Iced marijuana tea to debut in British health food shops!

[leftchick]

:)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060626/od_afp/britainhealthfood_060626181645

LONDON (AFP) - British health food shops will soon be offering customers iced cannabis tea, its Swiss distributor said.

Sold under the label "C-Ice Swiss Cannabis Ice Tea", the beverage contains five percent of hemp flower syrup and a tiny (0.0015 percent) quantity of THC, the active ingredient of marijuana.

Any ingredient that could put it in the drugs category has been removed and the tea will not lead to dependency.

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The product was launched in Switzerland in 2003 and is already available in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.

[Greeby]

1. Well, no problem for me

I wouldn't be caught dead in a health food shop ;)

[acmavm]

2. It will NEVER been seen here. Not ever. Those oafs in

office (and broadcast radio) might be pervs and drunks and closet junkies but they sure as hell ain't gonna let the public get anywhere near the stuff.

[leftchick]

4. Damn! and I was in Zurich in 2003!

If only I knew when I was there.....

[RufusEarl]

3. It may be time for a trip to London,

and get a spot of tea!

[silvertip]

11. Spot O 'Tea

Hell! If things get much worse here it may just about time to ask the Queen mother if she would be willing to accept her wayward colonist's back into the fold. Just Kidding! But a visit might well be in order especially if they upped the THC content just a tad bit.

[RufusEarl]

14. Hi Silvertip, and welcome to DU.

[JuniperLea]

5. It would never fly here, unfortunately

There are too many medicinal qualities in such things and the holy drug companies forbid anything that actually benefits mankind.

Awww... 'ave a cup of tea, luv... 'twill cure what ails ya...

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. Can I get a brownie with that? n/t

[CrispyQ]

7. ...

:rofl:


"A life spent searching for the perfect hashish brownie is a life well spent." -Zonker Harris ;)

[Nay]

17. LOL, NN!!!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. how many do you have to drink to get a buzz?

who's willing to do the research? :)

[spinbaby]

9. Sounds disgusting, actually

The stuff always smells like rotting hay to me.

[silvertip]

12. Rotting Hay

    But Oh Spinbaby , what a wonderfull perfume and sensation
that can be had from a good sensameillia, plus no hangover, no
violence and no bad effects such as that assoiated with boose.
Should be legal in this country and sold and taxed the same as
alcohol.

[High Plains]

10. "Cannabis tea" is a marketing ploy. This is basically a hemp

product. Negligible amounts of THC. And yes, it probably could be sold here under existing laws regarding hemp products. You just couldn't grow the hemp to make it here. Silly.

[gatorboy]

13. Eh. What's the point in that?

As Bill Maher would say, if you're using marijuana for the taste, you're not doing it right. :P

[gulfcoastliberal]

15. Not a fan of the taste of hemp.

Even if the hemp had a high concentration of THC, you wouldn't feel anything in a tea or even eating it straight up. THC is fat - not water - soluble.

[DeBunk]

16. Good advice for making good pot tea.

Don't brew dope in water. Brew it in the milk. And, don't use low fat milk.

THC is fat soluble, not water soluble.


Also, when you bake brownies. Cook the dope in the butter for a few minutes then strain off the butter. The THC will be in the butter and the leaf and stems won't be stuck in your teeth (use leaf, it's better then bud for brownies).

I come from a short line of long haired freaks. :-)

[RaVeN MeaD]

18. You're absolutly right about the milk......

But it takes more than a few minutes to make Herb Butter :hippie: