THC based drinks and health-oriented beverages are quickly growing markets and highly sought after products. The THC drink market alone was valued at $2.04 Billion in 2023 and is expected to increase to over $100 Billion by 2032. A few companies have been bold enough to venture into crossing the two together by adding adaptogens to their THC-based beverages. Adaptogens have been used for centuries by various cultures and are increasing in popularity in the United States. Keep readings to learn about what Reishi, Ashwagandha, and L-theanine do and how they may help aid your overall health. So, kick back in the cut, fire one up, and let’s learn about some crazy new weed drink stuff.
What is Reish and what does it do?
Reishi, also known as Lingzhi, is generally found in eastern parts of Asia. Reishi has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 2000 years and is commonly referred to as the “Mushroom of Immortality”. Reishi contains a wide array of phytochemicals, including triterpenes. Triterpenes are similar to steroid hormones and are believed to help increase general lifespan. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to treat a variety of ailments and is believed to be a form of cancer prevention and treatment, though no evidence has been brought forth to support these claims. Even if there is a slight chance that it can help promote long life and prevent cancer, it is worth a shot! Most people today use it to boost immunity and reduce stress.
What is Ashwagandha and what does it do?
Ashwagandha is a shrub normally found in drier Middle Eastern countries. Its scientific name, Withania Somnifera, sounds like a potent spell from the Potterverse. Somnifera comes from Latin, meaning sleep inducing and Ashwagandha is Sanskrit meaning horse smell, as the root of the plant has a pungent odor. It has been used in traditional Indian medicine for centuries and is a beautiful evergreen shrub sometimes called winter cherry. It is used to help treat stress, anxiety, and restless sleep and is currently undergoing research toward its effectiveness, but clinical evidence is currently insufficient to confirm its ability as a treatment.
What is L-theanine and what does it do? L-theanine is an amino acid produced by some species of tea and fungi (mushrooms). It has been used to help aid with anxiety, stress, cognitive performance, improving sleep quality, and alleviating menstrual cramps, though there is a lack of clinical evidence to refute or confirm these claims. A 2020 controlled systematic review suggested that L-theanine was more effective than a placebo in treating anxiety disorders, ADHD, and schizophrenia. Its potential use to help regulate brain chemistry is fascinating.
Go with the Flow
The trend in beverages is leading away from alcohol and toward healthier options, and at a rate that would be difficult for the big alcohol companies to combat. If you’ve never consumed a THC-infused or adaptogenic beverage, now is the time! In 10 years, there will be just as many options as there are for alcoholic drinks. Time to ditch the hangover and wake up refreshed in the morning. Some might say the current is changing, and the tides will make waves you’ll want to take a ride on. To stay up to date with all things RiverBluff Collective be sure to SIGN UP for our email group Now. Keep blazing and stay amazing.
Most people who smoke joints eventually want to try out something new and more intense. An infused joint would be their perfect next step! An infused joint is a pre-rolled cannabis joint that is enhanced with additional cannabis extracts like hash, kief, or live resin. Some burn great and some not so much, but no one denies their effectiveness. Infused pre-rolls are heavy hitters and more costly due to their infusion of cannabis concentrates, but what if you could make them yourself? Would it be cheaper? Would it burn more consistently? Yes, and yes but constantly doesn’t necessarily mean consistently better. That will depend on the time and care you put into your creation. So, kick back in the cut, fire one up, and let’s learn about making some concentrate infused stuff!
The Parfait (Cone)
The parfait is the easiest to produce infused pre-roll by far. Let’s start at packing a cone first. You pack a cone like a little musket. Put ground herb in top and use the stick to pack it. Repeat until desired smoking size then twist and fire. To make the parfait, you do the same process but will add in the concentrate of your choice at the dosage you want. The best parfaits seem to be 5 layers going from herb to concentrate to herb to concentrate, to herb. You’ll want to use a dryer concentrate like sand, bubble hash, or some badders.
