Native Roots
Carat Cake #2, Colorado Cutthroat, Dosilato #8, Forza Sans Souci #4, Frozen Dessert, Fruit Snacks, GG #4, Garlic Breath, Gold Dropz, Grape OZ, Item #9, KPF, Lava Breath #2, MIL, Macchiato Haze, Melonade #8, ORE, OZ Kush, PZ3, Papaya Cake, Peach Crescendo #2, Peking Duck #6, Pineapple Blast, Platinum Kush Breath, Purple Milk, Root Canal #2, SOZ, Shock Tart, Sour Rado, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Super Lemon G, Super Sour Lemon, The Sauce, Triangle OG, WRZ, Wedding Crasher, White 99
Nature's Herbs and Wellness Distribution Center
Fruit Snacks, Gold Dropz, Item #9, MIL, OZ Kush, Slurricane, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Super Sour Lemon
Rino Supply
Bananaghani, Peking Duck #6
Ripple
Durban Kush #8, Gold Dropz, Item #9, Macchiato Haze, PZ3, Papaya Cake, Shock Tart
Rocky Mountain Cannabis
Forza Sans Souci #4, MIL, OZ Kush, Slurricane, Square Grouper #2, Super Sour Lemon
Rocky Road
Bananaghani, Forza Sans Souci #4, MIL, OZ Kush, Slurricane, Sour Rado, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Triangle OG
Rocky Road Remedies
Colorado Cutthroat, MIL, Sour Rado, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Super Sour Lemon, Unicorn Poop, ย  Yuk Mouth
Roots Rx
Black Amber, LCS, Malibu Mirage, Peach Crescendo #2, Peking Duck #6, Sour Rado, The Sauce, Unicorn Poop, Veritas Cookies, WOF
Simply Pure
Carat Cake #2, Melonade #8, Purple Milk, Sour Rado, Sueno, The Sauce, Triangle OG, Unicorn Poop
Skunked
Forza Sans Souci #4, MIL, OZ Kush, Slurricane, Sour Rado, Square Grouper #2, Strawberries N Cream, Sueno, Super Sour Lemon, Unicorn Poop
TGS
Colorado Cutthroat, Forza Sans Souci #4, GG #4, Gold Dropz, Grape OZ, LCS, OZ Kush, Peking Duck #6, Platinum Kush Breath, Shock Tart, Slurricane, Sour Rado, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Triangle OG, Unicorn Poop, Veritas Cookies, WRZ
THE GREEN SOLUTION LLC
Grape OZ, Purple Milk, Sueno
The 404 Dispensary
Bananaghani, Black Amber, OZ Kush, The Sauce, Veritas Cookies
The 64 Store
Colorado Cutthroat, Forza Sans Souci #4, Oz Kush, Peking Duck #6, Platinum Kush Breath, Sour Rado, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Triangle OG
The Dispo
MIL, OZ Kush, Peach Crescendo #2, Slurricane, Sour Diesel, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Veritas Cookies
Tumbleweed
Colorado Cutthroat, Dosilato #8, Item #9, LCS, Macchiato Haze, Unicorn Poop
Canna Cabinet
Bananaghani, Black Amber, Carat Cake #2, Dosilato #8, Durban Kush #8, GG #4, Item #9, KPF, Macchiato Haze, OZ Kush, Papaya Cake, Pineapple Blast, Purple Milk, Root Canal #2, Sour Rado, Super Sour Lemon, The Sauce, Triangle OG, Unicorn Poop, Veritas Cookies
Cannabicare
Colorado Cutthroat, Forza Sans Souci #4, Oz Kush, Peking Duck #6, Platinum Kush Breath, Sour Rado, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, Triangle OG, Unicorn Poop
Colorado Harvest Company
Colorado Cutthroat, Gold Dropz, OZ Kush, PZ3, Square Grouper #2, Sueno, WRZ
HERBS 4 YOU
Sour Diesel
High Octane
Bananaghani, Black Amber, OZ Kush, The Sauce, Veritas Cookies
Kind Care of Colorado
Colorado Cutthroat, Forza Sans Souci #4, Frozen Dessert, Fruit Snacks, Gold Dropz, Item #9, KPF, OZ Kush, Peach Crescendo #2, Platinum Kush Breath, Root Canal #2, Slurricane, Sueno, Super Sour Lemon, The Sauce, ย  Yuk Mouth
Lightshade
Gold Dropz, Peking Duck #6, Root Canal #2, Sueno
Magnolia Rd
Bananaghani, Black Amber, Carat Cake #2, Cereal Barz, Colorado Cutthroat, Gold Dropz, Grape OZ, Lava Breath #2, MIL, Macchiato Haze, Malibu Mirage, Peach Crescendo #2, Peking Duck #6, Platinum Kush Breath, Purple Milk, Root Canal #2, Slurricane, Sour Diesel, Super Sour Lemon, The Sauce, Triangle OG, Unicorn Poop, Veritas Cookies, Wedding Crasher
Magnolia Road
Bananaghani, Black Amber, Cereal Barz, Colorado Cutthroat, FUN, Forza Sans Souci #4, GG #4, Gold Dropz, Grape OZ, Item #9, LCS, Lava Breath #2, MIL, Macchiato Haze, Malibu Mirage, Muffinz Breath #1, OZ Kush, Peach Crescendo #2, Peking Duck #6, Platinum Kush Breath, Purple Milk, Sherb Crasher, Slurricane, Sour Diesel, Sour Rado, Strawberries N Cream, Sueno, The Sauce, Triangle OG, Unicorn Poop, Veritas Cookies, Wedding Crasher, ย  Yuk Mouth
Medicine Man
Bananaghani, Peking Duck #6, Triangle OG, Unicorn Poop

