Welcome to Cannabis School. I'm your host, Jesse Angeles.
And I'm Brandon Elder. And we're here to talk to you
about everything pertaining to cannabis from vape, flower,
edibles. Strains.
And everything in between. Welcome back, everybody.
We've got a another local strain from Utah that you can get other
places. It's just gonna, it's gonna
taste a little different. The strain we're gonna be
talking today is Gemini. Oh yeah, we got this from.
Pure plan. Pure plan, Yeah.
Yeah, pure plan. Great.
Great cultivar, same as Dragonfly.
Same cultivar that grows Betty, Dragonfly and Pure Plan, but
Gemini is the strain that we're checking out today.
Gemini is actually a great strain mixed by crossing 2 face
OG and area 41. Area 41.
So there's no aliens here? I don't know what goes on in
Area 41. It's.
Just all probes. Oh, I've been there.
It's just, yeah, it's just lots of seeds, you know, like you
just yeah, you don't. You don't get to fight it.
If you do. They just put you on your face
and they Velcro, they Velcro your arms to your calves.
No way to fight. It that just remind this sounds
horrible. That reminds me of growing up.
Like my dad would always weed paddle and it would bend over
and grab your ankles. And if you didn't grab your
ankles, you got paddled again. So, you know, Yeah, so the Bob
Gross drafting. Man, what if you were pulling a
bulldog and your balls are out there dad and you hit a.
Good thing I was little when I got patted so he stopped after a
certain. Point 'cause that's hilarious
and that's why Brandon likes spankings anyway, so.
Harder, Daddy. Oh, but Gemini is a hybrid.
What? What do we know?
Kind of a split 'cause you see conflicting things online.
Sometimes they say it's a 5050 somebody.
They say it's more indica leaning.
They haven't given us a breakdown for it, but the
terpene profile like you were saying, a lot of them are more
sativa based. Yeah, they got beta carophiline,
which is nice on the indica side because it's it's there to help
out, but it's got. Lemonine, humiline and linole,
which you notice a lot more still in sativa strains as well.
Especially lemonine and humiline, those ones really play
and. Then it has a little bit of beta
Mirosine in here as well. Yeah.
So it's AI do like the Utah products that they do always
give that breakdown. The terpene profile.
Let us know are you guys where are you at?
Do you guys get that terpene profile?
Do you get the cannabinoid breakdown or are you guys just
basically getting here's an indica, here's a sativa, here's
a hybrid, 'cause I did get a product from Oklahoma recently
and that's exactly what it was labeled as was just like it's an
indica, one point something terps and it.
No breakdown. It felt like hemp, so you know,
it was a terrible, just terrible experience.
Well, it's kind of like Fade Co cause Fade Co, yeah, there's
like no information other than kind of a little bit on there,
but it really doesn't tell you like what's the lineage 'cause
it's so. Unique on the on their website,
it gives you nothing. The better breakdown was on the
packaging that it came with 'cause it gave us the tarpene
and the cannabinoid, but it still didn't give you the
genetic lines or like what it's made from because I feel like a
lot of theirs were custom grow. Oh, they were totally where
they're great. It's just not a lot of
information. Not a lot of information.
But that's how we help move the industry forward, you know, is
by making sure we request. So if you go to a place, maybe
ask them go, hey, do you guys know the terpene profile or the
cannabinoid profile? Can you get this information?
Because if they don't know that that's what their customers are
wanting, they have no idea that that's what they need to
provide. Truly.
Oh no, you missing the lighter. No, I found it.
OK. You know, we've been talking
about this. We're probably like 5.
Haven't even tried it. Yeah rookies.
So this one has CBDCBDACBG and CBGA as well.
So that's cool. Kind of got a hemp flavor to
this. Oh no, I.
Think it's just because you were.
No OK, it's more peppery. So the beta carophiline.
I was like, this one's such a nice, pretty, beautiful nug and
like, I would be disappointed if if Dragonfly had a hemp
flavored, you know, cultivation. The flavor's not my my favorite,
especially after having that last string.
Gigi had those coffee notes. It was really good.
This is creamy, but it just doesn't.
You know what I mean by creepy? Creeps up on you, the flavor or
the experience. No, no, creamy.
Like it's kind of a creamy hit. You know.