The Snake (Hand Rolled)
The snake bumps up the difficulty a notch as you’ll need to know how to hand roll. We won’t be going over how to roll a joint here as there are a thousand ways to roll a joint by hand and videos explaining how to do most of them. The best advice is to pick your method and watch it be done multiple times. Get some wraps and herb and vow not to smoke until you roll something worthy of smoking. With that said, when you lay your herb into your paper put a line of whatever concentrate you prefer in and twist it up. You can use less dry concentrates here as the herb will get coated as rolling. Speaking of coating…
The Coating
There is another easy way to infuse your pre-roll and it is as simple as it sounds. Once you have your pre-roll prepared, use a wetter stickier concentrate and give your roll a light coating. Then take a dryer concentrate and roll the now sticky joint in it to give it a new outside texture. These are tougher to dose, so be careful when preparing and firing up!
The Doom Bringer
This method takes all you’ve learned thus far and rolls it into one. It also is the easiest to explain because you’ve learned all the methods already! Take your parfait or snake and give it the coating method. This is the hardest to perfect though as getting a pre-roll with that much concentrate to burn correctly is a lot like asking your pet to do the dishes. It is probably never going to be perfect, but it should get better with practice! To see all the fixings we have for your next infusion, check out our Smokables page for all of our instore offerings.
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Dispensaries are flooded during your typical holiday weekend. Afterall, cannaconsumers love to celebrate! Those who love cannabis have even founded their own holidays. Almost everyone knows that 4/20 is the unofficial national weed day, but do you know about 7/10 the unofficial National Dab Day? 7/10 hasn’t been celebrated as long as 4/20 but it grows in popularity year after year. We’re going to take a deeper look into 7/10 and its humble rise from street slang into the average cannaconsumer vocabulary. So, let’s kick back in the cut, fire one up and learn about some holiday weed stuff.
Where Did It Come From?
Did you know, 710 spun 180 degrees spells OIL?! Oil has been associated with cannabis concentrates longer than any other slang term as hash oil is one of the first known uses of cannabis concentrates. 710 would then become a slang term for dabs by street dealers and enter the Urban Dictionary in 2010. In 2011, Rap star TaskRok of Highly Educated began to use the term in interviews and in conversation with other artists. That same year he released an album under the group Task & Linus titled The Movement full of cannabis references, including the song 7:10. He was very vocal about the benefits of dabbing while downplaying the benefits of traditional smoking. Without a doubt, dabbing exploded in popularity between 2010 and 2013.
Why Did It Become Celebrated?
As all things cannabis became more accepted and grew in popularity, those who are active in cannabis culture naturally sought out more days to celebrate our culture. 7/10 didn’t really become celebrated until 2013 when LA Weekly dropped an article titled 7/10 Is the New 4/20. The term 710 was spreading with its newfound notoriety, even 420 glass cleaner released a new formula for oil rigs called 710. Now, 710 was visible in most smoke shops and people began to ask questions and wanted to become educated on its history. The more dabbing grew in popularity, the quicker cannaconsumers took to own 7/10 as another one of our cherished holidays. Today 7/10 is almost as well-known as 4/20 when it comes to green holidays and shows no signs of slowing down!
And So, We Dab
So, on 7/10 we dab. We dab together to be social and celebrate the wonderful culture we all live in, a onetime counterculture that is now just culture. With that said, you should probably get stocked up for the holiday and boy do we have some recommendations! Unfortunately, we don’t carry any oils on the site, but you can stop into our East Dubuque location and check out our amazing selection available by visiting our Smokables page. The selection is ever changing but they are all top notch and priced to go! Don’t worry, if you aren’t a dabber, carts are oil too so you can still join in the festivities. Not sure what to pick and need more information, just check out this Dabs: The Sleeping Giant of THC Products article. No matter what your plans are for 7/10, take a moment and reflect on how far the world has come to celebrate a day like it and enjoy the holiday. If you want to stay up to date on the latest deals and article SIGN UP for our free email group.
