As cannabis consumers, it’s important that we consider ingredients and quality when picking up our goods. A brand that delivers on strain selection, quality, potency, and terpene presence, is often a difficult find. Fortunately, Alpine Vapor is a California brand that checks all of those boxes and then some. If you’re looking for a brand that creates its products with TLC, Alpine Vapor is definitely worth checking out.
After spending a few years in Medical school, Sachin Gulaya, CEO of Alpine Vapor, left to pursue a career in business. Since 2013, Sachin has worked to develop products that provide distinguished terpenes and convey the true experience of the specially selected strains. Alpine Vapor offers some of the most beautifully crafted vape cartridges in California.
Innovative Beginnings
Leaving school in 2010, Sachin decided to start his own electronic cigarette company. At the time, e-cigs were just beginning to emerge and the demand for those devices was through the roof. It was during this business venture that he began to experiment with cannabis vapes.
However, the technology was much less developed and vape oil wasn’t yet that popular. Due to these roadblocks, Sachin quickly switched his focus back to nicotine.
When distillate first became super popular in the the market in 2013, Sachin realized that he could easily recreate what other brands had done. After buying some equipment off of eBay, he set off on a mission to create some of the finest cannabis extracts on the market.
Alpine Vapor was originally a wholesale company and was distributing its oil to other brands. Since the demand for their oil was so high, the team decided to stop working with third parties and focus on their own brand.
“What really made Alpine stand out in the early days, is that we were distilling all of our own oil. Everybody else was just buying what they could on the market, and we were doing it ourselves.”
Sachin Gulaya
California Grown
Alpine Vapor is a California-based cannabis company, so all of their cannabis is sourced and sold exclusively in The Golden State. While they’ve contemplated expansion to other states, the AV team considers themselves deeply rooted in California cannabis culture. Alpine Vapor focuses on producing high-quality live resin and an intricate terpene profile, aligning them perfectly with the values of California consumers.
All of their cannabis is 100% sun-grown in Northern California. Alpine aims to be a brand that offers an exceptional experience for both first-time smokers and seasoned stoners.
For that reason, Alpine sources all of their flower from craft growers to ensure that care was taken into the cultivation of the plant. The brand cycles through different strains from these growers, offering a brand new collection with every launch.
Potency Vs. Flavor
The West Coast cannabis market is oversaturated. There are so many brands with extracts and vape products that overprioritize packaging and THC content. In Sachin’s opinion, the most important thing in an extract is strain fidelity. As well as making sure the product fully embodies the traits of the flower.
Alpine conducts its distillation process at about a third of the speed of others to ensure total quality. Sachin personally taste tests all of Alpine’s products before launching their collections to retailers.
Currently, Alpine Vapor is working to solve the dilemma of delivering both potency and flavor in high volumes. They’re doing this by innovating cartridge and battery technology to create a delivery method that shifts voltages throughout the puff. This would allow the consumer to taste the meticulously selected terpenes, while also getting that punch of THC.
Be sure to check out Alpine Vapor!
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