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Comparison

Pineapple Express vs Strawberry Cough

Strawberry Cough is a sativa that Leafly says is thought to be Haze × Strawberry Fields; it sits next to Pineapple Express on the sales charts, #8 to its #5 in Leafly’s 2025 orders and just ahead of it in California pre-rolls.1,2,3 It tests about the same in state labs: 20.00% median THC against 19.80% for Pineapple Express.4

Side by side

Pineapple ExpressStrawberry Cough
TypeSativa-dominant hybrid (Leafly)5Sativa1
LineageTrainwreck × Hawaiian in most accounts5Thought to be Haze × Strawberry Fields1
Median THC (state lab tests)19.80% (461 tests)20.00% (231 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.54%–21.75%15.88%–23.00%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, α-Humulene, β-Myrcene (125 tests)β-Myrcene, β-Caryophyllene, α-Pinene (61 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsHappy, giggly, energetic5Uplifted, energetic, happy1
FlavorPineapple, tropical, citrus5Strawberry, sweet, berry1
Leafly orders, 2025#52#82
California pre-rolls, Jan–Nov 2025$8.5 million (3rd)3$9.5 million (2nd)3
California vape pens, Jan–Nov 2025$27.4 million3$17.2 million3

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Pineapple Express vs Strawberry Cough

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Strawberry Cough Strawberry Cough: median 20.00%, middle half 15.88%–23.00%, 231 tests 20.0% n=231 Pineapple Express Pineapple Express: median 19.80%, middle half 17.54%–21.75%, 461 tests 19.8% n=461 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Strawberry Cough strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannabis Business Times, The top 10 bestselling flower strains in California in 2025 (2026-01-05). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Pineapple Express (aka Pex) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.