But the flavors kind of. This one's known for grassy and
a little bit of sweet notes like.
Like, like fucking grass. Yeah, it says it's got like
grape nose to it. So maybe on the fresh hints you
might get grapey tones on the smell, but I don't on the
flavor. So the humeline can increase
heart rate. I know that and.
Are you feeling an? Increase already yeah it's not
uncomfortable it's just noticeable it's a nice balanced
hybrid because I don't feel sleepy yeah I've only taken a
couple hits but at the same time I'm taking a couple hits from a
bong so it's none I. Think you're right?
I think my heart is going just a little bit faster.
I just feel it going faster. I don't necessarily feel it in
my face or anything like that. It doesn't feel weighted on me.
I feel it in my upper back a little.
Bit OK, here's something interesting.
So the description of this actually says the dominant
terpene is terpenoline. However, that's not even on the
breakdown of the dominant terpene list.
So I'm very curious what the percentage of terpenoline is
that's in here and what that note plays in maybe the grassy
tones that we're getting from? That and it could, but it's very
odd. It's it's that grassy tone, but
it also is very smooth. It almost feels like I've had
dairy in in my mouth. Like I had a nice like the like
the effect of ice cream in your mouth right like after it's just
a slight kind of coating and that's what it feels like.
I don't get dry mouth at all from this.
It's been nice. Last strain real.
Dry. Oh, super bad cottonmouth, Yeah.
I mean, it was a great strain. It took you through a roller
coaster of experience. This one, it's, it's very mild.
It's not super strong. I can say that on the pain
relief side. Yeah, a little bit.
My hands have been hurting for a little bit.
They still do just because of the fluctuation of cold and heat
and getting older, and it's not as bad right now.
It feels really good and it's not a real heady high.
I feel it like in the back of my neck, yes.
That's and into my upper back. Yeah, it's really weird.
I don't feel it like in the front of me right now, not at
all. And I feel like second hit might
help it develop a little bit more, but right now I literally
just feel it kind of like up at the top of the back of my head
and cascading down the back. Yeah, definitely.
Very unique. Like a yarmulke.
Yeah, but with like a a yarmulke with like a headdress going down
the back. Yeah, like it's pulling.
Yeah, 'cause it's just, I feel it all the way down my back in
that, so I just, yeah. I feel like it's like lifting my
head up, like if I I could go, I go look at the stars and I'd be
OK. This one's really supposed to be
for like, relaxation, and it's known for euphoric feelings.
The euphoria I definitely feel, I'm very happy, but I'm not
stoned, which is nice because the last strain that we had,
like I said it, it went up real fast and then it plateaued and
then it dipped down and then it dropped down.
It it had levels, it kept dropping down to this one is a
nice steady flow. It didn't go too high.
It's nice and level, very chill. I really like it.
I like it for a hybrid. I really like it.
Cereal Milk has been my favorite hybrid for a very long time and
it is a great strain. It tastes good, it's got that
sweet Milky flavor to it. It's really great.
But even though this is not the best tasting, I'd be OK.
It's not terrible, but it's definitely not my like the best
flavor profile. This second hit, it's
interesting. It brought it all around.
So I started feeling it up the sides and in the front of my
face, right behind my eyes. Very different.
Yeah, the dry mouth starting to come on, but it's not bad.
Nothing like the last one. Oh man, it like hurt my mouth.
Interesting the last strain with the dryness.
Like my lips? Kind.
Of feel like they're chapped. Oh.
They get that dry, yeah, but this one, not at all.
It's just a really nice mellow. I don't like the after taste.
It's very bitter. Yeah, the flavor is not my
favorite with this one, but I actually don't mind the feeling
in my head right now. I do notice that this has way
more in my head than the last strain.
However, this one is not like a fogginess with it.
It's just I feel, well, I guess the last one I felt in my face,
I just didn't feel it more up on the top as much.
And this one I do feel in the top of my Dome, down my face
now, not as much in my body as I do in my head.
No, I feel pretty good. I, I don't, I feel relaxed
enough, even though now it's coming down a plateau.
So it it rides like this and then it drops down.
The other one dropped down like that.
This one is like a slow descent, so I don't feel too medicated.
I don't feel slow. The other one I was starting to
feel a little slow. This one, I'm getting a bit of a
sativa kind of headache now. I that's kind of weird.
