When Ay Papi melted onto the scene a couple of years ago, it was obvious this was going to be a brand to watch.
The company’s push into the market as part of My Green Network couldn’t have been timed more perfectly, or with better partners. At that time, Ay Papi locked in supply of some of the most coveted, hashable genetics in the California market, with its expressions of Huckleberry Hill Farms’ Whitethorn Rose and its ever-growing family tree of crosses.
In 2025, Ay Papi nearly swept the solventless categories in the first-ever California Leaf Bowl Awards, winning Best Full Melt/Bubble Hash for Purple Papaya 6-Star Full Melt from Mattole Valley Sungrown, Best Rosin for Ridgeline Rose #1 from Huckleberry Hill Farms and Runner-Up for Whitethorn Rose 6-Star Full Melt from Huckleberry Hill Farms.
Where do you go from there?
“As a craft brand, one of our responsibilities is to continue to innovate for the industry,” CEO Justin Lee said.
The answer, Justin said, is the Ay Papi Sapphire Thumbprint, the company’s spin on the multiple texture trend hitting head stash jars lately.
“We thought that thumbprints were doing great on the innovation side, but we wanted to take a step up,” Justin said. “We really want to provide a sensory profile and experience that engages and tantalizes all five of our senses. The look, the smell, the touch, the taste, the feel.”
Rather than rely on two types of hash in one jar, like most hash makers toying with the trend, Ay Papi decided to include four different textures and expressions of the modern hashishin arts in the same jar.
Ridgeline Rose Badder provides the base, encircling a Whitethorn Rose solventless diamond gem in the center, with crushed diamonds sprinkled on top, finished with Whitethorn Rose rosin terp juice.
“It’s very labor intensive,” Justin said. “We have to make four different product SKUs and combine them together. With the huge diamond in the middle, it looks like an engagement ring. When you see and hear that diamond crack and break, it engages on another sensory level.”
It sounds a little over the top, and the result is delicious and heady, with all of the bright, zingy zest that is the calling card of the Rose genetic line. A few citrusy sips from a Focus V Carta at a low-temperature setting, and we were feeling lifted and relaxed, but not lackadaisical.
A four-consistency jar may not be something anyone was asking for, but once you try it, you may find yourself asking for another round. I know I will.
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This article was originally published in the February 2026 issue of California Leaf.
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