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SOSA reds

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This may be moot after SOSA's recent spotty activity, but I have had the chance to try a Red Indo from 6/19 and an undated Red maeng da from Herbal Hippie.

Neither one put any type of buzziness or relaxation on my radar.

What are some of the standout things about these reds did everyone fall in love with?

Disappointed as people raved about him and the reds.

I did get a response to an email I sent regarding SOSA's ability to keep up with future orders; he said he has a deluge of orders and to try back soon or order and wait.
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Nature of the leaf? One man's shite is another man's toothpaste. I'm sure you could sell that and the Soul leaf that don't work for ya either on the trading post..
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I haven't given up completely on the Soul, and the SOSA is almost gone.
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I'm trying to remember 6/19 and if I recall correctly, there was a shipment of his leaf that wound up being sold by another vendor on MeWe and they are highly praised and sought on swapsell called "the lost batches"I could be mistaken but it was around that time?

Sorry, this doesn't help your situation, Mike. Just thought that date was a weird coincidence cuz I was talking with someone else the other day about em'
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Yeah that 6/19 red indo was the lost batch i really liked it just under mid, uplifting most of those from June and July were excellent
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Maybe I got the indo in a sampler from you FireK? Strange cause there was no potency. Glad to have tried it, though!
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For me personally sosa has given me the most consistent great burns over all other top vendors combined. For a solid year straight now. And i only use his reds. Except his YMD is miles above all other YMDs ive tried from all the other vendors. Only vendor im missing in my rotation is Lizas. And i finally got an order put together to try out for her leaf (thanks Greyfeather)
#1 Red Sunda #2 Baik Bali #3 Red Vein Borneo #4 Red Horn #5 Red Sumatra
Shit is just consistently dank. Ill have a bad run of weak burns from good vendors (TFH, D615, MM, RR, STH, Soul) and i can always count on Sosas reds to smack me. Wish i could say the same for his customer service :cry:
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Yeah after i wrote that i figured i prob sent it i went thru a 250 wish i had more lol....it was not as green as many of his other reds are but still enjoyable
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zachdank wrote:For me personally sosa has given me the most consistent great burns over all other top vendors combined. For a solid year straight now. And i only use his reds. Except his YMD is miles above all other YMDs ive tried from all the other vendors. Only vendor im missing in my rotation is Lizas. And i finally got an order put together to try out for her leaf (thanks Greyfeather)
#1 Red Sunda #2 Baik Bali #3 Red Vein Borneo #4 Red Horn #5 Red Sumatra
Shit is just consistently dank. Ill have a bad run of weak burns from good vendors (TFH, D615, MM, RR, STH, Soul) and i can always count on Sosas reds to smack me. Wish i could say the same for his customer service :cry:
I have used countless vendors, including several that receive praise on these boards, and NONE of them even come close to Sosa or Lucky. Sosa disappearing again is extremely frustrating.
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I completely agree, SOSA's leaf has been extraordinary and consistently great. For me it's Red Sunda, Baik Bali, Red Sumatra, but the Red Indo was not one that hit my receptors in the right way. It was still good leaf, just not the right combination of alkaloids for my tastes, maybe you had a similar experience with his Red Indo. I didn't get a lot of euphoria from it, and it felt a little edgy imo, so it was not really great for nighttime, which is when I usually take reds. Hope things get better for ya. Hang in there, something will hit again. \m/
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I don't know if I have any of his Red Sumatra. I got the last bag of Red Sunda and a bunch of two different batches of Baik Bali.

