Queso is an OG strain that, in one iteration or another, has been around since the late 1990s. By this point, several versions of this classic are floating around from a few different breeders.

Origin #1: Queso by Kannabia Seeds

From Kannabia Seeds, a Spanish seed bank, comes the infamous Queso strain, aka Kiss strain. Queso, which means Cheese in Spanish, is about as close to a landrace strain as you can get nowadays. Let's say it has a very short family tree. It's descended from Cheese clone, which Kannabia reports came from some English travelers living outside Granada in the 1990s. is an incredibly funky strain that comes from pure Skunk genetics. Kannabia ended up crossing this ooey-gooey Cheese DNA with their strain to produce an indica-dominant legend. Flavorwise, you can expect Querso to grow flowers that smell funky like blue cheese but that are still stinky like a skunk. Effects are heady, energetic, and euphoric.

Origin #2: Queso by 3rd Coast Genetics

In another version of events, Queso still comes from classic Cheese stock but is instead crossed with . The end result is a well-balanced hybrid. Again, the result here is a cheesy-skunky aromatic profile with effects that are uplifting and creative but still reportedly quite heavy.