Picking the best Cann drinks is less about ranking flavors and more about picking a format. The range splits into cans, pocket packets, and bundles, and each one solves a different problem, so the smartest order depends on whether you are hosting, travelling, or just working out which of the three core flavors is yours.
Below are the picks worth your money, what is inside each one according to Cann's own descriptions, and who each is actually for. Every strength figure here is the brand's published number, not an estimate.
Best first buy: the Seasonal Starter Pack
If you have never had a Cann, this is the one. The Seasonal Starter Pack includes all three award-winning core flavors, Blood Orange Cardamom, Lemon Lavender, and Grapefruit Rosemary, plus the limited-edition Yuzu Elderflower. Cann sums it up as a flavor for every mood with a seasonal twist, and that is a fair description.
The value of a starter pack is not the discount, it is the elimination of a guess. Cardamom, lavender, rosemary, and elderflower are four genuinely different directions, and most people are surprised by which one they reach for again. Buying a single 4-pack of the wrong flavor is the most common way to write off the whole category unfairly.
You can see the current pack contents at Cann before you commit to a full flavor run.
Best for travel and pockets: the Roadie Sampler
The Roadie is Cann's answer to the fact that cans are heavy, breakable, and not always welcome. Each pocket-sized packet contains a microdose of 2mg THC and 4mg CBD, and the instruction could not be simpler: just add seltzer.
The Roadie Sampler is listed as a $20 value and includes one Roadie of each core flavor, Blood Orange Cardamom, Lemon Lavender, Grapefruit Rosemary, and Ginger Lemongrass. That is four flavors and the lowest strength in the range in a package you can put in a jacket pocket.
Practically, it is the format for festivals, flights, hikes, hotel rooms, and anywhere a can is impractical. It is also the cheapest possible way to try the flavor lineup, which makes it a close rival to the Seasonal Starter Pack as a first purchase.
Best for something different: Half & Half
Half & Half is the most distinctive thing Cann makes. Built with Dwyane Wade, it is described as bright with bergamot, grounded by yerba mate, and caffeinated without being chaotic. Crucially, Cann also notes what it is not: there are no bubbles.
That makes it the only still drink in a range of seltzer-style tonics, and the only one carrying caffeine. One box holds four 12oz cans infused with 3mg of THC each.
Pick it if you want something that behaves more like an iced tea than a sparkling mixer, or if carbonation is the thing that puts you off functional drinks generally. The Half & Half Bundle is the larger buy if you already know you like it, and there is a Half & Half 0mg for the same flavor profile without the THC.
Best THC-free option: the 0mg range
Cann's 0mg line is a reformulation rather than a subtraction, and that is what makes it worth listing among the best products rather than as a footnote. The brand explains the build directly: electrolytes in the mix, passion flower for what it calls that infectious lust for life, and L-theanine for composure.
One specific worth knowing before you order: Cann states that the passion flower is exclusive to Blood Orange Cardamom and Lemon Lavender. Each 0mg box contains four 12oz cans.
The 0mg bundle is the efficient way in, and there is a Grapefruit Rosemary Unspiked in an 8oz format as well. For anyone building a genuinely good non-alcoholic bar rather than a token one, this range earns its place. Our list of the best healthy drinks with no added sugar covers the wider shelf.
Best for a group: Variety Pack and Summer of Squirt
Two bundles are built for a table rather than a person.
- The Variety Pack spreads the range across flavors so a group can pick rather than share one profile. Cann publishes no written description for this one, so read the pack photograph carefully before ordering.
- The Summer of Squirt Bundle is the Roadie-heavy option. It includes 12-packs of Blood Orange Cardamom Roadie, Lemon Lavender Roadie, and Grapefruit Rosemary Roadie, each at 2mg THC, plus the Naked Hi Boy at 5mg THC. Cann's own pitch is to pack Roadies for summertime activities so you always have a little microdose magic in your pocket.
Summer of Squirt is the better value of the two if you already know you like the Roadie format, because 36 packets plus a stronger can is a lot of drinks in very little space.
Best for experienced buyers: the HI'ER BOY Bundle
This is the top of the ladder and Cann says so plainly: HI'ER BOY is "intended for the highly tolerant and delicious as ever," dosed with 10mg of THC, and in the brand's words one "will give you a strong wave of joy."
The bundle includes 16 12oz HI'ER BOYS, four each of Blood Orange Cardamom, Yuzu Elderflower, Grapefruit Rosemary, and Ginger Lemongrass. There is also a single HI'ER BOY listed as a $41 value if you want to try the strength before buying sixteen cans.
This is not a starting point. If 10mg is above what you know you want, the 5mg Naked Hi Boy in the Summer of Squirt bundle or the 3mg Half & Half are the more sensible rungs. Our guide to choosing a THC seltzer strength walks through how the tiers compare across brands.
Picking a flavor, not just a pack
Once the format is settled, the flavor decision is the one people agonize over, so here is what the names actually promise.
- Blood Orange Cardamom is the flavor that appears in more bundles than any other, and it is one of the two 0mg variants Cann builds with passion flower. If you only ever buy one, the catalog itself suggests this is the default.
- Lemon Lavender is the other passion flower 0mg variant, and the most floral of the core three.
- Grapefruit Rosemary is the herbal, bitter-leaning option, and the only flavor Cann also offers in the 8oz Unspiked format.
- Ginger Lemongrass sits outside the core three but appears in the Roadie Sampler and the HI'ER BOY Bundle, so it is easy to try without buying a dedicated 4-pack.
- Yuzu Elderflower is described as limited edition and shows up in the Seasonal Starter Pack and the HI'ER BOY Bundle. If it appeals, buy it while it is listed.
The useful pattern here is that the bundles are the cheapest route to the less common flavors. Ginger Lemongrass and Yuzu Elderflower are both easier to reach through a mixed box than through a single-flavor pack, which is another argument for starting with a sampler.
What the range does not tell you
An honest picks list has to include the gaps. Several Cann products, including the Ginger Lemongrass 4-pack and the Variety Pack, carry no written description at all, so you are buying from a pack photograph rather than a spec. Onset and timing guidance is similarly thin across the catalog.
The practical workaround is the same one that applies to any hemp beverage: buy the smallest version of a product first, and let the milligram figure rather than the product name do the deciding. Cann publishes those numbers clearly, which is more than many competitors manage.
How to choose between the best Cann drinks
Three questions settle it.
- Do you know your flavor yet? If not, buy the Seasonal Starter Pack or the Roadie Sampler. Both exist specifically to answer that question cheaply.
- Cans or packets? Cans for the table and the fridge, Roadies for anywhere you have to carry them. The Roadie needs seltzer, so it is a pocket format with one dependency.
- Which rung of the ladder? 2mg Roadie, 3mg Half & Half, 5mg Naked Hi Boy, 10mg HI'ER BOY, or the 0mg line. Cann prices and packages each tier separately, so you can move up or down without leaving the brand.
Ready to pick? Compare the current bundles and samplers at Cann, and if you are building a wider functional drinks shelf, our best craft food and drink brands roundup is a good next stop.
Quick answers
What is the cheapest way to try Cann?
The Roadie Sampler, listed as a $20 value, with four pocket-sized packets at 2mg THC and 4mg CBD covering all four everyday flavors.
Which Cann product has caffeine?
Half & Half. Cann describes it as grounded by yerba mate and caffeinated without being chaotic, and it is also the only still, non-carbonated option.
What is the strongest Cann drink?
HI'ER BOY, at 10mg THC per 12oz can, which the brand describes as intended for the highly tolerant.