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  • PUREJUANA – America’s First Cannabis Spirit Company Shaking Up The Adult Beverage Category

    PUREJUANA – America’s First Cannabis Spirit Company Shaking Up The Adult Beverage Category

    New and exciting drinks trends are always popping up, from craft beer to low ABV drinks and now cannabis cocktails! Drinks doused with dagga is not exactly a new trend, but one cannabis company is doing things a little differently. purejuana is a single serving sachet of water-soluble powder with all the benefits of marijuana. It is vegan friendly, gluten-free and low in calories. Simply dissolve the powder in a beverage of your choice to make crafty cannabis cocktails for any occasion. Like the company says; Drink your cannabis!

    PureJuana Full Logo

    Matt Cohen, the founder and CEO of Lively Spirits says: “Without question, the future of the adult beverage sector is cannabis, and the cocktail is a familiar and accessible format ripe for innovation”.

    purejuana is an excellent alternative for making all-natural, good-for-you craft cocktails that skip the booze, the calories and the hangover! Most other cannabis beverages are made with THC distillates, a highly processed concentrate that does not contain naturally occurring terpenes and flavonoids. 

    THE COMPANY

    PureJuana

    Lively Spirits is a psychotropic spirit company that is disrupting and evolving the adult beverage category with purejuana, a water soluble powder with all the goodness of the cannabis plant and America’s first dry spirit brand. The California based company was co-founded in 2020 by Matt Cohen and Parker Steele.

    “With purejuana, we are pioneering a rapidly dissolving dry spirit that delivers a true alcohol replacement, right down to the buzz, without diluting the distinct combination of flavors, aromas and psychoactive effects unique to each cannabis cultivar and the connoisseurs who appreciate them.” says Matt. 

    THE PRODUCT

    purejuana is a liquid soluble powder that is used instead of alcohol to create crafty cannabis cocktails. The idea behind this pot product was conceived around other plant-derived spirits like mezcal. It is a stable powder that stays fresh without the need to add any additives, the result? The clean, unadulterated taste and aroma of cannabis flowers in your favourite beverage! 

    The Product

    purejuana products are derived from fresh organic, sun-grown cannabis flowers that are sourced ethically and responsibly. Flash-freezing the cannabis preserves the integrity of the pot plant and the natural flavours, aromas and psychoactive effects of each strain. Then, with the help of some top-secret technology, the psychoactive essence is captured and preserved. Every sachet of purejuana contains more than a 100 cannabis compounds thriving in harmonay to deliver a  full-spectrum experience. 

    The strains used to produce purejuana are chosen for their unique flavours and interesting effects. purejuana currently has five strains; Venom OG, Blue Dream, Super Lemon Haze, Purple Punch and XJ-13; with future plans to add to this lineup and release limited offerings. 

    purejuana comes in three colour-coded potency levels, the green label has 2.5mg THC per sachet. The yellow and red labels have 5mg and 10mg THC respectively. Each single shot sachet is the ideal serving for one drink, the duration and effect of purejuana is comparable to that of a single serving of liquor.

    Potency Options

    purejuana red label sachets are sold in boxes of ten, retailing at around $23, or a single sachet for ~$3. The green and yellow potency levels are only available in boxes of ten. 

    HOT IT FEELS

    The measured dose means you can expect a sessionable and socially elevating experience. The rapid onset and elevation is an experience similar to that after a single serving of alcohol and lasts about as long. 

    You should feel social, spirited and slightly euphoric, however, each person has a unique endocannabinoid system, metabolism and tolerance to THC. 

    COCKTAIL RECIPES

    purejuana has partnered with some of the best and most celebrated bartenders to develop non-alcoholic cocktail recipes to showcase the distinct flavours and aromas of various cannabis strains

    The Jimi
    The Jimi

    *Coconut water simple syrup is made with a ratio of 1:1 of coconut water and demerara sugar. Simply heat the ingredients in a pot until the sugar has fully dissolved.

    Chronic & Tonic
    Chronic Tonic
    High Tea
    High Tea

    **Make early grey tea syrup with a 1:1 ratio of water and granulated sugar. Add one scoop of loose early grey tea leaves for every 250ml liquid. Bring the water and sugar to a boil until dissolved, add the tea, allow to steep as it cools down.

