Happy New Years everyone! I've been out and about gathering some of the finest specimens in DC over the past couple weeks so get ready for an onslaught of posts over the coming days, weeks...months. I have to say, the first harvests of 2020 that I've been seeing so far are very, very impressive. Many are still curing and looking more and more phenomenal by the day. Stay tuned! With the explosion of new, craft, designer, 5 star, 4 boobed, 6 legged, 8 dicked weed out there it's always nice to see an excellent cultivator putting forth an impeccable example of a tried and tested classic. Like this Sour Diesel from Puff Puff DC, for example. You can go around the country smoking top shelf the whole way and not get as fantastically stoned as a joint from at batch of Sour D like this. It must be noted that I AM a big sativa fan - and this is a mega sativa - so you might be saying "Oh, big surprise, Matt likes the Sour D". Well yes. Yes I do. It's great. It smells like two diesel dump trucks full of citrus fruit ran over a surfeit (yep, that's what it's called) of skunks and collided at 80 mph. The buds are big and beefy with giant mutant hairs and white trichomes throughout. The pale and bright green coloring is prototypical of the strain as is its rich, gassy, coffee, skunky, sour, amazing diesel flavor. You gotta smoke this one people! Hit her before getting things DONE! For example, I just want to keep writing and writing right now. But I gotta hit the gym for a two hour workout...and then run 5 miles! DIESEL!!! Baaaahhhh!!!!! JK Go check out Puff Puff DC today and pick up some for yourself!

Happy holidays everyone! I hope you've all been able to toke down on some phenomenal trees over these past couple days! Maybe you even got some in your stocking? I was overjoyed to find some amazing Christmas Cookies in mine - more on this coming soon. If there was one thing that helped me get through the stress of shopping and travel over the past couple weeks it was having awesome, evenly balanced flower around to keep my energy levels high and my patience long. One of these balanced beauties was from new addition to our Weed Services page, LOCAL'd. She's called Lime Skunk and she's a doozy. LOCAL'd is a service designed to help local, DC community businesses specifically. They sell local goods and deliver them with a gift of cannabis. My local product was an amazing dark chocolate bar from CHOCOTENANGO. This was some of the most delectable, mouth-watering, dark chocolate I have ever had. It was incredibly rich, locally made, and paired nicely with the flower's lime aftertaste. It's my guess that they keep everything they can in the local economy and that even the gifts they have are locally grown. I arrived at this conclusion because the freshness of this batch of Lime Skunk was so apparent - it had clearly been chopped very recently. However, after giving it a good 24 hours to rest in my curing box, it was ready to buuurn dooown. I'm happy to do a little curing if it means giving back to the local community! In terms of effects, she's a solid 50/50 and her flavor is of strong, effervescent lime with a tinge of skunkyness. Her effects are that of a typical sativa but moderated and with more on the cerebral side much like a haze. If you need to get shit done and want to feel mellow about doing it, this is a good strain. As an added bonus, there are many who have said she's also very good at relieving symptoms of stress. If you're looking for something to keep you going, but feeling chill for NYE this could be the one. Give LOCAL'd a shout asap to add her to your own stash!

Happy Friday! This new Blackberry Wreck (aka Berry Wreck) from Baked DC is a fantastic hazy crossbreed and we are big big fans. It's their second 5 Star review this week people! The smell is that of ripe blackberry and asian plum, but with a hazy twist. The haze influence comes from the Trainwreck - a cross of two potent sativa hazes - and readers should note that this does have a good amount of sativa-like effects that come with it. They say it should be balanced 50/50, but it's a little hard to believe. If you want to zone out and go for a really long bike ride or run, it would probably be a benefit. Energy is going to be flowing strong along with creativity and cerebral vibrance. The Blackberry Kush side of the strain, however, brings a nice little euphoric body buzz to boot. Anyhow, this batch is just incredible. The buds are beefy with super frosty and starry trichomes everywhere. There are deep purple tips throughout nearly turquoise calyxes - simply beautiful. This was expertly grown and cured for sure. It's so, so sticky and leaves its delightful aroma all over your fingers and everywhere you go. If you like sativa's, hazes, or simply amazing and exotic daytime bud, you'll love this lady for sure. Head over to Baked DC immediately to check her out before she's gone!

Welcome to our first FIVE STAR review in a few weeks. This batch of Tropical Sleigh Ride from Baked DC is so aromatic with such a magnificently, exotic tropical flavor. It's literally like vaping a boat drink - pina colada, daiquiri, tequila sunrise, something of this nature. The flavor varies slightly from hit to hit, but is always SO delicious! Winner of 2 awards at the Emerald Cup in 2017, this strain has some of the highest terpene content in the world! One of the awards was for uniqueness of terpene profile, testing with an intensely high amount of Ocimene. Need we say more about its flavor? In terms of effects, this one is going to blow you away. It's high potency and sativa heavy, so get ready for a rush of energy and creativity. The euphoric aspect is also astounding. You might even call this a good social varietal, though probably not for the newbie. Heritage: Greenshock Farms’ “Purple Candy Cane” crossed with Mean Gene's phenomenal "Pineapple". This is truly a rare, craft strain of the highest order. Her trichomes are layered on thick, coating every space available. There are purple and blue hues all over, with both dark and lime green. The calyxes are fully mature, the buds are fluffy and crisp, and the cure is utter perfection. SUCH good smoke to roll too, though you might need some rubbing alcohol to get the sticky icky off your fingers (don't forget the grinder!). We STRONGLY recommend hitting up Baked DC to check this out for yourself ASAP!!!