*scurries off to go look for Red Sumatra
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Revisiting some of my older reds from Sosa has been awesome! (Since I can’t seem to purchase anything from him currently, LOL!)
Of course the Baik Bali and Sunda from August & September were great - but the Red Indo from September has really been hitting well for me lately (and it didn’t to begin with). The last Red Bone I bought from Sosa was the F22 and it’s fantastic btw, but I recently dug into the F11 again and it’s almost as good. I had put up a bag of Red Borneo from March ‘19 that I thought was decent at the time, but now it’s even better.
All that is just to say that I’d hold on to those Sosa reds - you may come back to them in a couple months and they blow you away.
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Are y'all taking your normal amount when you hit reds, esp. sosa reds? and what is your normal amount?
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IndelibleDotInk wrote:Are y'all taking your normal amount when you hit reds, esp. sosa reds? and what is your normal amount?



I always started about the same, maybe a litter bit lower, tbh...
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jabro70 wrote:Revisiting some of my older reds from Sosa has been awesome! (Since I can’t seem to purchase anything from him currently, LOL!)
Of course the Baik Bali and Sunda from August & September were great - but the Red Indo from September has really been hitting well for me lately (and it didn’t to begin with). The last Red Bone I bought from Sosa was the F22 and it’s fantastic btw, but I recently dug into the F11 again and it’s almost as good. I had put up a bag of Red Borneo from March ‘19 that I thought was decent at the time, but now it’s even better.
All that is just to say that I’d hold on to those Sosa reds - you may come back to them in a couple months and they blow you away.
Sealed Sosa bags will be on display at the Smithsonian in 50 years.
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RumRunner wrote:
jabro70 wrote:Revisiting some of my older reds from Sosa has been awesome! (Since I can’t seem to purchase anything from him currently, LOL!)
Of course the Baik Bali and Sunda from August & September were great - but the Red Indo from September has really been hitting well for me lately (and it didn’t to begin with). The last Red Bone I bought from Sosa was the F22 and it’s fantastic btw, but I recently dug into the F11 again and it’s almost as good. I had put up a bag of Red Borneo from March ‘19 that I thought was decent at the time, but now it’s even better.
All that is just to say that I’d hold on to those Sosa reds - you may come back to them in a couple months and they blow you away.
Sealed Sosa bags will be on display at the Smithsonian in 50 years.
:lol:

Maybe I'll save one to donate. lol
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herbalhippie wrote:
RumRunner wrote:
jabro70 wrote:Revisiting some of my older reds from Sosa has been awesome! (Since I can’t seem to purchase anything from him currently, LOL!)
Of course the Baik Bali and Sunda from August & September were great - but the Red Indo from September has really been hitting well for me lately (and it didn’t to begin with). The last Red Bone I bought from Sosa was the F22 and it’s fantastic btw, but I recently dug into the F11 again and it’s almost as good. I had put up a bag of Red Borneo from March ‘19 that I thought was decent at the time, but now it’s even better.
All that is just to say that I’d hold on to those Sosa reds - you may come back to them in a couple months and they blow you away.
Sealed Sosa bags will be on display at the Smithsonian in 50 years.
:lol:

Maybe I'll save one to donate. lol
I know where my first heist will be! ;)
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herbalhippie wrote:
RumRunner wrote:
jabro70 wrote:Revisiting some of my older reds from Sosa has been awesome! (Since I can’t seem to purchase anything from him currently, LOL!)
Of course the Baik Bali and Sunda from August & September were great - but the Red Indo from September has really been hitting well for me lately (and it didn’t to begin with). The last Red Bone I bought from Sosa was the F22 and it’s fantastic btw, but I recently dug into the F11 again and it’s almost as good. I had put up a bag of Red Borneo from March ‘19 that I thought was decent at the time, but now it’s even better.
All that is just to say that I’d hold on to those Sosa reds - you may come back to them in a couple months and they blow you away.
Sealed Sosa bags will be on display at the Smithsonian in 50 years.
:lol:

Maybe I'll save one to donate. lol
I can assure you all of one thing - NONE of those displayed bags will be from MY collection!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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If you haven't noticed, they are never found on the trading post in sizes more than samples..
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I put an ad on the trading post for SOSA reds.

Thanks for looking at it if you do.
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