  • Young Frenchman Launches The Country’s First Cannabis Wine In Bordeaux

    Young Frenchman Launches The Country’s First Cannabis Wine In Bordeaux

    A young Frenchman has launched the country’s first wine infused with cannabis in the heart of the Bordeaux wine-growing region. The mastermind behind the cannabis wine is Raphael De Pablo, the 28-year-old creator of the Burdi W brand. The wine is made from locally Petit Verdot grapes and infused with cannabidiol (CBD), one of the key substances found in cannabis.

    While the intoxicating THC cannabis component remains strictly banned in France, the use of CBD is not only legal but has been credited with some medicinal properties, including treating both the symptoms and progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and lowering blood pressure in senior citizens.

    “It adds a relaxing effect to the classic effect of alcohol,” De Pablo told the French press, who said he came up with the idea for his brand in 2018.

    While his product is legal and certified “from the seed to the finished product” it cannot claim to be wine, and has to be marketed as a “flavoured wine-based drink.”

    De Pablo says a little touch of blackcurrant balances out the strong CBD taste, adding that hitting the right mix is one of the more complex parts of making this drink.

    De Pablo’s company Burdi W has attracted more than 1,000 backers in a crowdfunding campaign and so far 8,000 bottles of wine have been sold at 34 euros each.

    Most of the buyers are in France but orders are arriving from other European countries as well as the United States, where CBD-infused wine is already popular, but also very pricy.

    “Our aim is to reconcile young people with wine”, said De Pablo, with the design of the bottles — featuring engraved corks and a marijuana leaf on glow-in-the-dark labels — targeted at a young, sophisticated audience.

    Reactions in the wine community meanwhile range from bafflement to rejection.

    “Wine is wine. I don’t understand why you would add mood-enhancing substances to wine, there is already alcohol in it,” Diane Cauvin, a winemaker, told AFP.

    The influential Terre de Vins wine website, however, deemed the drink promising after their tasting notes described the wine as “vegetable notes that recall the aromatics of a craft beer”.

  • Cold Cannabis Coffee A DIY Recipe To Get You Up and Keep You Going

    Cold Cannabis Coffee A DIY Recipe To Get You Up and Keep You Going

    Cannabis and coffee are popular across the globe! Some of us rely on the ever-faithful wake-and-bake to get us out of bed, while others prefer caffeine to get going. Although not much study has been done in the field it is thought that caffeine could prolong the effects of cannabis, more specifically of the psychoactive THC. Cold Cannabis Coffee is a delicious motivation to get up, and keep going!

    Caffeine and cannabis are both responsible for the happy-hormone Dopamine. A study published during 2017 in the journal Annals of Neuroscience, suggests combining the two could create an increased sense of euphoria for some consumers. One fact we do know for sure, cannabis affects everyone differently. Each person’s endocannabinoid system is about as unique as the impression left by their fingerprints.

    Smoking vs Ingesting

    When smoking cannabis it enters the bloodstream fairly quickly, whereas the liver is largely responsible for metabolizing the compounds in the holy ‘erb. Pretty much the same happens when consuming caffeine, which might pose a potential risk to liver health.

    Iced coffee is a type of coffee beverage served chilled. It is normally made from hot brew coffee which has been cooled by pouring it over ice or into ice-cold milk. Sweeteners and flavouring are often added into the hot coffee before cooling it, because they dissolve easier in hot liquid. The coffee base is generally brewed at a higher strength, due to the dilution caused when pouring the hot coffee over the ice. 

    The first documented iced coffee was known as Mazagran, prepared with coffee syrup and cold water. It was referred to as ‘the original iced coffee’ by Algerians in the 1840s. It was first popularized in the 1920s in the United States by the Joint Coffee Trade Publicity Committee (JCTPC) and later marketed by chain outlets like Burger King, Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks.

    Iced coffee has been popular across the globe for some time now and, as with most things, each culture has put its unique stamp on versions of this refreshing libation. The Portuguese serve theirs with lemon, and rum on celebratory occasions. During the summer months in Chile, they serve Cafe Helado, which is made with strong  coffee, ice cream and dulce de leche topped with whipped cream and nuts

    With a rise of infused coffee products, the development of cannabis edibles and the increased effort for global legalization; a marriage between caffeine and cannabis was inevitable. Here is our version of an easy-to-make Cold Cannabis Coffee favoured with Stoner Chocolate Sauce and Cannabis-infused Coconut oil. This chilled beverage is sure to get you up and keep you going!

