Back in August, I went through a tin of the strain Mimosa, grown by Vibe. It was a disappearing eighth.
I didn’t take many notes at the time. I had zero notes from the jar opening but I did take some photos as I was opening the tin, Vibe’s unique metal container that features a vacuum-sealed top that you peel back much like you would the lid on a tube of tennis balls. The nugs made weight, coming in right at 3.51 grams. The buds were perhaps a bit on the dry side, which tells me they were probably just a tad dry when they went into the container. I transferred the nugs to a recycled glass jar, added a moisture pack, left it alone for a few days, and I was ready to roll.
The bud gave off a chocolatey, fruity aroma that I suppose was somewhat reminiscent of the way the air might smell around the brunch table, where one might sip a Mimosa beverage. The grind was a drab green color.
The effects were there. When I smoked the Mimosa, it led me to an energetic, high-dea sort of high. I wish I had written a bit more down when I was under its influence. Part of the reason I didn’t was that I took several joints of Mimosa on a float trip I went on toward the end of August. So I wasn’t really sitting around with a notebook taking notes about the effects. I was enjoying the Round Spring campground, where the wild horses of Shannon County made more than one appearance. My wife and our friends were tent camping and floated a stretch of the Current River on that Saturday.
Final Joint: Present Sense Impression, early September 2025
The Mimosa hits hard. There’s nothing left of the eighth now, this was the last joint. When I was floating we had stopped on a gravel bar when I took out a joint of Mimosa and promptly dropped it right into the river. I didn’t panic but instead I quickly plucked it out of the Current and set it aside to let it dry. When we got back to camp I put the soggy joint in the back of my car and forgot about it for a few days while it dried.
Once it was dry it fired up just fine, despite having been dropped into a brisk river. So that is a lesson I will take with me down the road. Even if your joint gets wet you can simply let it dry and fire it up once it’s had time to dry out. No problem.
My final conclusion from smoking Mimosa is that I really like Vibe’s sativas. The first winner was their Chem Reserve, which I never wrote much about because I was too busy enjoying the zany high it imparted. I did, however, include a short review of Chem Reserve as part of my Top Strains of 2024 (link here).
I liked the Chem Reserve high better than Mimosa but that was a high bar to clear. Considering my experience with Chem Reserve, Mimosa, and, more recently Blue Cheese x OG Skunk and also Peanut Butter Parfait, there is no other brand/grower that I would turn to for a trusty sativa experience than Missouri’s Vibe. I’ll try any sativa they offer. Their Gelato was pretty good, too.
The lineage on Mimosa is Clementine x Purple Punch (link here).
I had not smoked the Mimosa strain before, not from Vibe or from anyone else. But I did smoke some Orange Malt earlier this year, of which Mimosa is one parent (the other is Ice Cream Cake). The Orange Malt by Crops was fantastic. I wrote that one up, which you can read here. No doubt I would try other Mimosa flower or any strain descending closely therefrom.
**Note: Cover photo is of Mimosa Nuttallii, commonly known as Nuttall’s sensitive briar or catclaw briar. The leaves will fold in on themselves when touched. I found this plant out at Farm in Miller County, MO, in May.
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