{"id":2459426,"date":"2020-06-11T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=327547"},"modified":"2020-06-11T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T17:33:00","slug":"high-country-cookies-comes-to-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/high-country-cookies-comes-to-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"High Country: Cookies comes to Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jai and Berner created arguably the most coveted marijuana strains in the world (and are both famous enough in the cannabis community to warrant one name). Now, they have expanded their Cookies empire from California to Colorado. <\/p>\n

Formerly known as Cookie Fam Genetics, the Bay Area-based cannabis company was first founded with the strain \u201cGirl Scout Cookies.\u201d With Jai as the growing and genetics expert and Berner as the rapper and entrepreneur, \u201cGirl Scout Cookies\u201d launched in medical dispensaries in California in 2010. Following a cease-and-desist order from the Girl Scouts of America, \u201cGirl Scout\u201d was dropped and Cookies<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n

That same year, the then up-and- coming Wiz Khalifa was performing in San Francisco and tapped Berner to find him the best weed in town.<\/p>\n

According to a 2016 SFWeekly profile<\/a>, \u201cBerner somehow smuggled in a five-foot-tall plant of Cherry Pie, one of the Cookie Fam\u2019s exclusive high-end strains. \u2018We brought it on stage, and I gave
it to (Wiz) as a gift on the bus,\u2019he says. \u2018It went from there.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Khalifa started name dropping Cookies in his songs and appeared in a Berner<\/a> music video, which took the company from its earliest days in a San Francisco garage to global growth. Today, Cookies is renowned for its in-house cultivation, rare strain varietals and eponymous clothing line (think Supreme, but for cannabis connoisseurs). It also operates five Cookies cannabis retail stores in California.<\/p>\n

Through a licensing deal with Veritas Fine Cannabis<\/a>, one of Colorado\u2019s first wholesale cannabis producers, Cookies hit more than 50 dispensary shelves in May (available locally at Silverpeak in Aspen and Tumbleweed in Carbondale).<\/p>\n

\u201cColorado has a population of sophisticated and discerning consumers and we think they will respond well to the Cookies brand,\u201d said Berner, founder and CEO of Cookies.<\/p>\n

In just one month, the response\u00a0has exceeded expectations with 12\u00a0total strains in rotation (a total of\u00a020 will be released this year) that\u00a0drop in dispensaries every Friday.\u00a0Veritas Fine Cannabis\u00a0confirmed\u00a0that Cookies products have been\u00a0selling out statewide daily, so it\u2019s\u00a0working on increasing\u00a0its grow\u00a0amounts in the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Based in Denver, Veritas Fine\u00a0Cannabis utilizes a\u00a0proprietary\u00a0style of cultivation \u2014 painstakingly\u00a0planting, watering, staking,\u00a0pruning, harvesting,\u00a0trimming and\u00a0packaging everything by hand.<\/p>\n

The result is cannabis flower with\u00a0one of the highest concentrations\u00a0of terpenes on the market.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very proud to be one of the\u00a0only dispensaries in the area carrying\u00a0the Cookies brand, which\u00a0fits\u00a0perfectly into our product offering,\u201d\u00a0said Silverpeak general manager\u00a0Chase Corte. \u201cWe\u2019ve had\u00a0customers\u00a0come from as far as Eagle to be a\u00a0part of the Cookies movement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Veritas Fine Cannabis director\u00a0of sales and marketing Jonathan\u00a0Spadafora added, \u201cWe have\u00a0heard about people from Denver\u00a0taking road trips to some of the\u00a0further locations just to shop for\u00a0different strains. It honestly blows\u00a0my mind how quickly this has\u00a0been adopted by Colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just in time for summer celebrations, here are High Country\u2019s top three Cookies strains to try and buy.<\/p>\n

PANCAKES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 Cookies Pancakes
Courtesy Cookies<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Original breeder:<\/strong> Cookies x Seed Junky Genetics 
Genetics:<\/strong> Kush Mints 11 x London Pound Cake 75 
Aroma:<\/strong> Blueberry pancakes
Flavor: <\/strong>Buttery, sweet berries<\/p>\n

LEMON PEPPER<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cookies Lemon Pepper
Courtesy Cookies<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Original breeder:<\/strong> Lemonade
Genetics:<\/strong> Lemon Cooler x Sirius Lemon Pebbles 
Aroma:<\/strong> Sharp, peppery lemon
Flavor: <\/strong>Sweet lemon inhale with a spicy exhale 
Experience:<\/strong> An energetic and uplifting high<\/p>\n

GEORGIA PIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cookies Georgia Pie
Courtesy Cookies<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Original breeder:<\/strong> Seed Junky Genetics 
Genetics:<\/strong> Gelatti x Kush Mint 11 
Aroma: <\/strong>Peach cobbler
Flavor:<\/strong> Savory baked fruit
Experience:<\/strong> A strong full body and head high<\/p>\n

Katie Shapiro can be reached at katie@katieshapiromedia.com<\/a> and followed on Twitter @bykatieshapiro<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jai and Berner created arguably the most coveted marijuana strains in the world (and are both famous enough in the cannabis community to warrant one name). Now, they have expanded their Cookies empire from California to Colorado.  Formerly known as Cookie Fam Genetics, the Bay Area-based cannabis company was first founded with the strain \u201cGirl Scout Cookies.\u201d With Jai as the growing and genetics expert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2459426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 00:54:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2459426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2459426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2459426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2459426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}