more dreamy and relaxed, but highly functional, state. Overall, it ends up being quite well-balanced and good for morning/daytime. I actually hit it in the vape, slammed a cold-pressed juice shot (chased w/ water) and went for a 5 mile run this morning. During the run I was definitely high energy and in the zone. Afterwards, I was in a warm glow of calm as I recovered. Visually, this strain is quite unique and exotic looking. Her greens are both light and dark with tinges of purple throughout (though hard to portray accurately in the photo below). The trichomes are very starry, size-able, and amber-hued under magnification - all indicators of an expert cultivation and cure. From a connoisseur perspective, this one makes the collection for being great eye-candy, possessing an exotic nose/flavor, and having dynamically powerful effects. If you haven't had Jet Fuel Gelato we highly recommend you schedule an appointment with the friendly and knowledgeable people over at Baked DC as soon as possible!

Ok, so I was half tempted not to do this review so I could ensure that this Platinum Gelato from Top Secret DC would stick around long enough for me to get seconds, maybe even thirds? I'm all about this batch. Combining to make this out-of-this-world, balanced 50/50 hybrid strain possible are Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies (GSC) and Sunset Sherbet. As you can probably guess, the taste is unbelievably delectable - an outright gourmet experience. It's so utterly savory, complexly sweet, and delightfully skunky all at the same time! You may have seen other versions of platinum gelato on menu's elsewhere and passed over it. This one grabs you visually, not to mention from an olfactory perspective, and right away you can tell it's on another level. It's trichomes are hyper-white, the coloration is exotic with purples, blues, and myriad greens strewn throughout. Its structure is overflowing with fluffiness and it's impossibly sticky. The cultivator gets full marks on this one guys - 100% A+ When it comes to effects, she's right in the middle but with a smudge more energy than a true 50/50. She's also the kind that as soon as you begin pulling a hit you might start smiling, knowing the pure joy that is about to commence. Please do not go to Top Secret DC right now and pick up this bud so that I can hoard it all for myself! That is all. JK. But, no, seriously, this stuff is truly incredible and I hope you all get a chance to check it out. Give them a shout ASAP and you'll be very, very happy you did.