The last time I just felt a lot of pressure.
This one is like a headache, but it's like a surface level
headache. It's not like deep like in my
brain or something. It's just like on the skin
around my my Chrome Dome. Interesting.
Very strange. See, I right before you were
gonna say that you were getting headaches, I started having this
weird little, almost like annoying pain at the back of the
base of my skull. And I was like, and I wondered
if it was just a tightness I'm feeling, if it's something that
was already there that now I'm just noticing, or if it's
brought on by the strain. But.
That's very good, dude. It's a, it's a very unique
strain. I don't I don't think that the
the properties of this one is something that should be
overlooked because of the taste. You know, we, like you said, I
mean this is the same cultivar that grows for three different
companies, right? And.
For now, I think the 4th that's right, the 4th that came into
their. Yeah, that does those carts.
What is the? Name.
I can't remember the 00. Zero.
So you'll find products over at Utah as well from the 0 brand.
Yeah, Zero's pretty cool. They got they're flavored, Yeah.
And they're for, they're more economical, so.
They are. They're a little bit on the
cheaper side. They have botanical terps and
they make it a little bit easier.
And it's a 5-10. Yeah, 510 threads.
It's easier barrier to entry for U top products I think.
Yeah, and it's really nice because the the flavor's good.
I remember some of my first cards.
So we got we got these Gray market carts.
They were called cereal carts. And the best part about it was
the box you got it in. It looked like a cereal box.
It was so cool. I mean it was like Cocoa Pebbles
Count Chocula. Applejacks.
Applejacks then they had like the sour diesel one, which just
said sour diesel and it but it was like all cools, like it
looked like tagging art, you know, wall art and fucking.
Dude, it's a long time ago. It was a long ass time ago but
they were so tasty. Like the chocolate.
The apple one tasted like ass. Yeah, that one wasn't as good,
but I think all the others like Fruity Pebbles.
Oh my gosh, it tasted like Fruity Pebbles.
Dude, that was it was so tasty. It was wild.
It's not like that one we used to get limoncello.
Oh yeah, that was tasty too. I like that.
And it was bangers. I would like to.
Try give a shout out if you guys have had bangers before let us
know. Like, yeah.
Dude for sure just love those guys.
We had that for years. Well, and it's honestly, there's
legacy products that people get sometimes that are, I hate to
say it, there's some that are better than some of the ones
that I've seen on. Lately.
Real products like from the special reason like bro step up
your game. Get that game up because we have
had like, those are some of the best strains that we've had ever
in a disti. They were wonderful.
I just, I, I really got skeptical because it came around
the time that there was a lot of literature being published about
like the scare on black market cards and then the consistency
of them. And that's when we started
noticing that they were thinner. That.
Was runier and stuff and I was like, no, I like you don't have
a chance. To they're cheating.
It didn't touch another cart until I started getting it from
dispensaries again, 'cause that's how we had started with
carts, was the carts I would get to dispensaries.
Yeah, go to Colorado. So then after that, once it was,
well, these are here, I don't have to drive hours and hours
and hours, but then it was, well, the quality is not
matching up. So I the quality is my biggest
concern if I'm going well, this product is subpar or maybe
dangerous. OK, well and a lot of people
talk about fentanyl. Honestly what is the percentage
of fentanyl lased cannabis realistically?
It's pretty low. I mean, people die, but.
They do, and I'm sure that there have been people that totally
not trying to downplay those at all.
But the people who are like but. The percentage of that, like
who? How many people are getting more
people to come back if their people are dying?
On top of that, I mean with with so many, you know, either you
have a dispensary close to you and relatively close to you,
maybe it's a few hours away or you live close enough to a
border of a state that has wreck and you can just go in there.
Even medical states, even the medical state of Utah, like you
can come in and get a temporary card while you're here.
If you have a qualifying condition that matches, yeah,
totally. But honestly, if you're going
through Utah and you've got the money, everyone can say they
have chronic pain lasting more than two weeks.
Yeah, seriously. Like yeah.
And get your card and, and go purchase some of this local
delicious stuff that we have been, you know, we, we have been
partial, you know, dragonfly flower by far, dude has been the
best. It tastes the best.
It feels the best. And we've seen what goes into
the grow. Yeah, totally.
