Frosty and creamy with a kick of musty dankness that had us ready to go full cowboy in the kitchen, the Musty Buffalo from Mad Mark is the complex and funky heater we’ve been waiting for.
While most of us alive haven’t had the pleasure of seeing a real buffalo in person, we can all imagine what a musty buffalo might look and smell like, which is why this strain conjures an immediately funny reaction when we say its name. Coming from the mad king of branding, Mad Mark, we had to sample this fire flower as we prepare for the transition to fall weather and endless bong hits to get through another cloudy Seattle winter.
This flower is stunning in the jar, especially in the big bong jar, which is really a great glass container once filled with weed and corked off. While these limited-edition bongs have become a thorn in the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board’s regulatory ridiculousness (more on that subject coming next month), we decided to focus on the fire that filled our minds and lungs with the spirit of the early American West.
Each fluffy and thick purple bud is completely covered in trichomes that glisten with the terpy promise of a buzz to come. Mad Mark flower can only be found in glass, which preserves the quality and cure that his team works so hard to perfect. First notes are all musky-funk, with a thick, rubbery, gassy earthiness that invades the mind, coating the palate in a sour glaze with a gentle hint of sugary citrus that lingers on sticky fingers. This weed is so beautiful we had a hard time breaking it up, but the promise of a stoney buzz drove us to put flame to the sparkly purple buds, releasing a sweet and funky rush of musty, kushy gas that lingers in the air like a cow fart in farm country.
The flower burns down to a white ash with exceptional smoothness, delivering tasty and fresh snappers from the bong as the sesh rolls like a steam train in the Midwest. Effects wrap around the mind like a too-tight beanie, melting frontal lobes onto the brainstem in a thought-slowing, classic stoned buzz. It’s heavy during the daytime, relaxing muscles and reducing stress and tension as waves of foggy THC blur the mind. Repeated tokes deliver a floaty, slightly confused but confident high leading directly westward into the kitchen.
The Musty Buffalo is old-school fire, with gorgeous bag appeal, a unique flavor profile and a buzz that’s heavy and heady. This is crash-on-the-couch, Cheeto-fingers and John Wayne reruns type weed, and we absolutely love it. With individually visible trichomes and hand-trimmed attention, this bud is a work of art that starts with Mad Mark’s commitment to quality. While the mighty buffalo might be a symbol of America’s past, the Musty Buffalo is the cowboy candy we need to endure another winter of traffic on I-5’s version of the modern Oregon Trail.
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This article was originally published in the October 2024 issue of Northwest Leaf.
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