As I've said before, I'm a big fan of OG's, and this platinum OG from DC Teapad is one of my flavorites. The aroma is like a cross between a pine tree, diesel truck, and coffee. The taste is gassy, skunky, and piney with exotic, almost savory kush notes stemming from the Platinum aspect. Of course, this one is a super potent and indica heavy cross between OG Kush and Platinum Kush. She'll make you want to just keep rolling her up she's so good. The body buzz and euphoria are the most noticeable effects. The sleepiness isn't as prevalent in this one as compared with many indica's I smoke, but it's there. It's not that you can't do anything, or don't want to do anything. It's that anything you do you're going to be SUPER mellow doing. Not a good one if you have to be on your toes. In terms of structure, this one is a little compressed from packaging. She's incredibly stinky so one can imagine why. However, one look at the trichomes layered all over these buds and you can tell that it's a good batch. The cure is also perfect making it smoke like a dream. If you like OG's as much as I do, give the guys over at DC Teapad a shout and pick up some for yourself today!

London Poundcake is an indica dominant hybrid strain created through crossing the delicious Sunset Sherbet with another, unknown indica-heavy hybrid strain. While typically sweet and fruity with a hint of almond, this batch from Baked DC is more bread or cake-like with pronounced nuttiness. The potency of this strain is extremely high with average THC levels around 28% and you can certainly tell. When vaped or smoked this one will make you walk, then crawl, then ooze to the nearest couch or bed. There are those who have said she helps them with stress, depression, and mood swings. We found it extremely, extremely relaxing, but without the confusion or cloudiness that can sometimes come from strong indica's. The buds of this batch are crisp and quite fluffy. The structure is good, but the cultivator could have done more to foster trichome production. Additionally, the cure is slightly off. We think this may have caused the lean toward sweet/nuttiness versus sweet/fruitiness. Nevertheless, the strain is certainly worth a try due to the clarity/relaxation pairing that results from its effects. Head over to Baked DC to try this, and their many other intriguing strains, out asap!

This new Platinum Glue from Puff Puff DC is some phenomenal bud! We just keep wanting to smoke more and more of it around here. Known for being one of the strongest smelling strains in the world, this batch's aroma certainly lives up to that reputation. It's hashy, gassy, skunky, but also somehow sweet. Fair warning, people WILL smell this bud. On you. In your house. Down the street. A mile away. It's not a bad problem to have, just be aware. In profile, this strain (also known as Platinum Gorilla Glue) is a highly potent indica dominant cross between Platinum Kush and Gorilla Glue #4 (GG4). The Diesel lineage, present in GG4, is distinctly noticeable in the flavor, which is a mix of coffee, sour, earthy, and....well...diesel. We particularly enjoyed the taste paired with a citrus IPA. When it comes to effects, she can be almost disorienting at first, then cheery and cerebral. You'll be comfortably numb and relaxed, but going out and doing things isn't a huge problem. There are those who have said she helps them with pain and insomnia. She definitely helped me to eat an entire pizza! In appearance, structure, and cure this bud is outstanding. It's fluffy, but not whispy. It's heavily, heavily trichomated with even more clusters than you'd expect to find on an excellent batch of a Gorilla Glue offshoot. She's clearly grown and harvested by pro's - a true connoisseur's delight. We also really liked the awesome anime girl artwork used for the Platinum Glue logo...so we worked her into the shoot as well. If you're going to pick up some gifts for a great, but chill Saturday night, you can't go wrong with the Platinum Glue. We say, go ahead and give the wonderful people over at Puff Puff DC a shout asap before this one runs out!

Happy Friday everyone! You have to check out this Mendo Breath from DC Teapad. It is straight FIRE. You will not be disappointed. The smell alone is out of this world. It's a very sweet candy-like aroma with lots of vanilla and caramel notes. Simply a wonderful nose and flavor, which is true to form for these guys (see their other reviews here). This strain is a cross of Mendo Montage and OG Kush Breath, the Mendo being the rare and phenomenal genetics making her so unique. She's an indica dominant hybrid and the average potency level is very high in this one my friends. In terms of effects, this batch packs the typical euphoric full body buzz but with a little extra oomph. The sedative effects rush to drag you to the nearest couch where you'll find happy, meditative moments ahead. Throw on some Netflix, but don't pick anything too complex or with a high amount of focus required. As for structure and appearance, the buds are nearly coniferous with numerous crystalline trichomes and lots of blue and purple flecks of color. The cure is perfect and the smoke is just out of this world. Overall, this one is a real treat and we give a BIG thanks to DC Teapad for hooking it up! Give them a shout asap before this one is GONE!

