Garuda - "Super Green" Review

[KrateAndVape]

*This is my personal experience with / opinion of / how I've been affected by this particular strain / vendor. Your experience may vary. No two people react exactly the same way to Kratom. Remember to find your optimal dose. My "normal dose" may not be yours.*

Instead of rating on a scale of 1 to 10, I'll be logging how this strain affected me as either "not noticeable", "barely noticeable", "noticeable", "very noticeable" or "extremely noticeable" in five catagories.

Energy / Focus / Motivation = Very Noticeable

Euphoria / Mood = Very Noticeable

Relaxation / Calming / "Chill Effect" = Noticeable at first, Extremely Noticeable later

Sedation = Not Noticeable at first, Very Noticeable later

Pain Relief = Noticeable

I started with 80% of my normal dose (i.e.: If my normal dose is 5g, I took 4.) on an empty stomach. Mild onset at about 50 minutes. Redosed 40% of my normal dose 1 hour after initial dose. A half hour later, I experienced good euphoria / mood uplift / focus. Moderate knee pain seemed to subside. Not sedating. Energy seemed to be building ever so slowly.
2 hours after initial dose, I wrote in my journal: "Not a bad burn, but not amazing. Middle of the road (...so far). But I like the mood effects very much. Smooth. Level. But slightly jittery... like a small amount of white vein does to me. Nothing major."
30 minutes later: "Wow! Very good euphoria!" Both euphoria and energy gently / very slowly crept up on me. Not a sudden 'Boom! I'm here!' effect."

Duration was about 5 hours. Peak came about mid-way. I noticed light sedation at about 3 hours , just as I was starting to eat. This seemed to happen more sudden than the energy and euphoria build-up experience. By the end of the burn I might have been able to take a nap if I wanted to. But I won't be taking this as a nighttime dose / sleep assistor. Good as an "ease into the day" morning dose or an early to mid afternoon "keep on truckin'" strain. Was definitely not comparable to a "quick pick-me-up" cup of coffee.

I also have "Wild Green" and "Super Maeng Da" from this vendor and am curious about how they compare.

Since this is the first strain I'm reviewing from Garuda, I'll wrap-up with a word about this vendor:
First time ordering from Garuda. Placed order 10:30 Tuesday morning. Received tracking information 12 hours later. Received package Thursday. Packaging was decent. Discreet labeling. I received everything I ordered. No samples included.


"Super Green" is on the bottom-right in both pictures.


A review of Garuda's "Wild Green" has been posted also.

[herbalhippie]

Great review, thanks!

[whiffypants]

SOMEONE found the font color button...

It's cool, though! Makes it lively to read.

Great pics, and well thought out, detailed, and informative review. Made me want some. Thanks!

[KrateAndVape]

Thanks Whiffy There's actually a method to my color madness. a.) I "stole" the idea from someone else on here. I just maybe embelashed it a little. b.) The colors I chose are actually close representatives of the categories (as close as I could get, in my own interpretation, and it still be readable). I want to link the article I used, but I must have clicked-off of that tab and it's gone and I don't remember... But you can google search something like "moods and color" and get what I was going for. There are many different interpretations. Actually, I'm not sure how I feel about it. A part of me likes the idea, but in execution I feel it's a little distracting when reading. Kinda' a pain to do too. Of course, subsequent reviews will be easier, now that I've chose the colors (if I use the same ones... if I use them again at all). Have a great day, Whiffy!

[whiffypants]

It's all good. Reminds me of Eye_No_Nuttin's emoji-studded/ALL CAPS posts on Reddit: very busy but a pleasure to read. And absolutely unique.

Thanks man! You have a good one too!

[RubberToes]

Thanks for the review - very well written, and in color!

I have some of the Garuda Super Green and liked it so much I purchased more, provides batch numbers so you can reorder ( i appreciate batch numbers!)
I find it a well balanced green with an emphasis for an elevated mood, mid spec and finely ground.
It was a good experience ordering from Hudson Valley Botanicals, shipped promptly and a free sample in my first order - will definitely revisit Garuda