Cape Town Cannabis Cup 2023
About a dozen growers, about a hundred judges, and a first place decided by a single vote.
Cape Town Cannabis Cup, 2023 · 3 April 2023 · An industrial space in the city, Cape Town
The best-documented South African cup result we have, and the most interesting, because of how close it was: first place was decided by one vote.
The format was a hundred or so judges scoring entries from around a dozen growers — a much larger panel than most local cups manage, which is precisely why a one-vote margin is worth pausing on. A big panel is supposed to smooth out individual preference. When it still lands a hair apart, the honest reading is not that the winner was better; it is that the top of that field was, on the day, indistinguishable.
Which is the most useful thing any cup result can teach you. Second place in a field like that is not a lesser cannabis. It is the same cannabis with one fewer vote.
Results
Overall
| Place | Cultivar | Grown by |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Red Delicious | The Connoisseur Collective |
| 2nd | Apple Fritter | Boof_Enshmirtz |
| 3rd | Creme Brulee | Dr Dankenstein |
The source reports the top three overall and does not list separate category placings, if there were any.
What a placing here is worth
A cup result describes one batch, judged once, by the people who happened to be judging. It is a good reason to look at what a grower is doing now; it is not a promise about a jar in front of you today, which may be a different season, a different cut and a different cure.
If you want the fuller version of that argument, see Cannabis cups, and what a win actually means — and if you would rather learn to score a jar yourself, the five-minute method is the place to start.
Sources
This archive records what has been published, with its sources, and says so plainly where a result is missing rather than guessing at it. If you have results we do not, tell the club and they will be added.