  • We Honour Mary Jane With Her Own Version Of A Classic: Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned

    We Honour Mary Jane With Her Own Version Of A Classic: Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned

    “I’m in love with a plain old-fashion girl, she’s the most beautiful person in the world, her smile is so warm and her eyes burn so deep,” The Commodores’ 1980 Old Fashioned Love fills the spaces between the smoke trail left by Mary Jane. We Honour Mary Jane with her very own version of one of the worlds oldest assembled elixir: Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned.

    Cannabis Cocktail - Old Fashioned drinks with cheers

    The term ‘Mary Jane’ was first printed in Time magazine in the 1930s. It is believed to have been derived from the Mexican-Spanish word ‘marijuana’ which means; the weed that intoxicates. When breaking marijuana into two words, it forms two traditional Spanish names; Maria and Juana. Mary Jane is rumoured to be the English adaption of these names.

    The Classic Old Fashioned

    The Old Fashioned is a classic cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whisk(e)y or rye, expressing orange zest over the drink before dropping it in the glass alongside a cocktail cherry. The old-timey potion is recognised as an IBA official cocktail, listed as one of the six basic drinks in David A. Embury’s The Fine Art Of Mixing Drinks.

    The first written account defining the word cocktail was published in Hudson, New York on 13 May 1806. The editor of The Balance and Columbian Repository wrote that it was a potent concoction of spirits, bitters, water and sugar. It was in response to a reader’s letter the week before, asking for the word to be defined. Basically description the version of the Old Fashioned we have come to love and adore.

    On January 1, 1936; The New York Times published an article containing cocktail recipes written by a man who was reflecting on the years following the end of prohibition.  

    “Consider, for instance, the Old-Fashioned cocktail. Time was when the affable and sympathetic bartender moistened a lump of sugar with Angostura bitter, dropped in a lump of ice, neither too large or too small, stuck in a miniature bar spoon and passed the glass to the client with a bottle of good bourbon from which said client was privileged to pour his own drink.”

    Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned

    A toast in honour of the lady of cannabis, here it is; Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned! We opted to use a stoner staple: cannabis sugar. You could make an alcohol extract by leaving ~15g ground-up cannabis flower in a bottle of whisk(e)y for any amount of time ranging from three to thirty days.

  • Cannabis Cocktails Are Fun, Easy To Make At Home And Is A Sure Way To Get Any Party Started

    Cannabis Cocktails Are Fun, Easy To Make At Home And Is A Sure Way To Get Any Party Started

    Cannabis legalization is becoming a hot topic around the globe, stoned citizens are less stigmatized against and consuming cannabis could not be easier! Drink your medicine with these cannabis cocktails! 

    Cannabis cocktails are a fun way to bring life to the party, but they do come with a warning tag. Grass before beer, in the clear. Beer before grass, on your ass! An old-timey caution meant to persuade stoned citizens to avoid getting high when they have had too much to drink. Cannabis affects everyone’s endocannabinoid system differently, more so when adding booze to the mix. Our golden rule; go low and go slow! Wait at least 45 minutes between medicated beverages.

    The amount of cannabis in each of these cocktails are slightly adjustable allowing flexibility in terms of the potency of your elixir. There are a number of ways to infuse cannabis into cocktail ingredients, we explore the realms of cannabis-infused coconut oil, green dragon tinctures and cannabis sugar. 

    The natural flavour of marijuana is distinct and unique, it should be embraced when concocting a cannabis cocktail. It pairs well with hops, basil, mint and matcha to name a few.

    Green Dragon Tincture

    Cosmic Cosmopolitan A Cannabis-Infused Cocktail For Any Boujee Bradshaw
    Make a Cosmic Cosmopolitan by adding Green Dragon Tincture to the classic variant made classic by the luxe ladies from Sex In The City.

    Cannabis Sugar

    We Honour Mary Jane With Her Own Version Of A Classic: Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned
    Celebrate the lady of cannabis with this twist on a classic, Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned.

    Cannabis-infused Coconut Oil

    Cold Cannabis Coffee A DIY Recipe To Get You Up and Keep You Going

    A handy tip is to keep CBD joints on hand to counteract the psychoactive properties of the THC, if you become fearful of the height at which you find yourself.

