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Italian Ice

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Italian Ice: Smooth, Fruity, & Unexpectedly Balanced


In this Cannabis School deep dive, we sampled Italian Ice — an indica-leaning hybrid (60 % indica, 40 % sativa) bred from Gelato 45 and Forbidden Fruit  . It’s the kind of strain that lives up to its name — sweet, creamy, and cool as your favorite summer scoop.


Cannabinoid Profile:


  • THC: typically ranges between 18 % and 28 % (some batches hit 30 %) — potent but smooth  

  • CBD: low (~0.9 %–1.4 %)



Terpene Lineup:


  • Limonene: zesty citrus lift and mood boost  

  • Myrcene: herbal, mellow undertones for body calm  

  • Caryophyllene: spicy-woody backbone that calms stress  



Flavor & Aroma:

Expect a lush blend of creamy berry sweetness, citrus zest, and earthy spice — layered like a complex dessert. Notes of tobacco and savory nuts round out the profile  .


Effects:

Italian Ice hits with a relaxed, euphoric clarity — keeping you cozy without couch-lock. Users report feeling focused, tingly, and calm  . Clinically, it’s used for easing anxiety, stress, depression, and even mild pain  .


Cannabis School Take:

Italian Ice blends the best of Gelato and Forbidden Fruit — dessert sweetness, mellow vibes, and a chill but clear mindset. Whether you’re winding down or brainstorming by candlelight, it brings balance without boredom. If you see this strain at your local spot, snag it — it’s as versatile as it is delicious.

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🛒 Cannabis Topics Covered: Cannabis education, best cannabis strains, cannabis podcast, cannabis effects, cannabis benefits, cannabis usage, THC vs. CBD, cannabis wellness, cannabis for energy, cannabis and relaxation, cannabis and creativity, hybrid cannabis strains, sativa vs. indica, terpenes explained, cannabis and mood enhancement, cannabis community trends, cannabis and road trips, and cannabis consumption methods.


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Welcome to Cannabis School. I'm your host, Jesse Angeles. And I'm Brandon Elder. And we're here to talk to you about everything pertaining to cannabis from vape flower edibles. Strains. And everything in between. Welcome back. Welcome back, another Strain review. We are so excited to see it. Before we get into that, thank you, Patreon. Thank you guys a ton like we love you guys. Yeah, I mean, even though every every dollar does help, we do not.

We we're just thrilled. We just think about how we're able to put this back into the show. That's all we do with it. We'll. Help ship out like giveaways and stuff and you know it helped us get to the stage of new mics and that it's been fantastic. And it's, you know, we appreciate it all the time. So if you get a chance, go over there, donate, put into the show, help us to continue being able to put out more product, more content. We've got some cool stuff on the

horizon. I know we always say that, but we're literally, we're adding those things. We try not to move too fast with the podcast because adding more things is just adding more things. Yeah, it's always steps, but. Yeah. We're excited for this year and all the new things to come. Yeah, we've got some really cool ideas, but without further ado, this is Italian eyes. I'm trying something new. Oh, what are you trying? Oh, you've never tried the lemon juicing before yet? Yeah, it's.

I've never done it. Yeah. Try it before you consume and it's nice to be able to kind of cut back on the anxiety that you sometimes can get that that tightness in the chest we're gonna be doing this is an indica hybrid leaning strain. That's correct if I'm if I'm not mistaken. Dude, Yeah, so it is an endocleaning strain that's like an instantaneous. So I didn't feel like I was anxious at all, but it alters it like instantly. It changes the chemical composition that. Is wild.

