Otie's reds and fermented reds: Red bent, Red Gold, Black Bali

[tasha99]

Hi all. I take mostly red kratom, mostly at night and am looking for relaxing, sometimes sedating (or not--gotta have some daytime reds) and most importantly, pain relief. I got 4 samples from Oties and here are my impressions of the 3 I've tried so far. My stuff came fast, and the communication while ordering was great. As for the leaf:

Red Bentanguie– Excellent bent. I normally take a bit more of a fermented strain, and this was a mistake because despite the fermentation, it’s pretty potent! Highly recommended for relaxation and pain relief, but try at your normal dose first before increasing.

Red Gold–I found this to be a good daytime strain for calmness, mood lift, and pain relief. A good all around strain that was not very sedating to me.

Black Bali– This was a really interesting strain. It’s dark brown, like cocoa, and not to get too wine taster-like in my review, but I detected notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves in my glass of kratom and limeade. Very interesting taste–odd but kind of pleasant. I took 1g over my normal dose because it’s triple fermented, and even mixed it with other kratom adding that 1g. This did NOT give me the wobbles, so unlike with the red bent, you may want a bit more than your normal dose. It’s quite sedating; I took it a couple nights ago, and this morning (for science!) and to me, it’s a nighttime strain. Great pain relief–it’s a strain to take to help you sleep at night with no pain.

[otiesbotanicals]

Thank you for the review and the support! So happy you like these. Unfortunately Fermented strains don't work for me the way they used to

[Sanbutsushin]

I hope it's alright that I'm adding my own input into your thread, Tasha! I finally placed an order with Otie's and a couple of my picks were thrown in my cart precisely because of your review!

I tried Red Gold this morning. It took about an hour to hit on a mostly-empty stomach and made short work of most of my pain - didn't completely eliminate it, but it did help a lot, which is great because I have to actually go out and do something today for once, haha. Definitely noticing the mood lift that you mentioned as well. As far as sedation goes I'm feeling a little drowsy now but I can't confidently say whether that's an effect of this batch or if it's just that mid-afternoon caffeine crash. But my first impressions are good!

I still have four other batches to try - I think one of them is the bentuangie, so I'll come back to comment on those once I've had a go at them.

[tasha99]

I hope it's alright that I'm adding my own input into your thread, Tasha! I finally placed an order with Otie's and a couple of my picks were thrown in my cart precisely because of your review!

I tried Red Gold this morning. It took about an hour to hit on a mostly-empty stomach and made short work of most of my pain - didn't completely eliminate it, but it did help a lot, which is great because I have to actually go out and do something today for once, haha. Definitely noticing the mood lift that you mentioned as well. As far as sedation goes I'm feeling a little drowsy now but I can't confidently say whether that's an effect of this batch or if it's just that mid-afternoon caffeine crash. But my first impressions are good!

I still have four other batches to try - I think one of them is the bentuangie, so I'll come back to comment on those once I've had a go at them.

That's interesting that it took so long to hit! I haven't had that experience, but I have some untried kratom from Heavenleaf that people on mewe say takes that long. Wonder why that would happen? It's a mysterious herb, that's for sure.