Chiesel

Big Buddha Cheese and NYC Diesel are the parents that both Leafly and AllBud give for Chiesel, the strain this flower is named for.

Cheddar, diesel and mocha

Leafly says a strong smell is to be expected from that lineage. One Leafly reviewer describes a sharp cheddar-cheese smell as the jar opened, and others call the strain pungent, stinky and gassy. AllBud’s aroma notes are earthy diesel with mocha coffee, herbal cheese and spicy herb accents. Our weed storage guide covers keeping flower like this fresh.

For flavour, Leafly’s tags are cheese, diesel and chemical. AllBud describes a sweet, nutty mix of coffee and diesel with cheesy chocolate and spicy earth notes, and calls Chiesel a celebrity child of its parents with a very unique flavour. Through a water pipe, the same Leafly reviewer tasted mostly petroleum with some earth.

Forest green buds, heavy orange hairs

AllBud describes big, dense, grape-shaped buds in forest green, with minty-green leaves, heavy dark orange hairs and whitish trichome crystals. The Leafly reviewer saw bright, deep green buds dusted with orange hairs and trichomes, and an AllBud reviewer describes dull fern-green buds with a touch of purple-grey, burnt-orange hairs and cloudy white trichomes.

Caryophyllene’s pepper at the top

Leafly’s lab-sourced terpene data puts caryophyllene first, a terpene it links to pepper, followed by myrcene and limonene, and it gives the lab phenotype as hybrid. For growers, Leafly reports very heavy yields under optimum conditions.

Euphoric but functional

Leafly describes a euphoric and functional stone, and its effect meter reads mostly energizing. Focused, uplifted and euphoric come up most in its reviews, and individual reviewers add energetic, giggly, tingly, creative, happy, talkative and relaxed. AllBud says the high starts a few minutes after the last toke with giddy, lifted energy, euphoria and focus, then settles into a heady haze; one AllBud reviewer describes a fairly clear-headed high with a light burst of euphoric energy.

22% THC on Leafly, up to 28% on AllBud

Leafly records about 22% THC for the strain and 0% CBD, with a potency meter above average; AllBud gives a high average of 18% to 28%. Both call Chiesel a hybrid, AllBud an even 50% indica and 50% sativa. Leafly users rate it 4.4 from 288 ratings, AllBud users 4.3 from 17 votes. With smoked cannabis, Health Canada’s starting point is a puff or two from a product of no more than 10% THC, and it notes that effects can keep climbing for half an hour after they first appear.