Fact Checked by Doctor NameTop shelf refers to the highest quality, most potent grades of cannabis flowers taken from the upper portions of the plant during cultivation.
It commands premium prices due to high demand combined with limited supply.
Connoisseurs value top-shelf cannabis for exceptional potency, flavors, aromas and overall experience.
What is Top-Shelf Cannabis?
Top-shelf flowers exhibit certain key characteristics:
- High THC levels above 20%, sometimes exceeding 30% for strains like Girl Scout Cookies or Gorilla Glue. Top-shelf indica and sativa have high potency.
- Intense aromas and flavors from robust terpene profiles, limonene, pinene, myrcene and other terpenes shine.
- Large, well-formed flower buds with minimal stems and leaves; ideal structure and manicuring.
- Grown from top-quality strains using optimal techniques, often organically.
- It is covered in glistening trichomes, the hallmark of premium marijuana flowers.
- Exceptional visual appeal from dense, colorful buds.
- A smooth, pure smoke provides a deep, multi-faceted high.
Top-shelf flowers deliver excellent experiences to match their elevated status and cost.
Discerning cannabis lovers seek out exotic top-shelf strains like Sherbert, Zkittlez and Runtz for a transcendent high and terpene joy.