Told you dude. It is by far the coolest thing to take. Like it was A guy had reached out to me, a friend, and he's like, hey, I know I haven't talked to you in a while, but my girlfriend had an edible and she's freaking out right now. And I'm like, Oh well, do you have lemon juice? He's like, yeah, like give her a shot glass. If she's like, oh, I don't want to drink it. OK, well, you want to continue feeling the way, a moment of the uncomfortableness to hours of

being super uncomfortable. So it's really good. I mean, I I use a little bit here and there to be able to help out. We reviewed a strain earlier and I took the lemon juice and it's really cut it down. Like you can feel a difference. Which I was noticing was like from the previous strain, just like the sudden instant change from where I was at to now. And I'm like, Oh my gosh. Yeah. So if you don't have access to high, high end, high quality CBD then a potent, you know, form

that's gonna be longer lasting. But this is instantaneous and it's, I mean it's Lemonine. It's all it is. It's straight lemon juice. Yeah, it's just fantastic. You're getting that. That's the terpenes that you get in those strains that don't make you feel very anxious. But yeah, let's let's go into this. So we're we're trying this in a concentrate. This is in a wax. In the Oxo C note they sent out the new one, so this is the first time trying it out.

Oh, let's see if it works. We're trying this in a concentrate. Do you wanna? Take first sure so it'll it'll vibrate when it's ready. Yeah, the typical E rigs do. I like that. This is really cool. I like that. But you can turn off the light so it's not quite as bright, or you can leave it so it does that. There you go. You can start pulling. I see smoke coming out of the tub.

Hey, oh, that looks cool. So the flavors on Italian Ice here are supposed to be Berry citrus, like a creamy fruity, but with also a sour, spicy and tobacco note. Oh, there's more of a Piney taste. Tell me what you think. I forgot the C note gives feedback to the mic. Yeah, some of the electric things that we have will definitely feedback. So I get a lot of, I do get more of a minty, I get some citrusy, very mild Berry, which is always nice and concentrates.

You really get a taste the cannabis. I mean it's it's very nice and this is really cool. Look at that by my face. Looks like it changes calories and stuff. Yeah, I do get citrusy. Earthy. You could turn that off or hit it again. Mile mildly with the fruity. Yeah, in concentrate form. This is a fantastic one. I like it because it's made it carefully in this. Linolol is the most dominant terpene in this one. Because, I mean, I'm getting strong, peppery, like at the

back of my throat. Oh yeah, which is not, I mean, for Linolol. I guess you could say that, but. I'll see if it says other. Beta carefully and I'm immediately I'm like, yeah, that's. Just shows the little. Maybe it's just that's so, so I don't know I've, I haven't had a whole lot of strains with a lot of with a high amount of a little but that's just maybe me or maybe. What I can There has been a couple of them and I don't remember which ones at this moment were high in little. But it's.

I mean it's. But we have seen it come through. So this one is this hits me right in the eyes right away. Even though it's an, well, more of an indica. We we just tried a different indica strain and I didn't get that feel that I'm getting right now, but it is a little disorienting. It's a little heavy on my forehead. Yeah, my. Cheeks a lot. I feel like in my forehead, like, I've talked about this, like, like it's like an anchor being pulled on the front of my

head where I'm going down. Like, it's just like I'm going like this. Like, that's what I feel like I need to do, 'cause it's so top heavy. Yeah, it's very top heavy. I'm starting to feel it a little bit rise up into the top of my head, but mostly I feel it down my cheeks. I feel a little bit in my forearms. This forearm all of a sudden feels very sore. Very weird. Isn't that weird? So the last drain we did, I had a moment that came in that a muscle in my jaw hurt for a bit

and then it went away. I was like, all right, well. See here's the thing too that I noticed about with Concentrates and Brandon. Because Brandon I can you see him smoke Flower Chill Carts Chill. When he hits dabs, you can see it because it's. The thing that hits me the hardest because everything else is like, like, I love flour, I love flour, but nothing hits me the same. It's like I can take a big dab and then I'm like, oh shit, like I feel good, like my back

doesn't hurt. I feel like not anxious or stressed usually, and for me that's why that's good. I feel really floaty. Yeah, my body is my head. I don't feel my body doesn't feel heavy in relaxation, like you said, floaty. It's like a light relaxation. It's interesting because I feel it down in my calves. Yes, I feel slow arms. I feel slow. That's what you could say. Like this. The I think enough of this. Like, honestly, if I allowed myself to, I could sink into the couch.

Not like a strange where they make you feel like you're passing out. I don't feel like I'm slow. I feel like I'm really relaxed. I feel slow. I feel slow like I can. I just. I feel. It in my fingers, I feel. It. In my head I feel. It in my tips of my fingers like a slight. Pressure. I feel like relaxation through the palm of my hand. Oh. That's weird. It is so cool. I like this, yeah. That's good.

