They say it can take hundreds or even thousands of years for a Styrofoam cup to disappear, but this one was gone in two days. A combination of GMO and Sunset Sherbert, fans of Colorado‘s colossus breeder Cannarado will recognize this lineage as their MSG, which Team Elite Genetics calls Styrofoam Cup.
Team Elite Genetics has a track record of producing some beautiful, award-winning flower grown in living soil. From its beginnings in Huntington Beach, this Southern California cultivation company has racked up 30 different Cannabis Cup awards for 13 different strains, eight of which were created in-house. Alongside their own strains, they also run cultivars from sought-after breeders, like Dying Breed Seeds and Swamp Boys. Their rosin line seeks to bring these hard-to-find genetics onto the solventless menu of your local store.
Styrofoam Cup won Team Elite Genetics 2nd Place Indica Flower at the 2022 Southern California Cannabis Cup and 3rd Place Indica in 2023, where this rosin, in particular, earned them 2nd Place in Solventless.
With a nice color and a solid but wet consistency, this is as good for dabs as it is for rolling into a hash joint. As you roll some between your fingers, the smell is funky but sweet, with a berry and citrus blend from the Sunset Sherbert. That twist at the end carries the GMO and delivers a bit of an edge to the exhale that plays at your nose but doesn’t overpower the combination.
Styrofoam Cup, despite the name, has more of a bright and sugary flavor that twists into an herbal and chemy ending, carrying the same edge as the aroma. On the exhale, more of that edge comes to the doorstep but never really comes inside. Styrofoam Cup gives a great high for posting up on the couch and doing something fun, like video games, drawing or watching some TV. You’ll find yourself drawn into the activity but with no desire to get up and do anything important.
Team Elite Genetics may be known for their flower, but don’t sleep on trying the rosin versions of their award-winning collection of genetics.
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This article was originally published in the November 2024 issue of California Leaf.
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