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Emerald Cup 2017 winners: Designer cannabis takes the day

December 10, 2017

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 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

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David Downs GreenState founder David Downs is an award-winning freelance journalist and best-selling author based in San Francisco, with appearances in WIRED, Rolling Stone, The Onion, New York Times, and Scientific American. He is a 2025 Mendo Cup Judge.