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Angelo Kitkas, owner of Flower Power Dispensary.<\/p>\n
Photo courtesy of Angelo Kitkas<\/p>\n
I\u2019m back with another cannabis strain review. Thanks to all who showed me love last month, it feels great to be back, sharing my love of New York cannabis with you all.\n<\/p>\n
I wanted to share my motto, it\u2019s all about pot for the people. Lately I\u2019ve been thinking about how so many different people just love cannabis. You name it, I\u2019ve sold them weed. I sold for years before it was legal, and I always made sure to treat all my customers with respect. Not just because everyone deserves respect, but I know just how special and important cannabis can be. You had a tough day? You have something to celebrate? You just want to feel normal? Cannabis, at least for me, always can help with those.<\/p>\n
Cannabis brings you ease and relief, it makes all the everyday struggles feel a bit easier, but it\u2019s also a culture, and everyone is welcome.\n<\/p>\n
It\u2019s really what makes working in this industry so special. It\u2019s the thing that\u2019s always been consistent as so much of selling weed has changed. Well that and it takes hustle. But back in the day, weed just sold itself, you didn\u2019t have a marketing budget, you didn\u2019t need permits, you definitely didn\u2019t need a storefront. But back then, and today, selling marijuana, that beautiful flowery product, is all about adding joy to people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
You want some joy in life, whether for Pride celebrations, or for July 4th barbecues, or for both? Check out some of what I\u2019ve been smoking and loving lately.\n<\/p>\n
Here are Angelo\u2019s Picks, June 2025 edition:\n<\/p>\n
Rize, Carbon Fiber (Pre-Roll):<\/p>\n
Rize is a microlicensee, a legacy to legal operator, who grows cannabis the old school way, with hydroponics in rock wool up at their farm in the Hudson Valley in a greenhouse. Small batch growers like Rize often have some of the best flower out there.<\/p>\n
The moment you open the tube, the flowery, almost cheesy aroma pops, makes you want to take a bite. It has a really fresh smell and taste. And cannabis can be like wine, where some connoisseurs want it to have an almost funky aroma. As you light this you taste the sharpness, the freshness, it\u2019s really luxurious. There\u2019s a subtle taste almost like a rich chinese black tea with this batch, like lapsong souchong.<\/p>\n
One hit in you already feel elevated, relaxing muscle and mind high.\n<\/p>\n
Dank, Amnesia Haze (Pre-roll):<\/p>\n
This flower has a sweet note with a sharp edge, like cherry with a hint of church incense (livanis). I\u2019m Greek, and I might sound crazy but this has a hint of that Greek church frankinsense, brings me way back.<\/p>\n
Dank is a larger cultivator, they are #1 in sales for a reason, with high THC percentages, and some of the most potent flower grown at this scale in the country.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
I personally love Dank\u2019s pre-rolls for a number of reasons, but the price point can\u2019t be beaten. For $145 you can get 14 really big pre-rolls. I literally never go anywhere without my batch of dank pre-rolls for a reason.<\/p>\n
This pre-roll is not infused, just straight flowers. It\u2019s a sativa, really gets you coughing from the potency, a truly amazing head high, keeps you up for a couple hours, won\u2019t put you to sleep, makes you want to keep hitting the pre-roll again and again.<\/p>\n
BANZZY 1305, Velvet Glove (Flower)<\/p>\n
Banzzy 1305 is from uptown, another legacy to legal operator. The second you touch this flower you can tell how fresh it is, that it\u2019s grown indoor. Super sticky. As you crush it the aroma absolutely comes to life, it smells like a bouquet of flowers in the middle of a pine forest. This nug is so sticky you really gotta wash your hands after you roll it up, it\u2019s next level.<\/p>\n
This smokes incredibly smooth, full body of flavor, this is what the real cannabis lovers are chasing, just absolute fire. It\u2019s got a mint or basil aftertaste, next level flavor on this product. I\u2019m obsessed.<\/p>\n
This gives you a euphoric head high and gets you to that right elevation quickly. High lingers for hours after you\u2019re done smoking it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Angelo Kitkas, owner of Flower Power Dispensary. Photo courtesy of Angelo Kitkas I\u2019m back with another cannabis strain…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,11901,11902,1749,11903,3344,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-11016","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-angelo-kitkas","10":"tag-angelos-picks","11":"tag-cannabis","12":"tag-cannabis-review","13":"tag-marijuana","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114738982004102376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}