{"id":51136,"date":"2020-04-24T17:16:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/what-is-gelato-weed-and-why-do-rappers-love-the-strain-so-much\/"},"modified":"2020-04-24T17:16:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T17:16:40","slug":"what-is-gelato-weed-and-why-do-rappers-love-the-strain-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/what-is-gelato-weed-and-why-do-rappers-love-the-strain-so-much\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is \u201cGelato\u201d Weed and Why Do Rappers Love the Strain So Much?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dedicated weed smokers and cannasseurs alike have puffed on Gelato at least once. And if they haven\u2019t, some variety of the world-famous Gelato strain is likely on their bucket list. <\/p>\n

Gelato<\/u><\/a> got its start in the Bay Area, bred and popularized by Mario Guzman, otherwise known as the mastermind marijuana geneticist Mr. Sherbinski<\/u><\/a>. Sherbinski belonged to a crew of San Francisco-based breeders such as Jigga<\/u><\/a>, Berner<\/u><\/a>, and others who all once criss-crossed the genetics of the famed Cookies strains together. They\u2019ve since gone on to form their own companies and propriety plants.<\/p>\n

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Photo via <\/em>Sherbinskis<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The original Gelato is the cheeba child of two legendary dank dynamos: Cookie Fam\u2019s Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies<\/u><\/a> (aka GSC) and Sherbinskis\u2019 Sunset Sherbert. Sherbinskis has since developed a variety of Gelato phenotypes, some that simply have numbers designating their distinction from the OG<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n

Other Gelato phenos simply bear delectable monikers<\/u><\/a> like \u201cAcai Berry Gelato\u201d and \u201cMochi Gelato.\u201d Not all of these variants on Gelato descended directly from the first mother: Some are crosses of other Gelato varieties, others back-crossed with entirely different strains. Regardless, the Gelato name is now synonymous with delightfully saccharine flower<\/u><\/a> that produces creamy smoke. Yum.<\/p>\n

But, back to Gelato proper. When grown under optimal conditions, Gelato produces fat buds bearing purple and violet hues, glistening with such dense coverings of terpene-packed trichomes<\/u><\/a> they look like they were rolled around in pure sugar. Its visual appeal explains why certain, unusually colorful strains<\/u><\/a> claim Gelato in their lineage. Taste the rainbow.<\/p>\n