OG Kush is less a cultivar than a foundation. A substantial portion of what is on any modern dispensary menu traces back to it, including several others on this page. It has been in continuous demand for decades, which almost nothing in...
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Granddaddy Purple Weed Strain: Effects, Flavor and Lineage
Granddaddy Purple, usually shortened to GDP, is one of the most recognisable cultivars on any shelf because you can identify it by sight. The deep purple colouring is real and heritable, and the effect is about as straightforwardly indica as cannabis gets....
Runtz Weed Strain: Effects, Flavor and Lineage
Runtz arrived more recently than most of the names on this list and became a staple very quickly, almost entirely on the strength of its flavour. It is one of the clearest examples of the modern dessert and candy line of cultivars....
Blue Dream Weed Strain: Effects, Flavor and Lineage
Blue Dream has been one of the most widely grown cultivars in legal cannabis for years, and it is probably the single most common answer when a budtender is asked what a newer customer should try. That is not an accident. It...
Sour Diesel Weed Strain: Effects, Flavor and Lineage
Sour Diesel is one of the genuinely old names in cannabis, and it is still on menus because nothing quite replaced it. If you have ever heard someone describe weed as smelling like fuel, this is usually the cultivar that set that...
Wedding Cake Weed Strain: Effects, Flavor and Lineage
Wedding Cake has been one of the most consistently requested cultivars on dispensary menus for several years, and it is one of the few dessert strains where the name genuinely describes the experience. It is rich, sweet and noticeably heavy. What follows...
Pineapple Express Weed Strain: Effects, Flavor and Lineage
Pineapple Express is better known than almost any cultivar on a dispensary menu, largely thanks to a film that had very little to do with the actual plant. The cultivar is real, it predates the movie, and it is genuinely good, which...
Girl Scout Cookies Weed Strain: Effects, Flavor and Lineage
Girl Scout Cookies, usually shortened to GSC, is one of the few cultivars that earned its reputation on the shelf rather than in marketing. It has been a dispensary staple for well over a decade, and most of the dessert-named cultivars on...
Bong vs Pipe: Which Should You Buy for Weed?
This is the most common question at our glass case, and the answer is less about which is better and more about where and how often you intend to use it. A bong gives a cooler, smoother hit at the cost of...
What Is a Dab Rig? A Plain English Guide
A dab rig is a water pipe built for cannabis concentrates rather than flower. Instead of a bowl you fill and light, it has a nail or banger that you heat first, then apply a small amount of concentrate to. The extract...