June 27, 2022

What Makes Premium Cannabis Flower Different From Other Dispensary Flower?

Shop with a discerning eye by learning what sets premium cannabis flower apart from low-quality dispensary bud.

In the era before legalized cannabis, there was no such thing as comparison shopping. Whatever was available, however it lookedโ€”that was it, take it or leave it. Thankfully, thereโ€™s a lot more choice these days.

Take a stroll through the Veritas strain library, for example, and youโ€™ll find no less than 90 different options on a regular rotation, all representing the best of what Colorado cannabis can be. 

We have to admit, we think itโ€™s pretty cool that cannabis consumers have a lot more power in their shopping decisions these days. Dispensary customers can ask budtenders questions, read labels and follow cannabis research trends to find products that work for their specific needs. 

But we also believe that in order to appreciate the dynamic differences between strains like Blood Orange and Pudding Pop, itโ€™s important to know that not everything at the dispensary is primo. 

For cannabis consumers new to the scene or those who used to source cannabis through โ€œtheir guyโ€ or a friend of a friend during the underground days of โ€œkind bud,โ€ โ€œmidsโ€ and โ€œbrick weed schwag,โ€ here are some tips on how to shop for cannabis flower, and what goes into modern cultivation to create premium cannabis flower.  

Quality Standards for Cannabis Flower

If you donโ€™t know the lingo, schwag is essentially slang for inferior, low-quality cannabis. But what makes cannabis inferior or lacking in quality? 

For ages, weโ€™ve relied on just our eyes and nose to tell us what to think (or the classic Colt 45 by Afroman song giving listeners tips). Are there a lot of seeds and stems? Schwag. And if your back-of-the-drawer baggie of bud has completely lost its scent, gone brownish in color or developed fuzzy pockets of mold, those are tell-tale signs that your stash is way past its window of decent smoking.

However, in todayโ€™s dispensary era, itโ€™s not as cut-and-dry as simply checking for the most obvious signs of mediocre weed. Instead, the challenge is a bit more nuancedโ€”but with your effort comes great rewards.

Donโ€™t Judge On THC Potency Alone 

The first thing to remember: Potency isnโ€™t the only thing that matters. Beyond the simple fact that there is no singular โ€œidealโ€ amount of THC (it varies from consumer to consumer) researchers have recently found that the potency of a cannabis product does not correlate with its overall quality or how high it will get you. More than that, a given strainโ€™s THC content isnโ€™t even necessarily the best indicator of how potent it might be.

The best way to assess the premium nature of a strain is, by contrast, to factor in a number of different elements together: This includes THC to a degree, but must also give weight to the flowerโ€™s terpene profile and how the flower was grown and processed, including the all-important curing step

Veritas Cannabis QR Codes 

While thereโ€™s a lot more information out there, that doesnโ€™t mean youโ€™ll need to make a spreadsheet before heading to a dispensary. At Veritas, we make it easy for you to find detailed information, like cannabinoid and terpene profiles, with a QR code on our packages of flower for maximum convenience.

Scan the code with your smartphone camera and you can learn all about how we do things differently in our craft cultivation. 

Weโ€™re proud to say that at every step of the way, from planting the seedlings, to tending plants to maturity, through harvesting, trimming and packaging to preserve terpenes, our entire process is completed by hand. Starting with a new cultivation batch that sees as many as 400 cuts taken from our mother plants each week, thereโ€™s a whole journey we invite you to take to learn more.

Happy people raise happy plants, and thereโ€™s no substitute for the people that care for our crops. Taste the difference for yourself and in no time, youโ€™ll become an expert on the differences between strains of flower at a dispensary. 
For bonus points, check out Veritas tips on how to store cannabis flower safely and securely at home for lasting enjoyment.

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