“I didn’t really know Josh at that time, other than that’s who was doing it. I didn’t meet him until probably ’97/’98. In ’96 we met and I saw the OG growing and stuff like that. But as far as being friends and hanging out all the time, all that developed over the later years,” Kenji said.

Leafly reviewers report good Bubba Kush can have a pungent, coffee, earthiness to it. Its top terpenes are the punchy caryophyllene, sharp limonene, and dank myrcene.

“The smell and especially the taste: It’s like a spicy peppery type sweetness, it’s hard to describe. The high is good, it’s as good as any cannabis out there. The flavor is unique and the nose on it is unique. And the look—it’s beautiful. It’s a pretty robust strain if you grow it right,” B-Real said. 

Bubba Kush persists from 1998 to present

OG Kush’s success always outshined Bubba Kush in the 2000s. By 2010, OG Kushes led to “exotics” like GSC, Kush Mints, and today’s The Original Z crosses. Nevertheless, the cultivar persists and remains a touchstone to this day.

But B-Real says that after 25 years, there’s still a strong interest in the strain. Cultivators who have been in the game for a long time have never let it go, and some continue to try to bring it back. 

“What’s crazy about that strain is that throughout the years you’ve seen groups of cultivators trying to bring it back in the midst of all the exotics that you have now and with OG Kush being a prominent strain down here in the South,” B-Real said.

“There’s just something about that Bubba that people love that no one wanted to let it go. A lot of strains got let go by the wayside when all these exotics hit and especially when OG came into hers. But it’s the one strain that people try to get back because there’s something unique about it,” B-Real said. 

B-Real says that Bubba Kush never lost its hold on the culture here in LA and beyond. 

“There’s exotics that maybe taste better, and the OG is stronger, but the elements that the Bubba carries in terms of the taste and the impact of the high, I think it’s one of those old-school flavors that people are nostalgic about,” B-Real said. “It’s such a loved strain. It’s not the best one out there but it definitely holds its weight and holds ground. From the bag appeal to the yield, cultivators always loved it,” he said. 

B-Real says he and Kenji would recognize it immediately if they saw it today. It’s distinctive.  He now sees growing interest in the classic strain and in its preservation. 

“With so many options of these exotics, it sort of just got tucked away, but you see a resurgence now that people are looking for it,” B-Real said. “It’s great that it still stands the test of time, as great strains do. And it’s one of them.”

B-Real predicts tissue culture will help preserve Bubba Kush’s legacy for the next 25 years. 

“Salute to those that did keep it around and that were able to pass it around to other cultivators to keep it going to this day. I would imagine now guys are gonna do tissue culture on it so that it never goes away. That’s what’s great about the tissue culture, they can bring strains like Bubba Kush back,” B-Real said. 

Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson is an independent pot journalist based in Los Angeles. Wilson is the founding Editor of Visit Hollyweed, California’s cannabis community newspaper. His Los Angeles Dispensary Guidebook was published in April.

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