I. It's. Often used for like anxiety, stress and depression, which I could feel being really good for that, like a mental health strain. Yeah, yeah, I I would agree. I think the one thing like because heavy indicas tend to make me more panicky. Yeah. And I only had a little bit of lemon juice. So after this I'll get some more. Lemon juice? Yeah, and some TBD. It Really. Yeah. I don't. I don't. I couldn't do a whole lot. I feel this in my shoulders,

like it's like, really nice. Oh my God. I don't feel it in my shoulders. Yet I do feel it in the forehead. Like real heavy in the forehead. That's interesting to me. Pulling me down I like. Lightly, barely feel it in my forehead. It feels like somebody rubbed like. What the fuck your Dick on your icy? Head. Well, stop talking about your fantasies, Brandon. I don't. Want to rub my Dick on your forehead? No you do, dude. You give up. Come on. See your Facebook.

Punch in your place. Dude, all right, we've already got too far. But now I just feel like Icy Hot is on my forehead. Like it's. Like it's feeling cool. Cool. And I've got a hat on, so that's even better to say that because it really feels like Icy Hot, like right on my forehead.

And it's not bad, don't get me wrong, but this is more of this is a heavier, what I would consider a heavier indica on a hybrid side, but even an indica by itself, because I've had indicas where I'm just like, yeah, totally fine. I've had some sativas that just knocked me into the dirt, yeah, but this one is. I feel like going up. Yeah, I feel it now. Like in my upper back right below, like my the bend like into my going into my armpit. Yeah. Like, it's just weird, but I

don't feel it in my shoulders. I feel it all in my head. Yeah, it's going going to the top of my now. I feel like it's in the top of my head as well. I'm. Gonna take my. Glasses like it's going all over. Oh. My gosh, it's Oh my goodness. This one's usually like relaxed, focused and sleepy. I couldn't be focused on this. I'm having a hard time focusing now, yeah. Yeah, how many fingers am I holding up? Glowing salt rock.

No, I I like it. It's it's very This is something where I know that this effect is going to wean off here probably in the next 10 to 20 minutes. Like I I just know it now, knowing enough about concentrates and how they work with my body that will dissipate and then my body will feel it. I do feel panicky a little bit. Is that 'cause you feel decently high? Yes, I'm way too I'm. I'm over what my normal everyday consumption would be at any

given time. Like I'm right below this so I shouldn't have hit it again and I would have been just fine. So for me and and awesome cheap day right we're talking about that's so a minor amount. It's such a tiny and the cost per use you had to think about that. If you're a person who is a frequent user and a frequent user is meaning once a day at the minimum but you're using it every day, that's a frequent user. If you are moderate, that means that it's every so often.

Maybe once a week, maybe twice a week or even three times. Like that would be a moderate user and a light user is maybe once or twice a month. Yeah. And so you start looking at your products and what you're using, right? If I'm getting a cart and I consume light to moderate, moderate, that's a really good deal for me no matter where I am. It'll last you forever. If I have to pay, if I have to pay $80.00 for one gram cart, it's still worth it to me if I'm

a moderate. To a light user, yeah. But if I'm a. Last you a long time. But if I'm a light user and this this is where it's going to sound weird. If I was a light user, I would use concentrates. They're cheaper. Most places I feel like the concentrates are cheaper than the cart. Way more experience right away. Exactly what you want to get, I feel. Like you get better flavor from this and you get better temperature control than your cart and so like.

Which is really counter to my belief before was that concentrates for like for more of your advanced users, but I think if the dosing is just right and a lot of it is just sight. Most people go to concentrates for flavor. Really. Yeah, well. But you know what? You're actually tasting it, though. This is what it's intended to be the the closest to flour and vaporizing flour. Yeah, because this actually

feels like, see, now it's. I totally like it's going to start changing, and now I feel less on my chest, less panicky and more relaxed. But that's three poles. That's it. That's like a tiny sliver amount. I think what we tend to do is use a lot of it to make sure that we're feeling it, but we could accidentally overdose ourselves and not really because it's such a delayed response, and then it. 'Cause it can build up. And it really hit Brandon.

