How Ozi and Cuban Hash Queen built a partnership around family, competitive hash making and a closely guarded dry-sift technique known as Cuban Tech.
From Florida to the Hash Scene
Ozi, known as Cuban Grower, developed his cannabis experience within a close-knit Cuban-American community.
His work began during the underground era, before regulated cannabis businesses became widely established.
He and his wife, Cuban Hash Queen, shared an interest in building a future around cannabis.
Their partnership would eventually take them across several states as they pursued opportunities in the developing solventless hash industry.
The Move West
Their journey involved several relocations.
In 2016, the couple moved from Florida to Washington.
They subsequently spent time in Oregon before settling in Northern California in 2017.
That move became an important stage in their professional development.
Around 2024, they relocated again, this time to Los Angeles.
Each transition placed them in a different part of the American cannabis and hash-making community.
More Than a Working Partnership
According to their story, Cuban Hash Queen was involved in the work from the beginning.
Their relationship combined family, Cuban heritage and a shared commitment to developing their craft.
As their methods evolved, she became an increasingly prominent hash maker in her own right.
The partnership was not simply one artist producing hash while the other handled the surrounding business.
Both contributed to building the identity and reputation associated with their names.
What Is Cuban Tech?
One of Ozi's most recognizable contributions is a dry-sift approach he calls Cuban Tech.
The method focuses on separating and refining resin heads to achieve an exceptionally clean final product.
Ozi distinguishes the method from conventional static-based refinement.
According to the account, Cuban Tech was capable of reaching 100% resin-head purity, compared with the 98–99% figures associated with other high-end preparations.
Those figures are claims from the makers' account rather than independently documented measurements.
The precise method has remained closely guarded.
Cuban Hash Queen Builds Her Own Reputation
As Cuban Tech developed, Cuban Hash Queen became known for her own competitive results.
Her progression from learning the process to operating at an elite level became a central part of the couple's story.
She reportedly earned significant competition victories, including results against established solventless hash makers.
Those accomplishments helped distinguish her reputation from her husband's.
Her identity became connected with technical skill and competition success rather than simply the Cuban Grower name.
Competing Across Solventless Categories
Cuban Grower became associated with success across several solventless disciplines.
His reported competition results included podium appearances involving full-melt hash, rosin and dry sift.
That range was important because the categories reward different characteristics and processing approaches.
The ability to compete across them helped establish his reputation within the solventless community.
Cuban Hash Queen also accumulated major results, contributing to the couple's collective recognition.
The 2015 Breakout
According to their account, the first major competition recognition began around 2015.
That period was significant because hydrocarbon extracts remained prominent within the concentrate market.
Solventless producers were increasingly demonstrating that carefully prepared hash could compete for attention with established BHO products.
The couple's competition results helped bring wider attention to their methods.
Why Keep the Technique Secret?
Despite increasing recognition, Ozi and Cuban Hash Queen did not publicly disclose the complete Cuban Tech process.
According to the account, they rejected offers worth six figures to teach the technique.
Maintaining control of the method became part of the identity surrounding their work.
The couple also reportedly entered Cuban Tech dry sift into FFA competition brackets against melt and rosin entries.
Their willingness to compete across categories reinforced the reputation of the technique within the solventless scene.
Legacy
The Cuban Grower and Cuban Hash Queen story connects technical experimentation with the personal relationships behind cannabis craftsmanship.
Their path took them from Florida to Washington, Oregon, Northern California and Los Angeles.
Along the way, they developed competitive reputations and helped draw attention to highly refined dry sift.
Cuban Tech became part of their identity, while Cuban Hash Queen established recognition through her own results.
Their legacy is built on a shared commitment to solventless hash, competition and preserving a technique they chose not to make public.
Sources
1. The Hashish Inn. "Ozi aka The Cuban Grower – Re-release (Sacramento, CA)." The Hashish Inn, 2 Dec. 2022. https://www.thehashishinn.com/
Supports: Ozi is the Cuban Grower; his origin story runs from Florida to California (Sacramento); he had an explosive start on the competitive cannabis scene led by his "Cuban Tech" dry sift; the interview was originally recorded and released in 2019.
2. The Hashish Inn. "Ozi aka The Cuban Grower; Re-release (Sacramento, CA)." iHeart, 30 Nov. 2022. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-the-hashish-inn-97069199/episode/ozi-aka-the-cuban-grower-105290087/
Supports: Corroborates Ozi aka the Cuban Grower's Florida-to-California origin story, his competitive-scene rise led by "Cuban Tech" dry sift, and the evolution of rosin/freeze-dryers in the contemporary hash world.
3. Leafly. "The 2015 Denver Cannabis Cup Winners." Leafly, 22 Apr. 2015. https://www.leafly.ca/news/strains-products/the-2015-denver-cannabis-cup-winners
Supports: The 2015 breakout period — Best Non-Solvent Hash at the 2015 Denver Cannabis Cup went to Cookies and Cream Cubantech Drysift by Exotic Genetix (1st place), with Kimbo Kush Cubantech Drysift by Cuban Hash Queen with Exotic Genetix in 3rd place, establishing Cuban Hash Queen's own competitive reputation.
4. High Times. "2016 Michigan Medical Cannabis Cup: Top 5 Non-Solvent Hash Entries." High Times. https://hightimes.com/grow/2016-michigan-medical-cannabis-cup-top-5-non-solvent-hash-entries/
Supports: Competition success across solventless categories — #1 Cookies and Cream Cubantech Dry Sift from Exotic Genetix with the Cuban Grower, #4 Kimbo Kush Cubantech Dry Sift from Exotic Genetix with Cuban Hash Queen, and #5 Kimbo Kush Dry Sift Rosin Wax from Exotic Genetix with both the Cuban Grower and Cuban Hash Queen (dry sift and rosin placings).
5. Cannabis Cup Winners. "2016 SoCal Medical Cannabis Concentrates Cup." Cannabis Cup Winners, 25 July 2016. https://cannabiscupwinners.com/blog/2016/07/25/2016-socal-medical-cannabis-concentrates-cup/
Supports: Best Non-Solvent, Water Hash & Kief (1st place) at the 2016 SoCal cup (held July 22–24, San Bernardino) went to Cookies & Cream Cubantech Drysift by Exotic Genetix with the Cuban Grower and Cuban Hash Queen together, supporting the couple's joint partnership and competitive record.
6. Cannabis Cup Winners. "2015 High Times Jamaican World Cannabis Cup." Cannabis Cup Winners, 16 Nov. 2015. https://cannabiscupwinners.com/blog/2015/11/16/2015-jamaican-world-cannabis-cup-the-winners/
Supports: At the first Jamaican World Cannabis Cup (Nov. 12–15, 2015, Negril), Best Non-Solvent Hash 3rd place went to Cookies & Cream CubanTech Dry Sift by Cuban Hash Queen with Exotic Genetix, further documenting her independent competition victories in 2015.
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