Strawberry Cough Strain

Strawberry Cough is the odd one out on this list. It does not smell like fuel, it does not come with a neighbourhood attached, and its reputation rests on a flavour rather than a scene. It still belongs here, because the story runs through the East Coast and through one of the better-known names in … Read moreStrawberry Cough Strain

Piff Strain NYC

Piff is the most New York thing on this list, and the hardest to pin down. It is not a cultivar with a breeder and a seed line. It is a name uptown gave to a particular kind of haze, and for most of its life it described a smell and a reputation rather than … Read morePiff Strain NYC

NYC Diesel Strain

NYC Diesel is the strain that wears the city on its label, which is exactly why people mix it up with Sour Diesel. They are not the same plant, they did not come from the same place, and only one of them was actually born in New York. A Dutch strain named after a New … Read moreNYC Diesel Strain

Sour Diesel Strain

Ask anyone who was buying weed in New York in the 1990s what the city smelled like, and you will hear the same two words: Sour Diesel. No cultivar is more tied to New York, and almost none has a murkier paper trail. Where Sour Diesel actually comes from The honest answer is that nobody … Read moreSour Diesel Strain