Manzanita Naturals is the San Francisco cannabis beverage company Andrew Amend launched in 2017 and still runs as chief executive. The drinks come under three names: The Fizz, Kwik Ease and Hella High, a Bay Area crossover with 21st Amendment Brewery. Gummies and infused pre-rolls now sit next to the cans.
The drinks still carry the business. Headset put beverages at 93.71% of Manzanita's August 2026 sales, ranked the brand No. 7 in California beverages that month and counted 63 licensed dispensaries carrying it in a September 6, 2026 snapshot.
Three ideals and a quick-shot start
Manzanita launched in 2017 on three ideals it still repeats: quality, innovation and craftsmanship. The company called itself a cannabis-infused edibles maker based in San Francisco, then built the entire first lineup out of drinks.
By 2019 that lineup ran on three tracks. THC sodas came in lemon-lime, ginger root and natural cola. Zero-calorie sparkling waters came as Grape Bliss and Strawberry Bliss. Two quick shots rounded it out, Kwik Ease in lemon-ginger and a second shot in elderberry. Every product used CO2-extracted cannabis tested for microbes and pesticides.
Santa Rosa sampling and a sugar-free rework in 2019
Trade-show season brought the team north. On September 19, 2019, Amend and operations manager Gary Robinette worked Hall of Flowers at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, running interviews, Q&A sessions and product sampling from the grandstands.
About seven weeks later the sparkling waters changed. On November 5, 2019, Manzanita pulled erythritol from the line after roughly eight months of development. Grape Bliss and Strawberry Bliss came back as Grape and Strawberry, and Lime, Grapefruit and Tangerine joined them. Each can held 10mg of THC with zero calories and zero sugar, made with essential oils.
The redesigned cans added a zigzag pattern and a QR code linking to lab test results. Amend framed the whole change as customer-led: "One of the things we do at Manzanita is constantly talk to our customers."
Three WEEDCon cups in Hollywood
The hardware followed. Manzanita took three drink categories at the 2019 WEEDCon Cup, a celebrity-judged competition held in Hollywood in the last week of January 2020, and announced the sweep on February 4, 2020.
- Best Overall THC Drink: The Fizz Grape Sparkling Water, a 10mg craft beverage
- Best Hybrid Drink: Kwik Ease Pineapple Express, at 100mg of THC
- Best Indica Drink: a 100mg Kushberry indica shot
The trophy talk stuck around. The site still sells a 12-ounce Classic Cola at 100mg of THC as its "award-winning Cola," reformulated with ten times the THC of the original.
The Fizz goes from 10mg to 100mg
The Fizz is the carbonated family and the line that started the company. The site calls The Fizz Classic, a 10mg craft beverage, "the classic drink that started it all." The Fizz 100mg carries ten times the THC, and the zero-calorie Fizz Sparkling Water comes in 10mg and 100mg versions.
The 100mg cans are where the volume sits. Headset's August 2026 top five for the brand included three 12-ounce Fizz cans at 100mg of THC: Orange Cola Soda at No. 2, Ginger Root at No. 3 and Strawberry Sparkling Water at No. 4. Headset tracked 41 Manzanita SKUs that month at an average price of $6.64.
Kwik Ease, from 2-ounce shots to live rosin joints
Kwik Ease started as a quick shot and now spans three categories. The 2-ounce shot carries 100mg of strain-specific THC or CBD, and a 12-ounce Kwik Ease drink packs 100mg. A 6-ounce 1:1 drink blends 100mg of THC with 100mg of CBD in Lemon Raspberry.
The edibles side covers two gummies, a real-fruit-juice gummy and a center-filled version with a liquid core, both nano-emulsified. The smokeables side runs on diamond-infused and kief-infused pre-rolls. The Pineapple Express Hybrid jar holds five half-gram pre-rolls of indoor flower infused with live rosin.
The shots still move. Headset's August 2026 list put a 2-ounce, 100mg Kushberry indica shot at No. 1 for the brand and the Kwik Ease Pineapple Express 100mg shot at No. 5. Edibles made up the remaining 6.29% of sales that month.
Hella High and the 21st Amendment crossover
Hella High is the collaboration line with 21st Amendment Brewery, which brews in San Leandro and runs its original brewpub in San Francisco's South Park neighborhood, two blocks from Oracle Park. The partners present it as "a local, artisan craft beverage line" that "bridges the gap between craft beer and craft cannabis."
The lineup runs four deep: Mango and Watermelon at 100mg, plus Budd Orange and Watermelon at 10mg. Watermelon is home turf for the brewery, whose beer list includes Hell or High Watermelon. Budist's Jamie Evans reviewed Hella High Mango on September 2, 2025, logging 100mg of THC in a 12-ounce can.
The brewery crossover has neighbors. Lagunitas Hi-Fi Sessions pairs the Petaluma brewery with AbsoluteXtracts on a THC sparkling water sold in California and Colorado dispensaries.
Licenses and the 2026 shelf
Manzanita runs on two California licenses. Its Type N manufacturer license, DCC-10004766, lists Andrew Amend and Gregory Amend as owners and a premises in Sonoma County, active through June 2, 2027. Distributor license C11-0001535-LIC, the second number printed on Manzanita's site, belongs to Brand Faction Ca Inc. and runs through May 3, 2027.
Retail is all licensed California shops. Headset's September 6, 2026 snapshot counted 63 of them stocking Manzanita, and its August 2026 ranking had the brand at No. 7 in California beverages, down from No. 5 a year earlier and off a No. 3 peak in November 2024.
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