Recently, we stopped in Sacramento to check out the scene and were amazed by the experience we had at Connected Cannabis Co.’s flagship store. While maybe not the largest shop in the city, you’ll be blown away by the selection packed on every shelf.
Connected is known for some amazing strains, which they refer to as “designer weed.” Flavors like Gelonade, Biscotti, Silver Spoon and Chrome have made them a household name in multiple states, but Sacramento is where they got their start. At their official store, you can find all the hits from Connected and Alien Labs, as well as unreleased jams that the rest of the state hasn’t seen yet.
As we entered the blue door emblazoned with Connected’s palm tree logo, a budtender, Rico, told us that this was the best place to pick up the freshest releases from Connected and showed us how the store stays up to date with other leading-edge cultivators in the area.
Known affectionately as “B-Sides,” these batches of flower are the possible next wave of fan favorites. Looking around, we saw bags of Zangria x Xerbacio, Spritzer x Pave and Connected’s rendition of Tahiti Lime. Malique Parish, Connected’s brand manager, told California Leaf that, for most of these, the first few precious batches are stocked at this store before anywhere else. Some of these strains, Parish said, won’t be released in other stores for another two to six months. Meanwhile, other strains might remain flagship exclusives, never even making it to retailers across the state, let alone across town.
And that’s another reason we’re highlighting Connected: to remind Cannabis tourists and locals that visiting a brand’s headquarters store is often how you come across some of the new strains and exclusive pheno hunt batches. Whenever the Leaf travels to a major Cannabis hub, we always look to see if a brand we like started there and if they might have some special hits at their home base store.
Plus, looking at the selection, especially regarding flower, Connected Sacramento is keeping up with their friends and neighbors too. In a recent post on X, Alien Labs founder Ted Lidie revealed that when someone tells him a brand has fire weed, he heads down to the Connected store to check it out since he knows they have all the new heat sources on deck.
For anyone who’s a fan of Connected and Alien Labs, this small store is packed with the flavors many of your friends can’t get. This shop’s friendly and knowledgeable crew mentioned that they’re always reminded of how a simple “Hello!” or “How are you doing?” can make a person’s day almost as happy as their weed does.
