Orange Juice

Orange Juice is a sativa-leaning hybrid bred by Team Elite Genetics, a cultivator-owned craft cannabis company founded in Southern California in 2011 by Steve Castillo. The cross pairs an original early-1990s Green Crack cut with the breeder's own Tangie x Grandma's Cookies pheno #3, listed as an 80/20 sativa-dominant hybrid. It took second place for sativa flower at the 2019 High Times Cannabis Cup SoCal and third at the NorCal event that year. Reviewers describe dense, chunky buds in green and yellow tones, wrapped in bright orange pistils under a thick coat of trichomes.

Consumers report a quick onset and a racy, mentally stimulating character: creativity, focus and a lift in mood, with alertness kept intact. A mellow body buzz follows, and one reviewer noted around three hours of effect without anxiety. It suits daytime use, though the potency calls for restraint from newer consumers. A retail batch from late 2022 was labelled at 29.56% THC; the breeder publishes no range and CBD is not reported.

The name is literal. Aroma and taste are described as freshly cut ripe oranges, sweet and tangy, with pineapple and mango notes and a peppery, chemical edge on the exhale. The breeder lists beta-myrcene as the dominant terpene; limonene and terpinolene are likely contributors from the Tangie side. Team Elite Genetics grows this cultivar in living soil and sells no seeds or clones, so flowering time, height and yield are unpublished. Growers working from cuttings should expect typical hybrid demands with some stretch.