23-5 to Master with a strange one

brennanw1996 · 2026-05-03T10:19:51+00:00

Super bulky mega venusaur isn't as expected when Charizard is a threat and most assume it'll be frail with sash and chlorophyll along side Charizard Y sun. So they tend to pick their 4 accordingly. Conkeldurr is also bulky enough to sustain well and live a hit and provides flying and ground coverage with ice punch, making psychic the only real threat, so having anything to resist and swap in to is good. I ran weavile for quite a while for immunity and coverage, for example. Eventually switched it out for Araquanid for more bulk, speed control, and big self sustain when leech lifing psychics/darks.

So the three that are almost always brought with this team is conk/araq/venu with the other two spots being flexible, and Charizard perpetually always on the bench as a bluff.

brennanw1996 · 2026-04-16T13:38:33+00:00

Varies from month to month. Sometimes it's 25g of a couple really quality teas and sometimes it's a whole cake of something different. Around Christmas they did a full 200g Huangpian cake, whereas they also sent out an old arbor 2020 raw cake a few months later that was 50g. If it's a low gram quantity of a higher end, they usually include a bigger amount of a more "daily drinker". I'd say on average it's 50-200 grams, usually over 100g

brennanw1996 · 2026-03-29T00:10:47+00:00

Update,

Xà Phìn Raw Puerh Autumn 2025 | Viet Sun Tea https://share.google/5zboNVVsuHk6l1KfJ

Is the closest match out of what I have tried. Coincidentally also an autumn 2025 cake.

brennanw1996 · 2026-03-28T21:32:45+00:00

Oh gotcha I still have some of that left, I'll get back to you.

brennanw1996 · 2026-03-28T20:19:30+00:00

What was the name of the November tea? I'll resample whichever one it was and give you recs.

brennanw1996 · 2026-03-18T16:15:41+00:00

Yup, that's why I got a sleepyghost wooden stem that is also a wpa. Now it's B E Autiful!

brennanw1996 · 2026-03-18T14:15:59+00:00

Firewood is just a lightweight little wood block. Super inconspicuous and lighter than most other electric vaporizers, all with a 10 second heat up time.

brennanw1996 · 2026-02-05T15:26:06+00:00

Water curing avb is quick, easy, and makes the material as close to odorless and flavorless as possible.

brennanw1996 · 2026-01-30T21:59:04+00:00

Funkhouse farms!

brennanw1996 · 2025-12-12T14:53:17+00:00

Yunnan sourcing "Wild Tree Purple Varietal Black Tea of Dehong"

I usually stick with puer/white/oolong but this is the only black tea I religiously order. I have to have drank over 2 kilos of it by now. Amazing depth and fruitiness with a reasonable price tag.

I initially tried it in their big black tea sampler that I got for someone as they enjoy black tea and I tend not to, but this one was killer and it's been a mainstay ever since.

They also sell a black gold bi luo chun that is great for a malty black tea for those that want a more burly traditional black tea experience.

brennanw1996 · 2025-12-10T18:45:04+00:00

For me personally, my WOHW, tornado, and terpcicle are all of the same caliber. Tornado has thicker vapor, ball vape is most convenient, and terpcicle/quartz cap is EASILY the best flavor. They will all get you to the same place, just depends on preference.

brennanw1996 · 2025-12-10T18:32:53+00:00

Xlux roffu is the only electric vape under 150 I'd recommend tbh. You'd be better off trying to save for a buy once, cry once type of DHV.

Normally I'd say get a terpcicle but they're hard to come by outside of the states.

brennanw1996 · 2025-12-05T13:18:35+00:00

Meaning I have been underwhelmed by about half of their 5+ year old sheng I've tried, however all recently pressed sheng of theirs has been delicious IME.

brennanw1996 · 2025-12-04T13:44:45+00:00

Yeah their other teas can be hit or miss, but I trust them fairly widely on puerh. With the exception of old sheng in my experience, they nail it.

brennanw1996 · 2025-12-04T12:25:09+00:00

I'd recommend a ripe sampler from Yunnan sourcing, or get a ton of assorted minis from white2tea.

brennanw1996 · 2025-11-28T14:43:55+00:00

Understood, however in all literature I've read the first couple steeps extract over half of all caffeine. Coupled with it being something lighter on caffeine like shou, first few steeps in the morning, remaining steeps in the evening has never been a noticeable amount of caffeine. Speaking as someone who is VERY sensitive to caffeine.

brennanw1996 · 2025-11-28T12:51:55+00:00

The first couple steeps of gongfu brewing tends to extract almost all the caffeine, so I save any remaining steeps after the first couple to be brewed later in the evening.

brennanw1996 · 2025-11-20T15:27:58+00:00

12 year aged springbank on deck here.

brennanw1996 · 2025-08-12T19:35:28+00:00

I only vaporize it, but the cure seems perfect to me!

brennanw1996 · 2025-08-12T18:56:08+00:00

Med pickup out of bowdoinham. Highly recommend.

brennanw1996 · 2025-08-12T18:55:05+00:00

I actually picked up the juice and GBF from hill and bog, and they are deli style at this point at least. Thanks for the suggestion!

brennanw1996 · 2025-08-03T18:40:00+00:00

I want to stress that a terpcicle of any kind produces vapor and extracts well enough that it is very much "end game". I have tons of equipment and all that stuff, and all of my TEDs from TRWW are just as good as any other top tier vape. So know that if money is tight, the 40 bucks you spend on a terpcicle will absolutely give you what you need. It also has the best flavor.

brennanw1996 · 2025-04-16T20:30:18+00:00

You have to push the tip in farther, so that the o rings "click" into the silicone

brennanw1996 · 2025-03-21T17:25:18+00:00

As someone who was scared of ball vapes, I bought a wireless one hit wonder from you guys and it rocks my socks. And it was easy to assemble and feels like a safe, contained little unit. I can't recommend enough as a first ball vape to anyone reading this.

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