That makes a big difference because I know from cultivar to
cultivar, there's a lot lacking. And there's been stuff found in
Utah products that's not been great that I'm like, what are
you doing? Yeah.
So I would much rather find a cultivar that's trusted and I
know and love what they're doing.
Well, and they're not so much focused on making sure that they
get just the highest THC amount. They got their best terps.
Oh, the best everything. And magic, this strain that just
came out, that is a high CBG strain.
Yeah, we've smoked it twice. Amazing.
And that is a cultivar like that is a dragonfly cultivar and you
can't get that from many of the other.
I think it's actually a Betty Wellness that it's being.
Yeah, it's labeled under. But it is a type of it is a very
awesome strain. It it does a lot for those who
suffer from anxiety and from depression.
That's a fantastic. Strain for the pain.
Oh dude, so much with even the pain that I have a C.
BGA Sativa that hit you with the CBG like that was cool.
It's still, it's like one of my favorite top five strains of all
time. Oh, hands down.
And it's an original. It's an original from these
guys. So.
They're the ones in. Custom grow, so if you are in
Utah or if you're coming through, go check out Magic.
And also I mean, I would check out Gemini.
I have. I really like.
This strain, yeah, this has been a really nice.
It's not too much the flavors. Dissipated.
So you don't really have like. I don't know.
It was very bitter. But the experience is nice.
I don't feel really a a racing heart.
The last strain was just very chill with no racing heart or
anything. So there's just only at.
First, I mean, you know, and, and the reason why I mean, maybe
I've said this before, it's reverse tachycardia.
What's happening to your blood pressure is that when it, when
you actually smoke cannabis and the feeling goes into it, it
starts to drop your blood pressure.
And as a response to it, the body increases your blood
pressure. That's why if you smoke cannabis
and you check your blood pressure and it's higher, it's
usually because your body and the terpenes that you've
consumed, it's it's shooting it up.
But not all of them are gonna do that.
Not all of them are gonna drop your blood pressure.
That's true. And this one is one of those.
That's why. Like, I know it, but it was only
slight. It wasn't.
Like it wasn't a crazy racing, it was just a notice.
Of difference. Yeah, some of them have way more
tightness and stuff and you're like, oh man.
Isn't that weird? That last one, kind of like.
Got choked a little bit. Yeah, it was like, it was weird.
It was like right around there. But this one is nice, very
level. Yeah, you could have a
conversation on this. It's not the same chatty, like
giggly fun, but it's a nice relaxing, like it could be good
for the end of the day. If you've had a long day,
whether whether it's mental or physical or emotional, like this
could be at a good end of the day, just kind of relax, let
your mind unwind. Yeah, you know.
I think it'd be great for going out to eat with a bunch of
friends or with just your significant other, not kids.
This. This just like.
Fuck if I got to listen to these guys complain about my chicken
Nuggets are not cooked well or I don't like these French fries or
I'm not eating the vegetables like I don't want that shit.
I just want to go sit right and eat.
And enjoy it. I'd worry about that shit, yeah.
And that you notice, like when you're at dinner, if it's a good
dinner, you just talk about how good the dinner is.
You don't talk about anything else.
'Cause you're like oh fuck this is so good.
I know when I hit it out of the park, when I cook at home, when
I hit some, when nobody's talking, everybody's eating.
Eating like they're like this all right is awesome.
And then it's like, Dad, can I have seconds?
Oh, just, you know, that's like, I mean, I cook so much.
I I got a whole football team. I'm cooking for almost every
night and dude, it's just like I know it.
I know it. This strain would be good for
the Mr. and misses or, you know, whatever you, your significant
other and you to be able to enjoy your dinner even with the
kids. Go smoke this out in the garage
and just chill. I mean, it's nice.
It's really nice. I could sit and be cool.
I would want to play with my kids 'cause I know.
I mean, when kids like, hey, when we talked about stuff that
you're probably not into, you're right.
And you're like, you're like, yeah, but you're not.
And you're just like, you're just tolerating it and you're
just like. And when you smoke something
like Gemini, you're just going to stop and go and it fucking
it. You don't.
You're not going to get this time back.
Like, yeah. Just do it.
Just be into this like sure. Why?
Why you gotta be such a stick up the ass, right?