Yeah, I always, I always feel like with concentrates in any sort of rig you've got about 10 to 15 minutes after you take it. That is your peak. That's where you'll get to and usually that's where you'll ride for who knows how long, right? For me, hopefully hours. And that's why I like concentrates is because if I do enough that will actually last me for hours. So this is obviously not a really good focus train for Jesse.

No, this is not a good focus train for me like it's this is more of just and and I'm glad I don't feel great calling it out. Right there. No, it's not bad. No, no. But I mean, it's it's helping you realize. And that's good for every, every listener or anybody who's watching this, like, look this. Not all cannabis is equal. No, no. And so you really need to figure out what is best for you and using concentrates. Like I love a sativa concentrate, it is the best experience for me ever.

But when I have an indica in there, it's very strong the other way and I'm foggy and I have a hard time maintaining focus and so. I don't.

And you have to know when to. Use because that's where I worry about people just going you know what are you what are you using right what are you consuming right now And and I say it that way I don't want to say use what are you consuming right now And they go I don't remember like that's not something you're not a can of snob If you're like oh what strain is it. No, you're just it's like. You want to know what you're putting in your body, right? It's like.

Having a bowl full of prescription meds that's just been shoved in there and you have no clue what's in there. There's blood pressure medication. There's boner pills. There's, you know, anxiety, medications, and. Plan B pills like Plan B. Tylenol. Tic Tacs just to Fuck with. You. I was going to say. Flintstones got He's like, right, It's chewables. That's the way I look at people when they say I don't know what I'm smoking is they they got a prescription.

They just went like this. And they go, well, whatever's in there, yeah, I'm taking. And you're like, well, you're a woman. You didn't need that boner pill. But good luck. Your blood pressure's about to go down. You know, it's it's those things that I just like thinking about, Like with the concentrate, you really need to be thinking about what's going to be the best use

for you. And I believe that new consumers would really enjoy this, would really enjoy because one it goes forever, it's concealed in a container, you're not going to lose any like. And because if you think about those THC oils and they just sit there and you haven't used them for a long time. Oh yeah, they'll. Leak and they the flavor is. Weird. You can store these in your fridge like the cool ones. It's so much nicer when you do it like it preserves the

terpenes more. Which just goes longer. So it makes it your product better, longer. So if you're a new consumer, you get a gram of dab. That should last you a while. That's gonna last you a long while. You're getting exactly what you want. You're using it once, twice a week. Great. If you're a moderate user, great. You're gonna use it just maybe three times a week, and you're going to use very little. And if you're a heavy user,

well, better for you. It's fantastic, yeah, because you can actually use like the dose you need. Right, right. And that's. Why won't get you there? No. But again, going back to what Brandon said, you know, yeah, I this isn't a productive strain for me. This is. I don't know what this is. I think it would depend on what I'm doing that I could be productive. Like, I still feel focused. And I've been. I've been studying for the next level of the ham radio test. Oh yeah, yeah.

And so, like, I could feel like I could do that, I could do editing, I could do lots of stuff, but I don't know if I'd really want to go out and work or do something. Yeah, I This isn't a social strain for me either, because I wouldn't want to be around a lot of people. Yeah, it's not known for being chatty. No, this is not like the last one. It was a really talkative strain. Super talkative. This one's caught mouthy a little bit, but that's just later on into it, not heavy.

Yeah, it's dizzy, dry mouth, dry eyes, potential for headache. So if you're new. I feel. Slight, slow and slow. Often that will dissipate as well. So give it a minute, you know, wait 10 minutes. That headache can go away. And if you were listening to earlier, try that, you know, do like a hot half glass of lemon juice before you consume. I don't feel any panicky, like I felt it slightly. It was coming on, but it went away quickly.

I don't feel like if I didn't take the lemon juice before doing it, it would be a different experience. Plus we just did a different strain and that took quite a bit down and so it's just like I could actually feel this one instead of the. Last strain, yeah, yeah. Which is really good. I mean, a lot of people don't know that, like, you can switch between strains almost at any time by being able to do these little things outside CBD lemon juice, I mean. Reduce your yeah, just.

