Strawberry Cava is Maven Genetics' sativa cross of Strawberry Cough and Sour Lemon Mac, Maven's own Sour Diesel x Lemon Mac selection. Frosty, lime-green flower with a berry-forward nose sitting over lemon, pine and woodsy undertones. The appeal is contrast: strawberry sweetness on top, tart citrus and evergreen holding it up underneath.
Where It Comes From
Strawberry Cava reads as a legacy Maven release. It ran on California menus, including as an all-in-one vape, and then rotated out. Maven's current strain library no longer lists Strawberry Cava or Sour Lemon Mac, with both dropping off the active roster in favor of newer work built around Black Diamond X, Prizm and Opal.
That is worth knowing before you go looking for it. A brand catalog is not an archive, and a cultivar that stops appearing in the library has usually stopped being planted. If you find Strawberry Cava on a menu now, treat it as older stock rather than a current run, and check the pack date before you buy.
The Strawberry Cough half carries the deeper history. That clone is closely associated with Kyle Kushman, who spread the cut and refined the cultivation rather than breeding it himself. The name became a fixture in the early-2000s New York scene and then in California, and it is the reason a berry-forward sativa still gets instant recognition on a shelf.
The Cross
Maven Genetics takes breeder and brand credit. The stated cross is Strawberry Cough x Sour Lemon Mac. Maven identified its Sour Lemon Mac as a sativa-dominant Sour Diesel x Lemon Mac selection, and that is the source of the citrus, pine and fuel running underneath the berry. Strawberry Cough supplies the berry side and the sativa reputation.
Two observations beat a long adjective list here. First, the strawberry is a top note, not the body. It sits over citrus peel and evergreen rather than replacing them, and a cross like this fails when the berry disappears into generic sweet-citrus. Second, that top note is fragile, and a slow, careful cure is what keeps it distinct from the sharper Sour Lemon Mac side.
Maven's flower is frosty and lime green with orange pistils and a substantial resin layer. Bud shape and color shift by room and harvest timing. The brand describes an instant headrush that stimulates energy and creativity before the body settles into a relaxed state, which points at a sativa-classified cultivar most often described as energetic and creative early on.
As with most bright, citrus-forward flower, larger amounts commonly read hazier and less task-focused than the label suggests. Dose, tolerance, format and setting decide more than the classification does.
What It Left Behind
No competition placement and no documented breeding influence downstream. Strawberry Cava's footprint is a California menu run under the Maven label, which makes it a well-made brand release rather than a cultivar with a long history behind it. Inflating that further would mean inventing a story the plant never had.
The High Rise Take
Strawberry Cava is Maven's Strawberry Cough x Sour Lemon Mac: berry over lemon, pine and wood on frosty lime-green flower, bright early and hazier if you push it.