are all maeng da reds actually blends?

[mastershake]

i see some sellers stating they have an all red maeng da and some say theirs is say only 50-60% red with the rest being green and or white? so is red md technically always normally a "blend" just curious

[KurtisCards]

Most kratom strains are blends these days. Wish we could find a recipe book to figure out exactly what's blended with what.

I think Borneo is one of the few legit strains.

[labdog03]

I have never considered Maeng Da a "strain" unto itself. In MY feeble mind, the term Maeng Da is used to denote a suppliers BEST leaf. Some good Vendors (DG and Herb Research for instance) don't qualify their Maeng Da with a vein color...It's just MAENG DA (the suppliers BEST leaf). The MD from these 2 Vendors have been what I use as a benchmark to compare other Maeng Da's with/to.

Now there is an old adage that there is one particular genetic variation, that is supposed to be directly related to an Original Malaysian strain, that was called (known) as Maeng Da. If this was/is true, I have never been lucky enough to have gotten any? I do know some people that have been around Kratom since FOREVER, that swear this is true? They tell "mouth watering" stories of the REAL Maeng Da from long, long ago, haha...Well...I WANT SOME!

[BallzDeep9]

Some good Vendors (DG and Herb Research for instance) don't qualify their Maeng Da with a vein color...

Unsorted Leaf... So the harvester is taking leaf from a particular tree ( large, old growth, etc.) Or a small grove of trees, maybe top leaf. The point is, they're not sorting Red & Green leaves into separate piles...

Red Maeng Da, would then be even MORE selective. In Theory anyway, it's the farmer's best and, also sorted into RMD and GMD piles. I guess the idea would be, that unsorted Maeng Da gives a Full Spectrum "better" effect, with a broader range of alkaloids .. Herb Research promoted that idea years ago, but HR hasn't been doing much plain leaf since.. 2016 ? Since he refused to lower prices in response to the US market.. He's out of the loop. Totally into extracts now, anyway.

So.. a TRUE Red Maeng Da, would be the grower's best Red, sorted at harvest. Again that's on paper, assuming the Distributor or Supplier doesn't then mix or blend it with something else, or water it down for more quantity, etc - since growers/ harvesters are not usually involved in the final product. Its the Supplier who buys bulk crushed leaf, up in Jong Kong village.. then trucks it down river, where it's milled and blended into a final product.

MOST kratom leaves are Red vein (Indo's translate to "bone". Red Bone lol.) There ARE Green bone leaves however it's a lesser percentage picked off the tree. White Maeng Da is not a natural leaf color, so White MD is always a blend, adding Matcha tea leaves & sun drying techniques for a lighter, bleached out effect.

[mastershake]

wow awesome info. thank you! i wondered how it worked with some of these. some say maend da is the "strongest" kratom overall. would you agree with that or not and can you tell me why? im trying to learn more about the differences.