You need to put down this magazine, jump on your preferred dispensary menu aggregator — your Weedmaps, your Leafly — and search for “Master Makers” right now. Not later. Now.
There are fewer than 500 grams of this multi-award-winning Grapefruit Starburst Live Rosin in circulation in California — a state with, like, 4 million weed smokers. And we don’t want you to miss out. This is the one, y’all.
Higher Ground Seed Bank’s operator, John — no last name to protect his game — has been breeding hash strains to do his own growing, washing and hash sales since the Proposition 215 days. His Starburst #36 (Starburst OG x KC #36) is legendary in hash circles. He did a huge pheno hunt within Starburst #36 to isolate the Grapefruit Starburst.
Next comes the outdoor soil growers, Canyon Creek Family Farms, way up north in the remote Trinity Alps. They fed the plant local well water off the mythic, 9,002-foot Thompson Peak, plus their nutrient-rich soil and clear hot sun.
Now here comes 4-year-old Los Angeles brand Master Makers just dominating the hash game. Breeder, grower and hash maker have aligned to open a cosmic portal to a higher flavor dimension. This batch won a gold medal in 2026’s California State Fair Cannabis Awards live rosin category and second place in the 2026 Hashathon Cup. Next up: the California Zalympix hash battle.
This hash is bone white like the teeth of a tiger, with the slightest waviness to the surface of the 1-gram patty. The aroma is loud, testing at a massive 7.1% terpenes. We get loud, bitter, sour grapefruit rind terps with that refined, clean, high-end waft of nail polish or house paint when we smell it. It hits clear, light and pure, with candy, sour and tropical flavors that riotously perfume a room.
The rosin tests at 67% THC, and our hearing throbbed as our pulse rose and blood pressure dropped. Grapefruit Starburst has this hybrid sativa effect that had us super into the “Animaniacs” reboot and Helldivers 2 on PlayStation 5, with a hint of The Fear that had us taking a quick mental inventory of Things That Could Go Wrong™. But we rode the lightning to a finish in the kitchen with a handful of chocolate chips and, we admit, a bit of late-night doomscrolling.
This stuff is so special, it feels like a crime to carve away creamy dabs of it with a Puffco Hot Knife. You won’t need much; you’ll want to savor it, and you’ll feel bad if you leave any liquid for your cotton swab to sop up. I don’t know, maybe just put it in the freezer and save it for some life milestone when you need to pair your victory with a visit to the guaranteed peak of Mount Terps.
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This article was originally published in the October 2026 issue of California Leaf.
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