My verdict
Already repurchased
Type
Flower
Subtype
Not recorded
Collaborators
Raw Genetics — role not recorded
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Would buy again?
Yes

One more Ziki morning

I’m not a ganjier. I’m an average joe with a few decades of smoke under my belt, and the useful question when a jar runs out is still: would I buy it again? By the time I finished this Zikigai, I’d already answered it.

This was my second Zikigai Gardens jar in a couple of months, or the third if I counted the Elusive LA collaboration. I’d repeat the purchase again.

I found myself slowing down through the last smoke, deliberately savoring it and feeling a little sorry with each puff that I was getting closer to the end. Lovely expression of Z, proper cure, smooth smoke. My original score was 8.6/10.

I was planning to try another Z for comparison, but that hadn’t happened when I wrote the note. This review is about the Zikigai I finished, not the results of a tasting I hadn’t done yet.

OUTSIDE READING · NOT MY TASTING NOTES

A little more context

Letmeseewhatusmokin’s 2024 review of Raw Genetics’ Zikigai also emphasizes a recognizable Z character, with fruit and fresh-linen aroma references and a flavor the reviewer finds distinct from Original Z. That’s a useful neighboring impression, not proof that we had the same crop. [Z1]

That review labels the lineage Bx2 at the top but calls it Bx1 in the body. I’m leaving the backcross generation unresolved rather than choosing the version that makes a tidier pedigree. My reasons for buying again don’t depend on it. [Z1]

The 8.6/10 is the personal score in my original post, not a new scoring system or an average of other reviews.

Sources & review notes

The main review comes from my own posts and follow-up notes. Outside descriptions stay in the separately labeled section above; they aren’t additional tasting notes from me.

My original posts

Outside reading

  • [Z1] Zikigai — Raw GeneticsLetmeseewhatusmokin · 2024-11-29

    Same named cultivar and Raw Genetics association; batch not matched.

    The review includes supplier acknowledgments, but no clear payment/gift disclosure was captured. Its Bx1/Bx2 claims conflict internally.

Product fact sources

Product facts are recorded separately from outside reading. A recorded name is not verified genetics; an unknown value is not zero. Original notes, uncertainty, and source references are retained in the editorial record.

  • classification · type

    Flower

    m0nty’s existing review and recorded firsthand notes. Mapped from the original item description.

  • identity · brand

    Zikigai Gardens

    m0nty’s existing review and recorded firsthand notes.

  • identity · product name

    Zikigai

    m0nty’s existing review and recorded firsthand notes.

  • identity · collaborators

    Raw Genetics — role not recorded

    m0nty’s existing review and recorded firsthand notes. Named alongside Zikigai Gardens in the existing attribution; exact role not established.

  • experience · performance

    Lovely expression of Z, proper cure, smooth smoke.

    m0nty’s existing review and recorded firsthand notes. Verbatim excerpt from the existing firsthand review; read with its full context and qualifications.

  • experience · verdict

    Already repurchased

    m0nty’s existing review and recorded firsthand notes.

  • experience · repurchase

    Yes

    m0nty’s existing review and recorded firsthand notes.

Outside reading checked in October 2026. Individual reviews are anecdotal; neither a shared strain name nor a shared producer proves a matching batch. No outside photography is reused.