★ Editor's Pick Vol. 12 · Issue 21 May 27, 2026

A bag of Papaya Wine walked into the lab. We weren't ready.

Loud Pack Co's latest indoor run is the most aromatically complete flower we've tested this year — and possibly the most expensive. Was the 8-week wait worth it? Our masthead deliberated for nine hours.

94
Certified
/ 100
Aroma 9.6
Structure 9.2
Burn 9.1
Effect 9.5

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91 / 100 Sungrown · Mendocino
Field Report

Royal Key Organics' "Tropicana Cherry" makes the case for outdoor, again.

In a category dominated by lights-on indoor, this small-batch sungrown delivers a complexity that no rosin can fake. We drove four hours to find out why.

Reviewed May 26 · Mira Okonkwo
88 Hash · Bubble
Concentrates

Frenchy's "GMO Cookies" 6-star is, somehow, even better than last year.

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76 Vape · Live Rosin
Hardware

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May 22
82 / 100 Pre-Roll · Hash Hole
Quick Hit

Jeeter's "Baby Jeeter Infused" is finally worth the convenience tax.

May 21 · Theo Bran
69 / 100 Edible · Gummy
Cooking

Wyld's mango gummies are still the gold standard. We tested all 11 flavors.

May 19 · Anaïs Petrov
93 / 100 Flower · Indoor
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The Index — every cultivar we've graded, in one searchable archive.

4,218 individual products reviewed since 2019. Every score blind-tested by at least three of our critics. Filter by lineage, terpene profile, growing method, or batch. No advertiser influence. No paid placements. Ever.

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Tested
Score
01
Papaya Wine Loud Pack Co. · Indoor
Papaya × Purple Punch
β-Caryophyllene
05/27/26
94
02
Aficionado Selección No. 7 Aficionado Estates · Indoor
Proprietary
Limonene
05/17/26
93
03
Tropicana Cherry Royal Key Organics · Sungrown
Tropicana Cookies × Cherry Cookies
Myrcene
05/26/26
91
04
Lemon Cherry Gelato Backpack Boyz · Indoor
Sunset Sherbet × Girl Scout Cookies
Limonene
05/14/26
90
05
GMO Cookies — 6★ Bubble Frenchy Cannoli Estate · Hash
GMO Cookies (Chemdog × GSC)
β-Caryophyllene
05/24/26
88
06
Garlic Breath #5 Coast Cultivation Co. · Indoor
GMO × Mendo Breath
Humulene
05/11/26
87
07
Apples & Bananas Cookies SF · Indoor
Platinum Cookies × Granddaddy Purps
Linalool
05/09/26
85

The Critics

Four palates · 38 years combined experience Read masthead →
No. 01 DK

Devin Kuroda

Editor-in-Chief

Former pastry chef. Wine sommelier. Has reviewed flower in 14 countries. Believes terpenes deserve the same vocabulary as Burgundy.

No. 02 MO

Mira Okonkwo

Senior Field Critic

Travels 200 days a year to small farms. Wrote the book — literally — on sungrown cultivation in the Emerald Triangle.

No. 03 TB

Theo Bran

Concentrates Lead

Built two extraction labs before turning 30. Can identify a solvent residue at six paces. Suffers no rosin fools.

No. 04 AP

Anaïs Petrov

Edibles & Wellness

Pharmacist turned critic. Demands lab-grade dosing accuracy and a flavor that doesn't taste like a vitamin gummy.

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