Copa Farallones
A first-edition cannabis cup in Cali, Colombia. We know it from one pre-event preview, and a lot about it is still undocumented.
- 19results on record
- 2016–2024years in our data
- 6editions
- 10matched to strains
- Santiago de Cali, Colombialatest location
01Beginnings: a first for Cali
Vice's Spanish-language edition calls Copa Farallones the first marijuana cup in Cali, Colombia, and says this was its first edition1. The preview says the gardeners would gather at the Hacienda La Dolores for a public event1. The listing we started from calls this a "Medical" cup, but the article does not use that word, so we use the plain name Copa Farallones. The excerpt we have does not give the year.
The event had two parts. First came a private tasting on the Friday, where the best entry of the harvest was to be chosen1. A public event followed on Saturday 12 November1. The excerpt gives no year, so we cannot say which 12 November that was, and we have not guessed. Our sources do not cover the venue of the private tasting, how judging worked or how many entries there were.
02The story: a format with a known origin
The article credits Steven Hager, founder of High Times magazine, with inventing the cannabis cup in 1988. In its telling, a cup is a festival where enthusiasts try different varieties and vote for a favourite1. The writer says the format later spread around the world, and presents Farallones as Cali's own version1. This history comes from the article, and we have not checked it against other sources.
According to the writer, Colombia had already hosted two cups: El Copo in Medellín and El Rey in Bogotá1. Those are separate events. The preview also expects extractions (concentrated resins) to feature strongly, and says they are popular enough to compete in a category of their own1. The excerpt does not list the other categories.
03Culture: gardeners, music and a market
The private tasting was expected to draw dozens of gardeners from different regions of Colombia, so the event had a national reach, not just a local one1. The public day was planned to include a concert by Alerta Kamarada, Pernett and Asilo 38, plus workshops for newcomers1. The preview does not say how the day actually went.
The public day also had a trade fair where growshops and entrepreneurs from Cali would show their products. The article says these products covered recreational, medicinal and industrial uses of the plant. That description is the source's, not ours1. Vice also ran a social-media contest for two gardener places at the cup. Entrants posted a photo of their best plant or garden by Thursday 10 November at 10:00 pm, and winners were to be announced at 10:15 pm1. The writer also uses the Colombian slang word "burros" for cannabis enthusiasts1.
04Now: status not documented
We do not know whether the cup still runs. Our only source is a preview written just before the first edition. It says nothing about results, about later editions, or about the cup's current status1. Because the article looks ahead rather than reporting afterwards, we cannot name a winner or say how the first edition went.
We are also relying on a single source. The article names Copa Farallones and places it in Cali, which fits this entry, but we would like a second source to confirm it. Until we find one, read this page as a snapshot from just before the first edition.
05Future: no announced plans found
We found no announced plans for later editions. The only forward-looking line in the source is the writer's promise of fuller coverage of the cup soon1. We have not confirmed whether that coverage was published. If you know of later editions or organiser announcements, those would be the most useful additions to this page.
The results, in our data
CannaLib holds 19 results from this cup across 6 years (2016 to 2024), 10 of them matched to a strain in the catalogue.
Recent first-place strains
| Year | Strain | Category | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Grape Gas | Extracts without Solvents | Yerbasy Haze/RosinBeat |
| 2023 | Forbidden Fruit | Indoor Flowers | Wilmar Sanchez |
| 2021 | Lemon Tree | Best Sativa | Alto Jardin |
| 2021 | Zkittlez | Best Indica | Alto Jardin |
Editions on record
- 2019 · Cali, Colombia
- 2021 · Santiago de Cali, Colombia
- 2023 · Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacífico, Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Sources
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