Reduce it down a little bit and you'll feel great. But yeah, this is a great strain, something that you should have. Yeah it's I think it would be good like end of day strain for most people. If you do have chronic pain honestly I don't feel like it's melted down past my crack disc one and right now most of the pain that I have is like that much my back which is way less than usual so and I bet if I took more it would go through

that too. Yeah I I think for pain like it is a a really nice strain that you. This is one I would check out. Yeah, for pain, definitely. I have arthritis in my hands. This is just hereditary in my family. It sucks. Well, it's snowing today, so. You see my dad's knuckles, dude, They're like knots. It just he's in his 70s now, so I mean, but you know, it's just a lifetime abuse. Cream from Mons Piro was fantastic. Yeah yeah, they discount on their stuff again, dude.

Might be a good thing to get him. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I I I was thinking about that. Like I typically have to use something like to warm my hands all the time right now. Like last night they just ached and so, but I don't feel it right now. Yeah, it's I don't feel. It at all like I'm just like this is like the best anti-inflammatory strain. So if you. If you have arthritis. Yeah, I mean, just thinking about what you said there.

You know, if I'm a blue collar, I work with my hands all damn day and I come home, yeah, my back's going to be sore. My lower back's going to be sore. My legs might been a sore, like who knows what I was doing that day. This is a great strain to be able to take that, take away the pain and relief. You can just kind of zone out, you know, skip the beer and just watching a show, have a little bit of this, sit down, have yourself a decent snack and just.

Chill out, relax and get rid of those aches, Yeah. You know, the inflammation? A lot of that just comes from the tension with inside that muscle, not necessarily an injury. You know, it's just talking about like stress in our lives. Shit just builds up in your neck and it just it's in your back and everything just hurts and you just get more angry. You need that relief. So this would be great. For that, yeah.

So yeah, if you guys are up for a new concentrate and a strain, we'd love to hear about it. If you guys have had this in flour. That would be a really nice flour one. Yeah, that'd be delicious. I didn't get any tobacco notes. Supposedly, this one's really known for tobacco notes. But I I used to frequent Tobacco Log Tobago. I like it. It doesn't taste like cigarettes. Yeah, it is very relaxed though. I feel like the longer it goes,

the more like relaxed I become. Yeah, yeah, I could take a nap on something like this. Yeah, I also feel like I maybe could later, and that's weird because I don't normally. Yeah, that is like you hate napping. I I I legit never nap. I rarely do. I have to be really tired. It's the random times. It's on like a weekend and my kids are here and we're watching a show and I'm just exhausted and I doze off sitting up like. Dude that. That's the only time I ever nap.

My family, we do family movie night every Sunday. We just pick a random movie, we watch it, and I would say about 90% of the time I'm out cold, 'cause I'm just like, I'm watching and I'm like and and I get, I get pretty big. Before 'cause I was like. One, I don't want to watch this stupid kids movie. I'll fucking do it. And then I sit down and then all of a sudden I'm like, and then, you know, I wake up too. No near. That's rather a child. And I'm like, Oh my God, it's

already the credits. That's funny going past. And I'm like, I just look at my wife and say I'm sorry. Jesus is like, now if I had this, I'm out. Oh yeah, for sure. I could see that this would definitely put someone to sleep. Oh, it's good though. It's good. It's really good. Italian Ice? Go get it at your local's freezer. And yeah, let us know what you guys think. Thanks again to our Patreon followers and numbers, we. Love you guys. Yeah, just you make a lot of this possible.

Stay tuned. We're going to do another live smoke sash with our Patreon team here, yeah? And we'll do another live Insta on Instagram. We'll actually get that working. We had so many technical difficulties. We apologize for that. But we will have another one really soon because there were so many of you on there that. Yeah, we want to talk with you guys. That was awesome.

Awesome. We went to like a zoom thing, but anyways, but we got we're We're really excited to be able to talk to guys about a couple new things coming up, but stay tuned and take care.

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