A sharp one with barbs. That's 'cause everyone's so
stressed about everything else in life.
Fucking. A that it's like, hey, I can't
deal with this right now. I know you're just trying to be
a kid, but I'm dealing with all of this.
Yeah, and I need to have time for myself to disappear into
fantasy book movie. Or like doom scrolling or
something and it's. Like, oh, even worse.
Yeah, I'd rather watch a movie. And I'm like, OK, and I've
thought about that too, 'cause I think it was you recently or
someone was saying that like, TV is a dissociative, basically,
Yeah. And I was like, I can see that
now. So the more that I'm sitting
there in front of ATV or something, I'm like, why?
Why am I disassociate? Like what is my reason here?
Why am I like choosing to do that?
I think that that social media is dissociative because it's
you're not getting anything for it.
There's really no dopamine from it.
It's an addiction because you got dopamine before and you have
to keep scrolling to get the same dopamine.
Like I've noticed that like if I'm on reels on Facebook because
I'm old and when I'm going through it, I find myself
getting to a videos and I'll just keep going until one of
them makes me laugh. And when it makes me laugh, then
I'm like, all right, I'm, I'm here, I'm, I'm engaged, I'm in
and I will spend hour and a half like that.
And for what? There's no payoff.
And so that's even more like I, as I was saying, like I'd rather
watch a movie. And I've been having to force
myself. Like I find things.
I'm like, hey, Jess, you know, I, I have to argue with myself
now. I'm like, you could play video
games or you can go take your ass to the gym.
Like I told you last night, I haven't been to the, I haven't
been going very much at all because of all those things that
happened in my life and I'm I'm getting out of sync with where I
was at and I was doing good. It just, it was the only thing
holding me together. Weed and the gym were the only
things keeping me together. Like I was, I was falling apart.
But now just thinking about something like this strain like
I I would be really chill. Yeah, it'd be perfect for that.
Yeah, this is awesome. This is like you.
You don't want to play with your kid, but your kid wants to play
with you 'cause you've been working all week and kid did.
He sees you all every once in a while, she sees you every once
in a while. They see yourself wondering
while whatever, Hey, you smoke this, you'd be you'll be
interested in whatever the fuck they're talking.
About I think it's good too, because this one doesn't seem to
have a lot of allow a lot of noise in your mind like it.
It's kind of quiet of the noise and allowed it to, like you
said, be here, be in that moment, be present to play with
your kid or to talk with your spouse or whatever it is, you
know, or even reflect on you, you know, to sit here and you
know, talk to yourself and go argue with yourself and go no,
hey, get your ass to the jammer. You know all these things that
it's. I could do something more, Yeah.
And it doesn't. You don't have to feel bad for
playing video games or watching movies or even doomscrolling.
Just just understand what you're doing with it and and know that.
Why? Like what's your reason?
It's fine to have it. This is.
You know what, talking about disassociative, that's what this
kind of strain is from pulling you away from that.
Like, I don't feel like I would rather sit here and have this
conversation. I'd rather go out and shoot a
bow or go play Frisbee golf or do something like I go long
boarding and I, I have no desire to go long boarding.
But right now I'd be like, yeah, fuck, let's go.
Like I just feel like fuck it. Well, all right, guys, I guess
that's it. We're leaving.
We're gonna go board. Yeah, there you go, Right.
No, Hey, this was awesome. Go check it out.
Gemini. Gemini is available almost
everywhere. Yeah, you can find it all over
the place, Yeah. Give it a shot.
Yeah, See if you can just buy a little bit.
Low and slow. If you're in a state and you're
new to cannabis, you can sometimes even get as small as
1g. Yeah.
And and if you're, if you're starting out, get a vaporizer,
get a vaporizer. Don't be don't be getting this
jet filtration or like. A tiny puff on a joint, I know
that's in some people really struggle with the idea or
concept of smoking, but if you, if that's something you can do
or OK with doing, like share a joint with a bunch of people,
just take a little puff 'cause that's all you need at the
beginning. Yeah, just a little bit.
You pass it around and, and if you are, if you've been
listening, you're a longtime listener, You're pretty much a
steward of cannabis now. So you need to take that on.
Like, hey, it's my responsibility with new people
coming in to not make it one of the worst experiences that I've
ever had. Just go low and slow and take it
easy. Know what works?
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