Strain Integrity

According to Leafly, ” Platinum Cake, also known as “Platinum Cheesecake” and “Platinum Cheese Cake,” is a indica-dominant hybrid marijuana strain made by crossing Platinum OG with Wedding Cake. This strain produces strong body effects that will make you feel extremely relaxed and euphoric. Consumers who have smoked this strain say the effects come on quickly and can sometimes feel hazy. Platinum Cake is ideal for evening use, as the effects easily become sedating with continued use. This strain features a flavor profile that will remind you of earthy coffee and cake, with subtle undertones of dried fruit. Medical marijuana patients choose Platinum Cake to help relieve symptoms associated with chronic pain, headaches, anxiety, and inflammation ….  ”

From the OCS website, ” An indica hybrid. Let a comforting blend of woodsy, pine, and sweetness envelop you in an ethereal smoke with this hazy, high THC beauty. ”

A Sleeping Pill

Platinum Cake by Ouest (West Island Brands) packaged on March 3rd, 2022, cost $42.57 for 3.5 grams with 30.875% THC 2.28% Total Terpenes and a faint musk earth floral hay scent.  Our test amount was 0.26 grams.

Platinum Cake’s “high” starts slowly.   Over the first 10 minutes, the Euphoric Fog increase with bliss and general sense of well being.  We are missing the 30.875% THC?  And, 2.28% Total Terpenes?  Twenty minutes later, we are still waiting for the Event as we sink into the Couch with increasing buzzy mind and body sedation.  We are falling Asleep waiting in the increasingly heavy euphoric fog.  Bed Time.

In the great outdoors, Platinum Cake surprised Us with a wakeful mindful euphoric “high” and a smooth energy to walk for miles.  But, if you are sun tanning, you might fall asleep, which we did.  Expect two plus hours of medicated effects.

Activity pairing is best in the evening time slots.  Platinum Cake is an Indica bliss strain that works like a sleeping pill with a hazy euphoric mind and a sedated body.

Conclusion

Platinum Cake by Ouest (West Island Brands)

For some unknown reason, we were expecting a cerebral euphoric “high.”  Instead, Platinum Cake by Ouest delivered a hazy Indica bliss “high” with Zero cerebral stimulation.  Missing in Action was 30.875% THC.  We are having problems dialing in this Platinum Cake’s “high.”  It’s Bed Time!

THC:  30.875%

Total Terpenes:  2.28%

Quality:  8.8

Intensity:  8.7

Duration:  8.6

Total:  8.7

Cost:  $42.57 for 3.5 grams

Would we buy this again?  No.  We struggled with this strain unable to identify any defining expressions with confidence.  But, 30.875% THC is like a Magnet for Us.  And, this is Expensive.  The Choice is Yours.

On an investment note, West Island Brands is a Montreal based publicly traded Cannabis company with $2.3 million 12 month trailing revenues and a loss of $5.1 million.  On the bright side, ” West Island Culture has reached a major milestone by achieving one million dollars in revenue for the month of March 2022. This increase in revenue comes on the heels of the Company’s entry into the province of Ontario. ”