Ask a Stoner: What Are the Best Strains for Making Edibles?

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Dear Stoner: I’m fairly new to buying weed from a store, but it’s fun to use legal pot to make edibles. Are certain strains better for that than others? The budtender wasn’t much help.
Sweet Dish Chef

Dear Chef: Looking for cannabis that works for edibles is a simpler search than trying to find the right strains for smoking. The most common bartender advice — which is to buy the most popular or potent thing on the shelf — might be frustrating when you’re shopping for something to smoke; after all, terpenes make a big difference in that experience, whether they create the smell, flavor or even effects. But they don’t play the same role when you’re buying weed to make edibles.

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There’s little information supporting how much terpenes affect edible highs, if at all, so the high-THC strategy is probably the route to take when buying pot for edibles made with cannabutter or oil. (Make sure the herb isn’t tainted, and good shake works well on a budget, too.) If you’re making an extract first, then the more resin the better, according to the solventless squeezers I talk to. Go with the GMOs and Papayas of the world if available; Wedding Cake and Do-Si-Dos aren’t bad alternatives, either.

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