California's Finest Cooperative

(619) 238-4200

originally reviewed 02/03/2010

3.8 stars / out of 5.0 stars

For my first assignment I was sent to CFC in Downtown, right by City College. It's located on the corner of Broadway and 12th. which is kind of a crummy intersection. If there's a bus picking up people at the stop in front, you just might miss it when you pass by. We all know there's no parking on Broadway and the next street (12th.) runs parallel with the trolley tracks..so, you might have to park a block or so away and walk. I used to go to school down the street, so I'm no stranger to the homeless or the countless weirdos that patrol the area..so for safety reasons, you might want to get this particular errand done before sun-down.

Once inside I noticed the place seemed pretty basic..a little rundown, but room for improvement. I was quickly verified and sent through two doors where I met with the owner and two BT's. All three seemed chill and welcomed me into their coop. The bud room was pretty average as well, though they did have a flat screen displaying the menu and cloudy sky for a ceiling. The owner already had a good idea of what strains he wanted me to sample (all indicas) and I decided to go with his choices except for one, as I wanted to try one of their sativas (nothing against the third sample;). I also ended up inspecting a good amount of their 20 something strains, most of which were in the $50-$60 range and fairly decent (wish they had a magnifying glass w/ light to better inspect). The cap here is $60, with the exception of two private reserve strains aka their "Master P's" which are $25g with no price cut, so 3g's will run you $75!!?? or $70 I think one of the BT's said. Gotta say though, the Blueberry Master P just might actually be worth it. Supposedly, this strain is a rarity and the Owner said that he even has members that drive down from LA weekly just for the P.

I saw a couple different types of kief that looked decent at $20g, some full melt $30g, and Honey Infusion which is Honey OG bud soaked in hash oil at $40g, no half grams. Wish I could of tried some.

Though they don't carry brownies, cookies, or edibles of that nature, they do have the largest selection of cereal treats I've ever seen and these things are huge (about half the size of a brick). Made with canna-butter and at only 5 bucks a pop, I was really curious as to the potency of these edibles..wish I could of tried one of those too. Oh, and they don't carry tinctures here either. They do however carry an assortment of cigar wraps, which is convenient if you're into that sort of thing. They also have a small display of bubblers that they're practically giving away. Besides the 3 strains I was given, the owner also hooked me up with one of their club shirts that had some pretty cool designs on it.

Ok, I've kept you waiting long enough, on to the important stuff!!





**BLUEBERRY MASTER P (INDICA)**

My favorite of the three and Nugporn pick. I love this strain!! First off, it's dense as hell, I mean like a rock. The 1.1 gram nugget I received looked no bigger than the size of a quarter, but a little snapper of this stuff goes a long way. I have never smelled a better blueberry strain, but you can definitely tell there's a little more to it than that. Besides the hint of nuts, I also got a whiff of raisins, dates, and prunes. It kinda smells like a bag of trail mix with dried fruit. Sticky would be an understatement, this bud is so rich with trich's, when you go to smoke a bowl, you practically have to tear one off instead of breaking it. Dark golds and greens with a touch of violet, and its golden/orange pistils take up a good amount of surface area as well. Trich formation just doesn't get any better, they were so well pronounced inside and out, mostly milky and very few amber. The grower plucked this bunch at the peak of its harvest point. The taste is almost identical to the smell, just a little fainter and it hits hardest on the exhale. Speaking of the exhale, when I ripped a bowl of it and held it in my lungs, it didn't seem very expandable, but as soon as I blew it out, there was a brief moment before I began to cough that lung up! During my coughing fit, my whole head felt overheated and my cheeks got super red. After a couple more minutes I realized how gone I really was. I felt an intense rush all through my head for about 20-30 minutes before it began to fade just enough for me to actually relax. I couldn't even really sit down for those 20-30 min., but after that, the body high began to take its effect leaving me pretty droopy eyed and lazy. I slept like a baby last night and woke up five hours later for work feeling great!




**PURPLE MASTER P (INDICA)**

Similar to the Blueberry Master P with it's nuttiness, but with the faint smell of the purp instead of dried fruit. For some odd reason it kinda smells like brand new carpet!..lol. The owner said the grower is keeping the exact cross of this strain a secret, but he did say there was some Lavender in there. The Purple is not as dense as the Blue, but it still has a nice texture and sponginess to it. Mostly dark greens and purples with small patches of light green and purple. Nugs are overwhelmed with brownish/orange pistils and a decent coat of trich's..not as sticky as the Blue though. The smoke had a mild taste to it, but burned the hell outta my nose and expanded my lungs like crazy on the exhale, I coughed my brains out..again. The high took a while to really settle in, it kind of felt like it was a foggy day in my head with some clouds on the horizon. Only some of you will actually get what the hell I meant by that!..lol. It's still a great indica and will give you some piece of mind, but if you're going to get some Master P, get the Blue.




**DURBAN POISON (SATIVA)**

The first thing I noticed about this African beauty was its extremely strong, sweet minty, licorice odor. Big, fluffy/bubbly light green buds with light golden pistils. Another thing I noticed was it seemed like there were more trich's visible inside than out (over handling??). The poison also had a good spongy texture, spongy with just the right amount of denseness and not dry at all. Not really much taste though, I tasted peppery flavors on the exhale and it burned my throat a bit. It delivered a mellow high though, real facial, especially around the eyes..tingly even. Had my fuzzy vision on for a couple hours. Excellent AM med as it allows you to feel medicated without the intense drowsiness an indica can give you.





As always, for all my findings I use a L.E.D. magnifying glass, 420 scope, sparkling clean 2 foot binger, bubbler, and V2 volcano vaporizer.