Blue Tonic

THE GENETICS

Blue Tonic is a European-bred hybrid variety developed specifically for the CBD market, created by crossing Blue Dream — one of the most popular and widespread sativa-dominant hybrids on America's West Coast, resulting from the union of DJ Short's Blueberry and Super Silver Haze — with a high-CBD variety selected to stabilise cannabidiol concentrations without compromising the parent strain's rich terpene profile. The prefix “Blue” directly recalls the Blueberry component that characterises the strain's DNA, with its sweet notes of blueberry and dark berries, while the suffix “Tonic” evokes the lively, refreshing freshness that characterises the variety's overall aromatic profile. Blue Tonic is a balanced hybrid that elegantly combines Blue Dream's fruity softness and herbal complexity with a high, stable CBD content, making it one of the most complete and refined choices in the European CBD catalogue. Its versatile character and accessible aromatic profile appeal both to experienced enthusiasts and those discovering the world of legal cannabis for the first time.

THE APPEARANCE

Blue Tonic CBD flowers have a dense, generous structure, resulting from the Blueberry component's indica heritage, tempered by the airy openness typical of Blue Dream. The flower clusters are medium-sized, compact and well formed, with a uniform covering of crystalline trichomes giving the buds a brilliant, velvety appearance. Colour is one of this strain's most distinctive and striking features: a deep, saturated green enriched by blue and purple shades in the leaves and calyxes — developed through anthocyanins activated by nighttime temperature reductions during the final weeks of flowering — with warm orange pistils creating a powerful visual contrast. Resin is abundant and visible, evenly distributed across the entire surface of the flowers. The buds are selected and trimmed by hand to preserve their integrity and ensure uniformly high-quality, visually impeccable batches.

AROMA

Blue Tonic's aromatic profile is enveloping, layered and immediately pleasant, with a fruity sweetness that makes an impression from the first encounter and a complexity that reveals itself gradually. The dominant notes are fresh blueberry and dark berries — blackberry, blackcurrant and raspberry — inherited directly from the Blueberry component, blending with delicate floral hints of violet and lavender in a sweet, romantic bouquet. The herbal freshness of the Haze component emerges in the background, with hints of mint, pine and a light earthy note adding depth and contrast to the profile. The final “Tonic” appears as a fresh, almost effervescent nuance lingering in the aftertaste, lending lightness and clarity to an otherwise rounded, enveloping aroma. The persistence is long and elegant, with a fruity-floral aftertaste that remains pleasant and delicate.

ORIGIN AND CULTIVATION

This strain is grown in a fully controlled indoor environment, where every environmental variable is optimised to enhance both CBD production and the strain's characteristic fruity terpene profile. Temperature management is particularly strategic: in the final flowering stage, slight nighttime reductions are applied precisely to stimulate anthocyanin production — the pigments responsible for the fascinating blue and purple shades that make this strain visually unique — without compromising yield or flower quality. Cultivation takes place without pesticides or synthetic chemical fertilisers, in full accordance with the highest organic standards. The plants are carefully monitored throughout the flowering cycle, and the flowers are harvested at optimal trichome maturity, dried slowly in temperature-controlled environments and selected by hand before final packaging.

THE ORIGINS

Blue Tonic has its roots in the history of Blue Dream, created in California in the early 2000s — probably in the Santa Cruz Bay Area — by crossing DJ Short's legendary Blueberry, one of the most awarded and influential indica varieties of the 1980s, known for its extraordinary fruity profile, with Super Silver Haze, a three-time Amsterdam Cannabis Cup winner. Blue Dream quickly became the best-selling strain in the United States between 2012 and 2016, appreciated for its sweet, accessible profile and ease of cultivation. From this outstanding genetic foundation, European breeders specialising in CBD undertook years of selection to stabilise high cannabidiol concentrations while preserving the parent strain's unmistakable aromatic profile. The “Blue Tonic” phenotype emerged as one of the project's most successful selections, combining Blue Dream's terpene richness and visual beauty with the quality and legality required by the European CBD market, where it quickly earned a prominent place among enthusiasts' favourite varieties.

FLOWER SPECIFICATIONS

AROMATIC PROFILE

STORAGE

Temperature: 15–20 °C
Humidity: 55–62% RH
Packaging: Airtight jar, protected from light

The indicated CBD percentage is for guidance only and represents the maximum value obtained in laboratory testing for this strain. As this is a natural product, cannabinoid values may vary from one flower to another. Product compliant with Italian Legislative Decree 242/2016, as amended. THC content below the legal limits (0.2%). Intended exclusively for sale as a collector's item and for technical use. Not suitable for human consumption. Keep out of reach of children.

Certificate of analysis available on request