The time for wintery cannabis-infused cocktails is upon us! Pot-infused cocktails are the new way to get high and where better to do so, than in the comfort of your own home? Cuddle up in your favourite hoodie, pull the cat closer and sip on this Hot Buttered Rum cocktail spiked with cannabis tinctures.
Tag: Cannabis cocktails
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Spice Up Christmas With A THC Infused Rum-Pum-Pum Punch Bowl
Make a spectacle of Christmas with the help of a bit of cannabis tincture. For those out of the know, a cannabis tincture is a concentrated product that contains all the delightful cannabinoids that make you high inside of some high proof alcohol like vodka or whiskey.
If you have ever been wasted on a spiked bowl of punch, this recipe will be just like that, only with an additional boost of the euphoric element THC.
Recommended dosing*
This particular Christmas punch can induce effects that are much stronger than smoking cannabis. This Xmas cracker really packs the punch, as it also includes the intoxicating effects of the alcohol, to produce a result that is referred to as crossfaded. Sometimes, consuming both alcohol and cannabis at the same time can impact how quickly the cannabinoids like THC are absorbed, so expect a variety of possibilities, as it may take up to 2 hours for you to feel the effects of this drink. It can last up to 12 hours, so overconsumption is best to avoid.
Unless, of cause, you want to cause a spectacle at Christmas.
Stay safe!
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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!
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
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!
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.
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
*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
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.
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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.
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.
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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
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
Celebrate the lady of cannabis with this twist on a classic, Mary Jane’s Old Fashioned. Cannabis-infused Coconut Oil
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!