I grew up in NY. It the late 90s I remember friends using the name piff as a general term for weed.
When I started smoking in early 2000, "Purple Haze" was going around. It was the best smoke I've consumed. It had a very distinct soapy smell. I would hit the bong and be "stuck" in deep thought the first 15 minutes. It made you feel very euphoric and social. It also made listening to music really awesome.
The "Purple Haze" seemed to be very consistent for about 3 years. The buds were brownish with a little bit purple on it. We knew back then it was special. It just disappeared and Sour took over. The Washington Heights, Dominicans story goes all the way back to early 2000. I have heard it several times over the years.
I picked up some PCF Midnight Mass hoping it will have similar qualities to the "Purple Haze". If it doesn't, how could I blame the breeder?
I don't even know what I really smoked. Now we are finding out it was probably A5 Haze. Piff or Purple Haze are just names of a haze variants. If it doesn't end up being what I was looking for then, I will just move on. It's a bag of seeds, not a ponzi scheme. Healthy skepticism is good but let's not pretend that we haven't spent $$$ on "fire" and it turned out to be whack.
Do you go after the drug dealer and publicly bash them? Probably not. The Piff might not be what he had in mind but someone else might appreciate it.
Haze is finally getting more attention. PCF seems to be moving the conversation forward. Let's wait for the reports and decide with our wallets.