I had the good fortune to procure some leaf from Denette615 and immediately wanted to write a glowing review! I decided to wait until I gleaned a lot of experience with the several varieties I scored.Quick disclaimer: Up until now, from years of burning leaf, I'd literally never been able to "handle" greens (and only greens oddly enough.) They always made me feel nauseous or dysphoric, even in small quantities. I adore reds most of all, but also really like many whites, they just play second-fiddle to reds for my chemistry I guess.
On to the review...
Green Upstream: a fantastic strain! No dizziness, dysphoria, nausea... Only a sense of gratitude and wonder that I was blessed to be able to receive such a fantastic boutique leaf. Extremely potent and noticeable mood left, surprisingly great pain relief for a "green" (but I'm beginning to suspect that those nomenclatures kind of fade when you're dealing with extraordinary-quality leaf). I shared this with my best friend since it was his birthday and he was almost out of everything. He also never came across a green he liked and was very suspicious about my rave reviews but lo and behold he thought it was the best leaf he's ever had.
Green platinum KA 12: My personal favorite. Somewhat similar to the upstream but for me it was even more euphoric. I ran through this so fast! Not a day didn't go by where I wasn't jumping at the bit to burn this strain. Just amazing. Like all the other leaf I've gotten from Denette, it features a superbly vibrant light green color and the perfect grind. This is truly connoisseur grade kratom.
Green Bone: compared to leaf from most other vendors, quite excellent, but of the three greens, this one was not quite as stunning for my personal chemistry. I enjoyed it but it didn't have the same level of "HOLEY MOLEY!" for me.
Red MD KA 12: this was great, but I was surprised that I enjoyed the first two greens significantly more. Honestly never thought I would say that
It was fairly energizing and didn't have the heavy deep soporific relaxation and pleasant stony euphoria from some of the best reds I've ever had. This would be a fantastic choice for someone who wanted a slightly faster red.Overall I was literally stunned by the extreme quality and wholeheartedly recommend Denette for all of your boutique connoisseur grade leaf!
