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I received better service here than at most dispensaries I've been too. No sales pitches. They didn't try to push any particular strains on me. The budtender just asked me what I wanted, I told him, we chatted about the various strains and I bought some. I was able to use the 20% off first time patient deal on the Cannabiotix strains, so I bought a whole ounce with four different quarters. It came to under $300 with the first time patient special. You can't get Cannabiotix for a lower price than that anywhere in town. Maybe next time I'll try the Medizin strains. They looked good, very frosty, and others have been giving them good reviews. I would have tried them this time. In fact, my only complaint is they would not give me three quarters of the Cannabiotix and two eighths of the Medizin strains for the $320 once price. It all had to be from the same grower. This is a big, big mistake on your part. I should be able to mix and match growers from the same price range and get the ounce price. Other dispensaries do it that way. Why can't you? It seems crazy to me that you missed out on selling two eighths of your own strains that you grew yourself and made me pick a fourth Cannabiotix strain instead. You must be nuts.

This location is a bit of a drive for me, but they will be opening a Henderson location in March too. I wanted to try a grower I hadn't tried yet. The owner, Armin, recommended the Tangie by Evergreen Organix. Evergreen has been making edibles for the local dispensaries, but these are some of their first flowers released last week. The Tangie smelled like fresh squeezed orange juice or fresh orange zest, so I decided to give it a try. It was still fairly soft, not dried out and it had good density, did not crumble to the touch. It smokes well and has a powerful sativa head feel that goes straight to the brain. Would be good for migraines or depression. I look forward to returning to Essence, hopefully the Henderson location, for more Evergreen flowers in the future!

I liked this place better the first time I went, than the second time. I think the first strains I got, Lavender, 9 lb Hammer and Fire Alien Kush were just better done. Lavender is probably my favorite strain here, with Blue Kush being my least favorite. A couple of the strains, Enzo Kush and Afterlife OG, had a weird feel to the buds when I broke them apart and were not as neatly trimmed as the other strains. There were a lot of dark green leaves I had to pluck off and throw in the ashtray. Leaves don't have many cannabinoids, they are mostly chlorophyll, so they are harsher to smoke and ruin the taste. Those two strains also had kind of an earthy, musty, plant or compost smell to them that I wouldn't associate with marijuana. They tasted better when you smoke them, but it was still there a little bit of it lingering. Maybe it is the environment they are grown in? I tried a pre-roll of the Pure Sunshine and thought it was extremely harsh. It may be due to the Raw papers, which I think are harsh and dirty compared to Elements or regular old Zig Zags. They get a lot of hype for being organic hemp papers, but they are overrated in my opinion. I would prefer to buy the nugs and roll my own with the paper of my choice. That said, the buds here are the most beautiful looking in town. But after smoking them a couple weeks the meds are more harsh, not as tasty and not as effective as the other place I go. They are much more "editorial," though, they will look good in a magazine.