We have some big news: Elevate Cannabis has been nominated in five categories for The Pitch’s Best of KC Awards. Voting is open through May 13th at vote.thepitchkc.com/cbd-hemp-thc. You can vote once per email address, so if you have more than one you can put them all to work.
Here’s what we’re up for.
Best Flower in Kansas City — Elevate Cannabis
Elevate was built on flower. A lot of the people on our cultivation team have been growing since before it was legal, and that shows up in how they treat the plant, not as a commodity to maximize, but as something worth getting right.
You might notice a difference in our flower because of what we put into the process. Every grow environment is dialed in with precision irrigation, optimized airflow and lighting, and hand-trimming to protect trichomes. All so they yield the right balance of flavor, aroma, and experience.
Cold, slow drying and curing do a lot of the work to keep terpenes intact and make each strain actually taste like itself.
Best Edibles Brand in Kansas City — Gumm-Es
We make our Gumm-Es in-house, with organic ingredients, natural flavoring and color, no artificial dyes, no high-fructose corn syrup, vegan and gluten-free. And because we grow and distill our own cannabis, we know exactly what’s in the oil before it ever goes into a Gumm-E. No heavy metals, no pesticides, nothing synthetic.
We have a unique lineup of flavors, in doses ranging from 5mg pieces — good for people just starting out — up to 200mg for experienced users, with Hella Higher Dose Gumm-Es at the top of the range. You can get the best selection of Gumm-Es in Kansas City at a Key Cannabis Dispensary near you.
Best Concentrate/Dab Brand in Kansas City — Elevate Extracts
Extraction happens in our own lab. In Missouri, flower goes straight from our grow facilities to the on-site lab, there’s no middleman so our flower is sitting around longer than it needs to. We run plant material within one to two weeks of harvest, and we flash-freeze freshly harvested flower at -40°C to lock in terpenes before they start to fade.
One thing we don’t do is CRC. Color Remediation Column filtration is a process a lot of brands use to bleach their extracts into a uniform, “clean” looking color. This can strip out the compounds that give a concentrate its character. Our concentrates look the way they look because of the strain they came from.
The lineup runs from live concentrates — badder, sugar, sap, Diamonds ‘N Sauce — made from fresh-frozen flower for the boldest flavor, to cured concentrates for the dabber who wants quality without the live resin price tag.
Best Preroll in Kansas City — Headband Cookies
Our Headband Cookies pre-roll is nominated on its own, and if you’ve smoked one, you know why. Machine-rolled for a consistent and smooth smoke, with the genetics to back up every puff.
Headband Cookies is a sativa-dominant cross of Chem D x Headband x Mandarin Cookies x California Black Rose with a complex aroma to match. You get a long-lasting, alert head high with a mellow flavor
Elevate has carefully crafted this strain to pack a balanced terpene profile led by beta-Myrcene, Nerolidol, and alpha-Humulene.
Best Vape Cartridge Brand in Kansas City — Elevate Extracts
Every cart comes from the same in-house lab as our concentrates. Live resin carts go through hydrocarbon extraction, same process, same flower as our dabbable products, just in a different form. Distillate carts go through CO2 extraction, winterization, and filtration. Everything gets tested twice.
CANNATerp carts use terpenes pulled directly from Elevate flower, so they’re strain-specific and true to the genetics they came from. Botanical Terp carts use naturally-derived terpenes from plants — limonene from lemons, myrcene from mangoes — for people who want something a little more fruit-forward. Live Resin carts are the most potent thing we make in cart form.
Thank For Your Consideration… How to Vote
Head to vote.thepitchkc.com/cbd-hemp-thc and cast your vote in all five categories. You can vote once per email address — voting closes May 13th.
