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<\/p>\nRecently, we stopped in Sacramento to check out the scene and were amazed by the experience we had at Connected Cannabis Co.\u2019s flagship store. While maybe not the largest shop in the city, you\u2019ll be blown away by the selection packed on every shelf.<\/p>\n
Connected is known for some amazing strains, which they refer to as \u201cdesigner weed.\u201d Flavors like Gelonade, Biscotti, Silver Spoon and Chrome have made them a household name in multiple states, but Sacramento is where they got their start. At their official store, you can find all the hits from Connected and Alien Labs, as well as unreleased jams that the rest of the state hasn\u2019t seen yet.<\/p>\n
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As we entered the blue door emblazoned with Connected\u2019s palm tree logo, a budtender, Rico, told us that this was the best place to pick up the freshest releases from Connected and showed us how the store stays up to date with other leading-edge cultivators in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Known affectionately as \u201cB-Sides,\u201d these batches of flower are the possible next wave of fan favorites. Looking around, we saw bags of Zangria x Xerbacio, Spritzer x Pave and Connected\u2019s rendition of Tahiti Lime. Malique Parish, Connected\u2019s brand manager, told California Leaf that, for most of these, the first few precious batches are stocked at this store before anywhere else. Some of these strains, Parish said, won\u2019t be released in other stores for another two to six months. Meanwhile, other strains might remain flagship exclusives, never even making it to retailers across the state, let alone across town.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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And that\u2019s another reason we\u2019re highlighting Connected: to remind Cannabis tourists and locals that visiting a brand\u2019s headquarters store is often how you come across some of the new strains and exclusive pheno hunt batches. Whenever the Leaf travels to a major Cannabis hub, we always look to see if a brand we like started there and if they might have some special hits at their home base store.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Plus, looking at the selection, especially regarding flower, Connected Sacramento is keeping up with their friends and neighbors too. In a recent post on X, Alien Labs founder Ted Lidie revealed that when someone tells him a brand has fire weed, he heads down to the Connected store to check it out since he knows they have all the new heat sources on deck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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For anyone who\u2019s a fan of Connected and Alien Labs, this small store is packed with the flavors many of your friends can\u2019t get. This shop\u2019s friendly and knowledgeable crew mentioned that they\u2019re always reminded of how a simple \u201cHello!\u201d or \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d can make a person\u2019s day almost as happy as their weed does.<\/p>\n
This article was originally published in the March 2026 issue of California Leaf.<\/p>\n