Black Cherry Soda

Black Cherry Soda is flower named, according to Leafly, for the strain’s fruity, soda-like taste and unusually dark purple colour. Leafly’s label for it is hybrid; AllBud‘s is sativa-dominant, with an 80% sativa, 20% indica split.

Soda-pop taste and a berry nose

Berry, sweet and tree fruit are Leafly’s top flavour tags. One Leafly reviewer finds cherry with the faintest hint of root beer and a soft soda-pop fizz in the aftertaste, and another says it smells and tastes like soda pop.

AllBud describes a distinctive berry scent that it compares to Blue Dream, with a taste that follows the smell. Its tags: berry, cherry, fruity, herbal, pine, spicy and sweet for flavour, and blueberry, earthy, pungent and sweet for aroma.

Dense buds with purple hues

AllBud pictures very dense buds covered in tiny crystals and orange hairs, with purple hues running through shades of light green. One AllBud reviewer saw neon-green buds with bright orange hairs and purple hues inside and out.

Limonene first on the terpene list

Leafly’s terpene section puts limonene (citrus) first, then caryophyllene (pepper) and myrcene (herbal). Our limonene explainer covers the citrus terpene that leads.

THC readings, effects and relatives

Leafly reports THC near 21% with 1% CBG and a potency meter that reads above average, and AllBud’s range is 18% to 22%.

Leafly describes balanced mind and body effects, and its reviewers mostly report feeling relaxed, happy and focused. AllBud’s users describe an uplifting, potent high that begins at the back of the head and moves to the shoulders, with a cerebral feel and an upper-body tingle.

Leafly says the strain has spawned other favourites such as Black Dahlia and Ace of Spades, and its genetics panel lists Black Cherry Cheesecake and Ace of Spades as children. Our best hybrid strains guide covers seven classic and modern hybrids for comparison.