Emerald Cup 2017 winners: Designer cannabis takes the day

Emerald Cup 2017 winners photo by David Downs
Emerald Cup 2017 | Photo by David Downs

Get ready to update your Christmas list, The Emerald Cup concluded Sunday evening — handing out essentially the Academy Awards of California cannabis in 11 categories. Next time you’re in a dispensary, make sure to ask to smell any Roze, Mimosa #3, Sour Tangie, or some OG Private Reserve. Those are some of the hottest flavors of the incoming year.

More than 900 contestants entered the 17 year-old cannabis contest, music festival and expo, which took over the Sonoma County Fairgrounds Dec. 9-10 and featured headliners The Roots. Much like fashion, one minute you’re in and the next minute you’re out.

Boutique growers Molecular Farms upset the field their designer Lemon Crush, while second and third place finishers fit in with popular trends: second place went to a Roze from 3rd Gen Family, and an OG flower took third.

We’ll have more from the Cup to share with you. Until then, here’s the full winners list in the flowers and edibles category, and beyond.

Emerald Cup 2017 Winners – Flowers

1st Molecular Farms Lemon Crush
2nd 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Roze
3rd Malcolm Hunter – Cultivate for the Cure Mac Daddy OG Private Reserve
4th Pure Melt Rosin Ranch Mimosa #3
5th Grownwell Farms Sour Tangie
6th Tarhill Cannabis Lemon Hashplant
7th Eel River Sanctuary Humble Pie
8th Endo Lemon Tree
9th Tarhill Cannabis Pink Lemonade
10th Kings of the North Glue Trap

Emerald Cup 2017 Winners – Edibles

1st Utopia Farms Peanut Butter Macarron
2nd Higher Confections x Revolution Emporium Sea Salted Caramel
3rd Zendo Zendo Honey Sea Salt Almonds
4th Connoisseur’s Union x She’s Baked Desserts Lemon Drop Cake Jar
5th Potisserie Infused Edibles x High Standard Organics Half Baked Brittle
6th Zendo Zendo Peanut Butter
7th Buena Leaf Spicy Cheezy Popcorn
8th Moonstone Medicinals Herba Mate
9th Higher Confections x Revolution Emporium Higher Confections Peppermint Patties
10th Outer Galactic Chocolates Outer Galactic Chocolates Dark

 

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Emerald Cup 2017 Winners – Topicals

1st Newell’s Botanicals Deep Skin Penetrating Topical Oil
2nd Flower Power Force Field Skin Serum
3rd Eightfold Medicinals Pain Relief Salve
4th Ancient Seeds Ancient Seeds “Da Balm” 700mg cannabinoids
5th North Bay Nectar Eucalyptus SPearmint Extra Strength Muscle Rub
6th Awakened Topicals Pain Stick
7th Flora Folium x Sweet Creek Farm Herbal Salve
8th North Bay Nectar Vanilla Bean Cinnamon Leaf Body Budder
9th Sunnabis F* Cancer Face Oil
10th /todem/ todem salt soak

Emerald Cup 2017 Winners – CBD (cannabidiol)

1st CAD (Carters Aromatherapy Designs) CBD Pain Cream Topicals
2nd Prana Prana Nectar Balm
1st Treatwell Balance Tinctues
2nd Miracle Relief Pure CBD Sublingual Serum
1st OM Edibles CBD Mango Edibles
2nd Lifted Sour Bites
1st Gold Drop x Blue River CBDiamonds Concentrates
2nd Gold Drop x Blue River Star Crystals
1st Molecular Farms Guava Jam Flowers
2nd Abatin Farms Kashmir Jade

Emerald Cup 2017 Winners – Tinctures

1st The Squishery 1:1 Tincture
2nd Magnolia Mountain Vanilla Rosa Cannabis Tincture
3rd Dank Granny Evening Blend-Herbally Enhanced Tincture
4th Magnolia Mountain Chai Spice Cannabis Tincture
5th Emergent Botanicak Liquid Pain Relief
6th Fiddler’s Greens This is a 1:1 Ratio CBD to THC
7th Treatwell THC
8th Kings Table Ancient Remedy- Tincture 500mg THC
9th Terphogz/connoisseur union Zkittlez Tincture
10th Miracle Releaf 1:20 Sublingual Serum

Emerald Cup 2017 By David Downs
Emerald Cup 2017 By David Downs

 Emerald Cup 2017 Winners – Light Dep

1st Eden Farms Edens White Fire
2nd Royal Budline Zkittles
3rd Spring Creek Farm Silver OG
4th Eden Farms Grape Soda
5th O.C.S. Original Connoisseur Society Black Pearl
6th Casa Humboldt Blueberry Muffin 10
7th Connected Cannabis Company Smarties
8th Forever Honeydew Farms Cheese
9th Humboldt Redwood Healing Sour OG
10th Phytologie Lemon Crush

Emerald Cup Winners 2017 — Rosin

1st Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Muffinz
2nd Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Zkittlez
3rd Ahti Hash x Tarhill Cannabis Pink Lemonade
4th Connoisseur Union Tropical Zmoothie
5th Terp Hogz x Green Fieldz x Cold Water Concoctions Zmoothie
6th Connoisseur Union x Rosin Brothers Zkittlez
7th Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds 4 Locoz
8th Moonshine melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Hot Lixz #3
9th Ahti Hash x Green R Fieldz x Terp Hogz Zkittlez
10th Connoisseur Union Mandarin Zkittles

Emerald Cup Winners 2017 — Solventless

1st Ahti Hash x Tarhill Cannabis Pink Lemonade
2nd Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Gak Melon
3rd Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds x Lempire Farms Lem
4th Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Zkittlez
5th Ahti Hash x Tarhill Cannabis The Ringer
6th Ahti Hash x Tarhill Cannabis OG Chem
7th Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Muffins
8th Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds Banana Pudding
9th Moonshine Melts x 3rd Gen Family x Dying Breed Seeds 4 Locoz
10th Ahti Hash x Tarhill Cannabis OGiesel

Emerald Cup Winners 2017 — CO2

1st Serenity Sunset Sherbet CO2 Cryo Sauce
2nd Big sur extracts/Indigo Pro (Producer Series) Cloud Drop
3rd Wildseed in collaboration with Cannabis refined Berry White C02 Cartridge
4th HILLSTRONG The Clean
5th Eel River Organics .5g C02 Cartridge- Fog Berry
6th Caliva Kiss the sky
7th Super Critical THC x First MC Processing Cherry Pie Surprise
8th Eden Extracts Sunset Sherbert
9th Eel River Organics .5g C02 Cartridge- Ancient Lime
10th Wildseed in collaboration with Cannabis refined Sour Diesel C02 Cartridge

Emerald Cup Winners 2017 —Distillate

1st Gold Drop x Blue River Island Girl
2nd Gold Drop x Blue River x Lemon Tree Lemon Tree
3rd Chemistry Tangerine Power Full-spectrum Vape Cart
4th Airo Brands x Higher Vision Cannabis x Humboldt Medicine Man Strawberry Banana Sherbet Super Oil by IndigoPro with High Vision Cannabis
5th Happy Sticks Sunset Gelato
6th Wildseed x Cannabis Refined Gelato
7th Kurvana ASCND Purple Punch
8th Airo Brands x Premium Extracts, Inc IndigoPro Lemon Sherbet with Premium Extracts
9th Gold Drop x Blue River x Fig Farms Purple Fig
10th Level x Essenciere UK Cheese


Emerald Cup Winners 2017 —Innovative

1st Sunnabis Festival Throat Spray CBD Formula

 

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