Msiku Star Struck

Hey pancakenap here, I'm opening a package of Msiku’s Star Struck purchased from Mendo Market. This is a 7g package, and I believe it was on discount.

Shown on the container are three dominant terpenes: Myrcene, Pinene, and Caryophyllene. The total terpenes amount to 1.83% of the total mass, which is below average based on your tracking of the terpene content shown on the labels of items we purchase.

Lineage

The lineage has a familiar name often seen in a lot of West Coast American offerings and one that was involved at the beginning of Exotic Genetics, so you see it in many of their early offerings - it's StarDawg. The other component to the lineage sounds like something that came out of Canada's early legalization called "Arise", which I'm not really sure about. Anyways this one is by Irie Genetics and here's the link to the cultivar:

Star Struck | IRIE GENETICS

IRIE GENETICS

Visuals and Feel

First impressions aren't really that good; the bud comes out looking pretty old in color. There is a good amount of shake inside the package, although the cannabis doesn't feel very dry, it will deconstruct with a good pinch. I can see a lot of open surface on the larger buds, and you may expect it to be poor as a result, and it is. There isn't a large amount of density to run the trim scissors against when you're talking about surface structure.

The container is fairly interesting. It has a soft plastic lip on the inside of the lid that connects with the inner lip of the jar. I would say the design has been successful because this cannabis was very dusty, but I can see no dust outside of the inner lid, leading me to believe that the function was successful.

The other neat part of this, but you don't see everywhere, was the circular boost pack on the bottom of the jar. It's small and thin, and still felt like it had some moisture when I removed it, but I couldn't tell you that it was that bothersome to have inside. At first glance, I think this might've done more good than harm.

Scent

The initial olfaction was pretty faint. It was present, but the character was not loud or even very noticeable.

Grinding it releases some creamy pine and herbaceous funk. The character is creamy green, with an upward inflection from the herbal tones. Character is present but not loud. This doesn’t reach out to grab you.

Taste

The taste is earthy, more like clay, very smooth and calm (like Wappa), creamy pine, and some herbaceous notes like eucalyptus are present but not prominent. The profile has a green, warm feel, much like tea with cardamom. Character is smooth and refined but lacks dimension and depth in some areas.

Summary

This looked well-grown and probably would've looked better when it was a bit fresher, but I can still report near-average olfaction without any negative, dusty tastes. However, within the scope of the other products I've purchased from Mendo Market, this offering sticks out like a sore thumb. The price is way too high, and I didn't find anything worth repeating with this offering specifically.

Product Stats

Package Date

The product was purchased on November 27, 2023, and packaged back in July 2023. This means it’s spent 143 days in the package before I purchased it, which is 137% more than the average we're tracking from the medical market, which is 60.17 days.

Content

The cannabinoid content is shown at 26.4% THC and 0.0% CBD. This is 25% higher than the average content of our flower purchases, which right now is 21.1% THC and CBD.

Terpene content is shown at 1.83%, which is 36.7% lower than the average we're tracking across all purchases that show terpene content.

Price

According to the CannStandard data, the average price for a 7g package of cannabis is $47.60 or $6.80 per gram.

I paid about $47 to get this product from Mendo Market, which is a few points less than the average we typically pay and the market average from about 1000 stores.

Msiku Review History

I've never reviewed a Msiku offering on this website, but Squid Pants has. So, this is the second offering we have in our database. In total, we've spent $116.36, and this is the only quarter-ounce package we've reviewed so far. They are about 2.8% lower than the average for this package size.

Mendo Cannabis Purchase History

I’ve purchased 13 products from Mendo Cannabis, totaling $494.57. Among those purchases, six were for a quarter-ounce package of flower, and those transactions averaged to $6.77 per gram. This is 1.4% lower than the average I usually pay for a quarter-ounce package of all-flower cannabis, which is $6.87 per gram.

On average, flower products purchased from Mendo Cannabis have spent 102.4 days in the package before purchase, which is 70% higher than the average I've tracked from any medical vendor, which is 60.2 days.

Market Information

Next we bring in several market measures for this item using data from CannStandard. This data was obtained from public listings for legal cannabis products in Canada. I've provided the data as they were in the last complete month they were available. Contact us for more information about our market intel.

Looking into the sales statistics for this product right now, I couldn't find a quarter-ounce package in the recreational markets, but I could find a 3.5g package. So, moving forward, we will look at the sales statistics for a 3.5g package of Star Struck.

Days Active

The first date we can find the product listed and the number of days since then.

Provinces Listed

The count of provinces we can find this product listed in.

Market Average Price

The average price of this item at the stores we can find it listed in.

Store Count

The count of stores we can find this item listed at.

Monthly Sales

The sum of the observed change in inventory multiplied by the price of this item across all stores.

Monthly Sell-Through Per Store

The sum change in inventory for this item divided by the number of stores that list it.

Monthly Sales Per Store

The sum of observed sales for this item divided by the number of stores that list it.

Share of Total Sales

The sum of sales for this item as a percentage of all sales we track. The static average is shown on the left and the monthly average is shown on right.

Cumulative Sales

The cumulative sum of tracked sales for this item. The static sum is shown on the left and the monthly sum is shown on right.

Thanks!

Thank you for taking the time to read through the market data.

If you are part of the industry, whether you have a store or a product in the market, and you'd like to receive this information via email, please reach out to us at info@cannstandard.ca. We are also here to assist with any inquiries you may have regarding the data or our reporting. Your feedback and questions are welcome.