Who was your first?

[Rambo]

Hmm now I had to go digging through my old emails to find out, but my first was a direct order from a vendor in Indonesia back in 2012 Bikhuk was the name. Back then I don’t recall vendors deviating too much from a few standard names.. Green Malay, Red Sumatra, Maeng Da of course, and Red Raiu were some old favorites. Good Kratom, good times!

[Joshgreenhorn]

Hmm now I had to go digging through my old emails to find out, but my first was a direct order from a vendor in Indonesia back in 2012 Bikhuk was the name. Back then I don’t recall vendors deviating too much from a few standard names.. Green Malay, Red Sumatra, Maeng Da of course, and Red Raiu were some old favorites. Good Kratom, good times!

I bet that was some fire-ass leaf right there. I would love to try some leaf from back in those times. Back when it was mostly wild old trees that weren't over-harvested.

[Supersonic75]

Remarkable Herbs, omg:-). A few different "strains" by them from the smoke shop near my office in NYC. A couple of them actually hit well, and even the ones that didn't....there was something just barely in there that was interesting. But one batch of "Thai" that RH had (i think was early 2019) was actually pretty great, and I used it many, many times with varying degrees of success over the year that i had it. Then I ordered from Kat's and got one amazing batch (Green Bunai, i think?). The rest was meh-to-awful, like 15 batches.

I don't remember how I found Double M (I think it was just through relentless kratom research after trying some other duds here and there), but when I did it was a profound game-changer and and life-changing experience (I'm not being funny; it truly was). Kratom replaced any synthetic pain relievers that I was still taking (I have 9 herniated discs in my back, among other spine issues), and still does, which for me is fucking amazing. Plus it feels great and the culture around it....well, you know; youre here just like I am.

Fun thread; sorry to go a little off-topic!!

[GrannyJ62]

I was very blessed to have tried Lizasbestbotanicals as my first online vendor her Red Haired Step Child was my lifesaver and helped me be able to finally after two decades of opioid use say no thanks to scripts and hello to living my life if her RHSC showed me that pain relief was available from something other than scripts then her Happy-go-lucky showed me how to be Happy-go-lucky that was over 5 yrs ago now and sadly the person who helped me through finding my sweet spot and the transition from pills to plants has passed over to the other side she was a complete stranger who reached out in a fibromyalgia/chronic pain/fatigue group on FB which we both ended up kicked out of for daring to talk about kratom although she was made a mod when everything was said and done RIP Dixie I will always have Lizas Leaf in my rotation but then I stumbled upon DoubleMherbal and I ended up with a Golden ticket to TFH and the rest is history I'm certain I may have some of the best leaf on the planet now after using Ballz list.Thank You DoubleMherbal people for helping me to help myself.

[AbsolutAngyl]

Mystic Island back in 2017 introduced me to an alternate form of pain relief

[Madvillain626]

i coulda swore i posted in this thread and my post disappeared lol

[Dharmabum]

Local headshop was first, then Kraken, Krabot, and also Happy Hippo, and Etha;(turns out Etha is the supplier for Happy Hippo). Etha is $$$$, but I really like their tablets as an alternative to my homemade capsules.

[BookofEnoch1914]

Local headshop was first, then Kraken, Krabot, and also Happy Hippo, and Etha;(turns out Etha is the supplier for Happy Hippo). Etha is $$$$, but I really like their tablets as an alternative to my homemade capsules.

Etha Supplies HH?? Interesting. I know HH buys all their leaf stateside from bulk importers. Out of curiosity how did you find this out?

[Burninator]

Motark

[mivanqua]

Local headshop was first, then Kraken, Krabot, and also Happy Hippo, and Etha;(turns out Etha is the supplier for Happy Hippo). Etha is $$$$, but I really like their tablets as an alternative to my homemade capsules.

Etha Supplies HH?? Interesting. I know HH buys all their leaf stateside from bulk importers. Out of curiosity how did you find this out?

Etha, while trying to sell you distributor status, names Happy Hippo as one of their resellers on their website.

[brave777]

I dont even remember first, i want to say Herbal salvation, Gaia, HB&M mmmspeciosa . all of them was used around my first time. i remember mmmspesiosa was like a treasure for me even 25 or 50 gram packs , i would extend that out, 2 or 3 grams max before work and avoid any kratom after that until next morning to not waste the good feeling. this still rings true with any good kratom. once in the morning and it helps your mood all day to be up beat. Guayusa and coffee after and their is no meh feelings.