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Each week we sit down with a new cannabis sample to review, and this week the Deathbed Kush strain is in our strain spotlight.
Deathbed Kush Strain Summary
Deathbed Kush is a rare sativa-dominant hybrid strain, boasting a composition of 70% sativa and 30% indica, with THC levels ranging from 20% to 27%. Despite its daunting name, Deathbed Kush is known for its vibrant and uplifting effects that enhance clarity, focus, and motivation, rather than inducing lethargy. This makes it an excellent choice for daytime use, especially for those looking to tackle creative projects or needing an extra boost to get through their tasks.
The strain’s ability to produce a calming yet uplifting effect makes it suitable for managing conditions such as ADD or ADHD, chronic stress, depression, chronic fatigue, eye pressure, and glaucoma. Its potent THC content ensures that users experience significant relief from these conditions, while also enjoying a pleasant and manageable high.
The Deathbed Kush strain features a unique flavor profile of sour and spicy creamy citrus, reminiscent of a spicy lemon mousse, with an aroma that carries similar qualities, enhanced by a spicy and slightly woodsy undertone. The buds are characterized by their dense, dark appearance, adorned with thin amber hairs and a coating of clear crystal trichomes, signaling the strain’s potency and quality.
This strain’s secrecy around its genetics adds to its allure, with breeders keeping its parentage under wraps. However, its effects, flavor, and medical applications speak volumes, making Deathbed Kush a sought-after strain for those in search of a powerful sativa-dominant hybrid.
Appearance
The Deathbed Kush strain came in three small nugs, a little bit smaller than I’d like for a review sample.
The sample is absolutely covered with white trichomes, with a light-green colour underneath and spots of darker green.
There are no bits of leaf dotted about; the Deathbed Kush strain sample has a particularly strong trim job.
The buds also have a little bit of give when squeezed, and a nice, dense consistency.
Smell
I’m getting really strong citrus notes when I smell this sample. The other apparent smell is sweetness, but not sweet like a haze strain: more like a sunset sherbet sort of sweetness.
Grinding this up, a bit of earthiness comes through in the Deathbed Kush, along with the sweet citrus notes.
Taste
Using my bong to consume this one, I’m impressed with the smoothness of the Deathbed Kush. It’s so smooth, in fact, that I go back for a second bong hit around 2 minutes later.
The sweetness is there on the exhale – it actually reaches my flavour-sensors towards the end of the inhale. I don’t get the citrus so much in the taste, but it certainly does taste lovely.
The smoke has next to no acridity, and is a pleasure to smoke through my bong.
Effects
Having hit two bowls of Deathbed Kush I’m about to start feeling pretty good…
As the effects begin to kick in I notice a calm relaxation – this high doesn’t come with the intensity of a heavy/cloudy sativa – I do experience some cerebral effects but in a very clear-headed way.
My eyes go quite red after consuming this one, a sign I’m perhaps more stoned than I feel (fun to watch back when editing the video!)
So, a nice indica-dominant-hybrid-feeling buzz from this one.
Conclusion
Overall, despite its mysterious origins, I am very impressed with the sample of Deathbed Kush I tried out this week for the review.
Apperance, smell, taste and effects were all on point – to find some criticism, I’d love to know the genetics – not finding any other info online made me wonder whether this has been renamed at some point.
If I had to pick a strain it was most-like from US samples I have tried, I would say it reminds me of Sunset Sherbet.