    Beat and hangover and get your greens in at the same time with our ultimate Bloody Mary Jane!

  • Cosmic Cosmopolitan A Cannabis-Infused Cocktail For Any Boujee Bradshaw

    Cosmic Cosmopolitan A Cannabis-Infused Cocktail For Any Boujee Bradshaw

    Are you as fashion-forward and mindful as Carrie? As ambitious and hard-working as Miranda? Are you adventurous and always smiling like Charlotte? Or maybe your mantra is similar to Samantha’s; work hard, play harder! It does not matter which of the luxe ladies from the Sex In The City franchise you would most relate too, a Cosmic Cosmopolitan seems to be the perfect elixir for any occasion.

    The history of the Cosmopolitan includes a few origin stories. The most widely accepted version of how this drink came-to-be includes a one Toby Cecchini. The story goes along the lines of him creating the drink to please the palate of the most socialist desperate housewife, who loved drinking from a Martini glass, but did not like the taste of a Martini; shaken or stirred.

    Here is our version of the Cosmic Cosmopolitan, a cannabis cocktail made up of citrus-flavoured vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry juice, freshly squeezed lime juice and a Green Dragon Tincture.

  • When Bulletproof Coffee Meets Cannabutter

    When Bulletproof Coffee Meets Cannabutter

    Stoned Citizens who swear by the ketogenic diet will be all too familiar with a cup of coffee served with a spoon of butter on the inside. Known as a bulletproof coffee, the drink is wildly popular in the low-carb, high-fat diet community, all thanks to its greasy content.

    While some believe bulletproof coffee is a modern concoction, the high-calorie beverage has been consumed throughout history. The Sherpas of the Himalayas and the Gurage of Ethiopia have been drinking rich and creamy butter coffee and butter tea for hundreds of years.

    Humans living in high altitude regions have been adding butter to their cup of Joe for an energy boost, as living and working in these areas increase calorie needs. Additionally, many Chinese citizens commonly drink tea made with yak butter. In Tibet, butter tea, or po cha, is a traditional beverage consumed on a daily basis by the Tibetan people.

    Many health food personalities and celebrities swear by bulletproof coffee as a morning boost, without any afternoon crash because of the way the fat allows the body to process the caffeine. But what happens when you add cannabutter to your favourite liquid refreshment?

    Cannabis isn’t a novel addition to coffee, tea or butter. From coffee pods that gets you stoned to cannabis-infused teas to the everyday stoner staple, the offerings in the cannasphere are endless.

    By including cannabutter to your morning cup of tea or coffee, helps the human body to process cannabinoids better due to the presence of healthy fats from both the herby butter and coconut oil. 

    Looking for a good reason and a dash of motivation to drag your stoner ass out of bed? Treat your body and mind to the energy boost it deserves with this simple cannabis-infused bulletproof coffee recipe.

  • Take Your Mornings To New Highs With A Bloody Mary Jane

    Take Your Mornings To New Highs With A Bloody Mary Jane

    Initially a two-ingredient cocktail, bartenders have come up with a variety of ways to spice up a Bloody Mary. Considered a drink to be enjoyed in the morning or to cure a hangover, this Bloody Mary Jane is for those who like to get baked before mid-day.

  • Coffee Pods To Keep You Baked All Day

    Coffee Pods To Keep You Baked All Day

    Rise and shine with a caffeine hit spiced with a mellowed-out buzz! A dope company called Cannabiniers offer weed lovers who can’t cope without jitter juice a series of coffee pods that gets you stoned, one sip at a time.

    BrewBudz comes in a range of strengths, each touting a different level of weed’s active ingredient THC. The brewing process is as simple as sinking a pod into your fancy-ass 2.0 brewer and enjoy a caffeine jolt that comes with a buzz.

    The San Diego-based start-up wishes to offer ‘cannabis consumers a discrete lifestyle integrated option to enjoy their daily consumption with an added kick.’

    What’s more, these pot pods are totally sustainable and recyclable, so you can feel good while you try to get up or kickback.

    If you prefer to drink tea like the queen, there’s that and a cocoa option too.

    But wait, of cause, there’s more! Potheads who prefer to crack a cold one can make a bong out of the de-alcoholized THC-infused craft beer like there’s no tomorrow!