There are a lot of strains out there and the number of strains are only growing by the day. Information is only getting easier to share and people are leveraging that access to information to learn about growing, cloning, crossing and seed genetics.
Also factor in that legalization is encouraging more folks to seek out and apply this knowledge. We should only expect even more strains being crossed over time with a slight rate of exponential growth making this and the future a great time to flavor chase.
A very large number of these strains will have unique flavor profiles and very different highs. This why it is good for you to be a connoisseur and explore all the different strains with their different highs so you can find the high that right for you.
My suggestion would be to try both Sativas and Indicas. Let your nose guide you. Find the aroma and scents you find pleasing. Begin exploring those strains and their highs. From there continue to build on that experience branching out to other strains.
And so today in my exploration, I have made my way to another Ember Valley strain. Ember Valley is a top notch grower coming out of NorCal. In the past I reviewed their strain Ice Cream Cake which I have linked below.
Today though I am trying Pine Drop by Ember Valley. There is a lot of Aliases for this Sativa Dominant Flower Pine Drop aka Slymer Clone aka Chernobyl. Let get into the Genetics.
Pine drop descends from a few different sativa dominant strains that make up quite the killer combo. Trainwreck, Jack the Ripper and Trinity team up to drop kick you in the head.
The overgrown orange hairs, very light green leaves and lush trichrome crystals give the buds almost an orange-yellow hue. This flower is very reminiscent to the Med Men Max strain I recently reviewed. However Pine Drop demonstrates what good manicuring looks like relative to Max.
The aroma has a distinct dominant pine nose complemented by delicate floral and citrus notes.
With the pine dominant nose, I really anticipated some trainwrecky influenced flavor profiles. I instead found it to be a pleasant much more reserved earthy, spicey, peppery inhale with light floral notes.
In the exhale the Floral notes had a much more forward presence with the spice and pepper gently complementing it. Both the inhale and exhale were smooth with no expansion.
The high wasn’t the cerebral head rush that Trainwrecky strains can be. It was a much more pleasant dreamy relaxed high perfect for ADHD, PTSD and anxiety.
So was it worth the money and would I buy it again? So far I have been very impressed with Ember Valley. This a legendary sativa done the right way with a very pleasant high. Yes, I would buy it again when in the mood for a good sativa.
Where can it be found? Ember Valley’s Flowers can be found at Dispensaries all over California and are usually very reasonably priced.
THC: 18.96
CBD: 0.03
