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 |
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 |
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Treatwell |
Balance |
Tinctues |
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Miracle Relief |
Pure CBD Sublingual Serum |
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OM Edibles |
CBD Mango |
Edibles |
| 2nd |
Lifted |
Sour Bites |
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Gold Drop x Blue River |
CBDiamonds |
Concentrates |
| 2nd |
Gold Drop x Blue River |
Star Crystals |
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Molecular Farms |
Guava Jam |
Flowers |
| 2nd |
Abatin Farms |
Kashmir Jade |
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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 |
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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 |