Check out this old school Blueberry from our friends over at Green Kings. This is a powerful indica that's status is legendary among American cultivators. Its heredity is mysterious, but the strain took home the Cannabis Cup for Best Indica in 2000. This batch is grown to perfection with dense, beefy buds and trichomes galore. The nose is remarkable, with abundant blueberry and vanilla notes. The flavor is true to form in the vape - very fruity blueberry. This is also very apparent when smoked, but note she smokes especially smooth. The buzz is over-powering and euphoric, calm, numb, and introspective all at the same time. Relaxation is a necessity with this one. Go to a movie, read a book, lay on the couch and stare at the ceiling. Then be ready to order take out. Did I mention she's a strong indica? There are those who have said this strain helps them with fatigue, depression, stress, anxiety, and migraines. For those of you connoisseurs out there who are into collecting the old school strains this is definitely one to have. For those who just want a solid indica for post Turkey Day R&R hit up Green Kings asap!

Check out this delicious batch of Lemon Pound Cake from the gentlemen over at Green Kings. We're not sure that this one is perfectly identified, but she's perfectly grown for sure. From a strain perspective it could be a cross of Lemon Cake with something else. It also closely identifies with some Nigerian Haze that I used to come across frequently. Either way, this is a sativa dominant hybrid with some amazingly complex flavor and powerful effects. The aroma is very citrusy with notes of vanilla. In the vape the flavor is an effervescent lemon with bread-like aftertaste. When smoked the lemon is still apparent but the bread comes out more and there are fruity/piny notes. Such a flavorful varietal! Her effects are initially euphoric, then energetic. This is a great strain for morning and daytime as it's much like shot of espresso given the energy provided. Focus and creativity are also prominent so this isn't a chaotic sativa, it's more like a haze. I'm a big fan of hazes and, thus, a big fan of this batch. There are those who say this strain has helped them with stress, depression, nausea, fatigue, and headaches. There was certainly a sense of joy that came with the effects for me. I was inspired to write and I could definitely see artists enjoying this strain to find new ideas and inspirations. At night, you might have some trouble falling asleep with this one, so again...daytime people! If you're into hazy sativa's, lemon flavor, or are looking to get your creative juices flowing, this is a great option. Check out Green Kings asap to add this lovely lady to your collection!

Nom nom nom nom. This batch of Cookie Monster from Baked DC is a magnificent specimen of a tried and true favorite. The strain became popular after winning the Seattle Cannabis Cup in 2014. With parents like OG Kush and Girl Scout Cookies (GSC) it's not hard to see why. Here at the Toker's Guide we are big fans of both strains and many of their offshoots. She's an indica, no qualms about it. She does have some energy and mental clarity to her though. Couch lock wasn't a problem, but usually isn't with the OG based varietals in my experience. If you want to relax, but not be knocked out, this is a solid choice. In terms of the buds, they are quite colorful with varying hues of green and blueish purple. The trichomes are numerous, clustered, and perfectly ripe. The buds are also extremely dense and break up almost like a cookie...nom. When broken up, the aroma resembles a fruity cookie. Perhaps something like a fig newton? If a cookie is just a cookie but a fig newton is fruit and cake then this Cookie Monster is more like fruit and cake (when broken up). Prior to that the cookie smell is notable, with a hint of piney OG scent to it as well. The flavor is quite sweet and cookie-like from the vape. When smoked, the flavor is a bit more exotic and the piney-ness is pulled forward. Overall, an excellent strain to roll in joints and blunts (if you prefer). We prefer it either way and paired with an Old Fashioned cocktail...nom. There are those who have said that this strain is excellent for various types of pain and muscle spasms. She's certainly potent and left me feeling no soreness from a strenuous morning workout. If you're into OG's or GSC's and want to mix it up this is a great cross of the two to have in the old stash box. Hit up Baked DC asap to add her to yours.

Big thanks to DC Teapad for letting us check out this batch of Sour Cherry Pie! She's a real treat and certainly lives up to her namesake in flavor and effects. As we keep saying, everything we've gotten from these guys has had amazing flavor. For this one, the aroma is sour at first, then hints of cherry begin to appear, and finally there's a cookie-like back. The cookie flavor and more of a tart diesel flavor are noticeable when smoked and even more pronounced in the vape. When it comes to genetics, she's a sativa heavy hybrid with a cross of Grand Daddy Purp (GDP) and Durban Poison on one side, and the infamous Sour Diesel on the other. The diesel effects are definitely apparent, but the body buzz that sets in nicely can probably be most attributed to the GDP. You'll want to save this one for the morning or daytime though as it does come with some coffee like drive and energy. In structure, the buds are quite dense with brown hairs and a slight tint of purple. The trichomes are clustered similar to what you might see in an OG cross. The only challenge I would say this batch has is the cure could have been slightly (emphasis on slightly) better. Nevertheless, she's a great smoke and, again, very flavorful! If you're into Sour Diesel, cherry aroma's and flavors (esp. cherry pie), or if you're looking for something make your day more vibrant and energetic, this is the strain for you. Set up a delivery with DC Teapad asap to check this one out for yourself.