North Carolina- Cherokee Nation
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Comfortably Numb
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I am in Knoxville which is at least an hour away. My brother and I had planned on going up there but then the storm hit and we cancelled our plans.
I heard their products are weak. Reminds me of the moonshine they make up there to sell to tourists.
Please let us know your findings.
I heard their products are weak. Reminds me of the moonshine they make up there to sell to tourists.
Please let us know your findings.
FlyingLow
Team NO SLEEP!
While fishing through the Carolinas, I realized we were within close proximity and had to make a visit.
A few pros and cons... where do I start?
First, it is incredibly convenient if you happen to be getting lost in the woods; but otherwise I would say it is a trip for most people. They have a captive market being the only shop and a casino nearby.
Staff/budtender was friendly but fucking green, lacking real knowledge and arguably complete novice. I hate getting paired with someone who does not do concentrates. But, they have tons of bud tenders/registers and lots of floor space so there was no line at all. Perhaps they have other budtenders with more experience.
The store, The Great Smokey Cannabis Company was clean and has a convenient drive through with multiple windows. Inside reminded me of Vegas dispensaries. Display cases are out with what appears to be fake product, but you cannot see/ touch/ smell anything. Product selection is still shit, the budtender blamed both the selection and the pricing on the hurricane damage.... she suggested flower prices were going to come down, but time will tell. I doubt prices drop within the next 24-36 months, they have no competition for Rec in the entire state.
There were maybe 7-8 concentrates. Shatters, crumbles, sugar and waxes- no hash nor hash rosin on the menu. I tried three and will report back on quality and flavor later. They were $25/ half g. The flower prices were worse and even fewer selections. $200-220 per half o, and that is the limit they will sell on Flower. Ironically, the limit on concentrates seems to be astronomical. The lady said I could purchase up to 40+ g's!
I was optimistic for better pricing, especially on flower.
I was curious to try the flower, but am not a repeat buyer for flower at this price. It is unaffordable.
The concentrates so far have been better than I anticipated, but I had LOW expectations. To my pleasure, they are fresh and arguably more flavorful than many of the hash rosins I tried in Vegas.
The program is straight forward but longwinded. Check in and get sent to a register. Everything is ordered on a tablet, then you are directed to the cashier, then you are directed to the order pickup window. Annoyingly, each of these steps is accompanied by tip jars everywhere. I tipped the bud tender as usual, but did not anticipate tipping the cash register window nor the pickup window and I did not tip those as I was out of cash.
I'll post up a review of all the product later...
A few pros and cons... where do I start?
First, it is incredibly convenient if you happen to be getting lost in the woods; but otherwise I would say it is a trip for most people. They have a captive market being the only shop and a casino nearby.
Staff/budtender was friendly but fucking green, lacking real knowledge and arguably complete novice. I hate getting paired with someone who does not do concentrates. But, they have tons of bud tenders/registers and lots of floor space so there was no line at all. Perhaps they have other budtenders with more experience.
The store, The Great Smokey Cannabis Company was clean and has a convenient drive through with multiple windows. Inside reminded me of Vegas dispensaries. Display cases are out with what appears to be fake product, but you cannot see/ touch/ smell anything. Product selection is still shit, the budtender blamed both the selection and the pricing on the hurricane damage.... she suggested flower prices were going to come down, but time will tell. I doubt prices drop within the next 24-36 months, they have no competition for Rec in the entire state.
There were maybe 7-8 concentrates. Shatters, crumbles, sugar and waxes- no hash nor hash rosin on the menu. I tried three and will report back on quality and flavor later. They were $25/ half g. The flower prices were worse and even fewer selections. $200-220 per half o, and that is the limit they will sell on Flower. Ironically, the limit on concentrates seems to be astronomical. The lady said I could purchase up to 40+ g's!
I was optimistic for better pricing, especially on flower.
I was curious to try the flower, but am not a repeat buyer for flower at this price. It is unaffordable.
The concentrates so far have been better than I anticipated, but I had LOW expectations. To my pleasure, they are fresh and arguably more flavorful than many of the hash rosins I tried in Vegas.
The program is straight forward but longwinded. Check in and get sent to a register. Everything is ordered on a tablet, then you are directed to the cashier, then you are directed to the order pickup window. Annoyingly, each of these steps is accompanied by tip jars everywhere. I tipped the bud tender as usual, but did not anticipate tipping the cash register window nor the pickup window and I did not tip those as I was out of cash.
I'll post up a review of all the product later...
FlyingLow
Team NO SLEEP!
Price is nothing to brag about, but I actually was somewhat impressed by their concentrates: Black Bear, DBP A-Ye-Li Wild Berry, and Durban Poison. All were sleight on the flavor profile, kinda earthy/gas/spice but clean and decent product. There was nothing fruit forward in the flavor profiles, even with the Wild Berry. Nonetheless, exceeded my low expectations.
At twice the price of most markets, the $200+ flower halves were stupid. So stupid I should have ran, but I could not resist testing... I wanted to try and picked up eighths of Pink Crush and Chocolate Chip Pancakes, the tender disclosed all their flower offerings were hybrids. These look nice and were 7/28/24 and 8/15/24 on the harvest dates, but my guess is they may have been over-cured/dried. They look nice and sugary but both strains really lack flavor.
I know these are TOUGH reviews, I experience traveling to various states and the product just does not measure up to any other legal market I know of. That said, it is such a small and young community, I trust they will only refine their grows and extraction methods over the coming years. I find it all super exciting for NC and looking forward to future visits.
At twice the price of most markets, the $200+ flower halves were stupid. So stupid I should have ran, but I could not resist testing... I wanted to try and picked up eighths of Pink Crush and Chocolate Chip Pancakes, the tender disclosed all their flower offerings were hybrids. These look nice and were 7/28/24 and 8/15/24 on the harvest dates, but my guess is they may have been over-cured/dried. They look nice and sugary but both strains really lack flavor.
I know these are TOUGH reviews, I experience traveling to various states and the product just does not measure up to any other legal market I know of. That said, it is such a small and young community, I trust they will only refine their grows and extraction methods over the coming years. I find it all super exciting for NC and looking forward to future visits.