Vapes and disposable vapes continue to grow in popularity among cannaconsumers, yet many fans have a difficult time getting their vape to work at maximum efficiency. This leads to annoying experiences at the worst times but most of these can be avoided by following some simple rules for vapes and knowing your voltage settings, what they do and what one best suits your individual needs. Having a vape that works properly will save you both time and money. So, kick back in the cut, fire one up, and let’s learn about some vape stuff.
Lower Settings
Lower voltage settings are meant for three types of people, those with lower tolerances, those with sensitive lungs, and those looking to stay incognito while consuming. Lower voltage settings produce smaller clouds of vapor. This makes it easy to control dosage, test your lung capacity for vapor, and exhale very little vapor. The downside to lower temps is people believe if they inhale harder, they will get a bigger cloud. This is not the case and will just lead to clogged vapes. No matter the voltage always inhale at the same pace as a normal breath.
Medium Settings
Medium voltage settings are where most consumers should be living. It gives you the most comparable experience to smoking. It also serves as a testing voltage to see if you need the lower or higher settings. It really is baby bear’s bowl of porridge, just right. That is not to say there is no downside. Because it is the most akin to a traditional smoking experience people often tend to hit it more rapidly than needed. This causes the distillate to be pulled into the drawing port and can cause clogs. Just remember to give your vape a little break between hits and you should have clear sailing!
High Settings
High voltage settings are the most rarely needed by consumers. Unless you are vaping an extremely thick oil, the only use for high settings is for flexing with big clouds or doing cloud tricks to impress people. Using too high of a voltage setting leads to most vape clogs, so unless you can blow a smoke cloud shaped like a boat as though you were Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, it is best to keep it at a lower setting. Besides leading to clogs, it is also very wasteful as you will burn through your vape much faster without seeing a marked increase in your experience,
Yes, They Do Matter
Now that you have a better understanding of the different usage of voltage settings on vapes, you are better equipped to fend off the pit falls of vaping. If you use disposable vapes, please consider switching to cartridges. Remember each disposable thrown in the trash puts another battery in a landfill somewhere. Be kind to the planet and it will be kind to you. To stay up to date with all things RiverBluff Collection SIGN UP for email group to be in the know.
The world of smokeable hemp and hemp-derived THC products is an amazing and wonderful place but for everyday consumers the reward fades over time as they build what is known as a tolerance. To get back to reaping the full reward of your smoke session, you may want to take a tolerance break aka a T-break. Yes, taking a T-break requires you to avoid your favorite plant for a period of time but the outcome is worth the break! We’re going to talk about the science behind it, ways to occupy your time during one, and the other hidden advantages to a tolerance break. So, kick back in the cut, don’t fire one up, and let’s learn about taking a break from weed stuff.
How THC is Stored in the Body
THC is stored in the body’s fat cells. Simply stopping for a bit will allow the body to burn off some of those fat cells and help the body naturally reset its tolerance. With no new THC entering the cells, your body’s tolerance will decrease over time. Just like over exposure to anything, giving your body a break will benefit you long-term.
Ways to Occupy Your Free Time
During a tolerance break you will have time to kill and there are plenty of productive ways to fill that time. If you have been putting off tasks like housework or getting ahead on future tasks or work, you now have some extra time to devote to them. If you have a hobby or ever wanted to start a hobby, you have more time to do so during this period. Probably the most common thing to do during a tolerance break is exercise. This is good for the body and helps with the tolerance break as it burns fatty cells. The important thing is you have extra time and there is nothing more valuable than that.
Hidden Advantages of Tolerance Breaks
Outside the time regained there are other little advantages that make tolerance breaks well worth it. First, think of the money you can save during this time. Is there something you’ve been meaning to buy? Well, now you’ll have extra money for a bit to put towards it. Second, you can help end the stigma that THC is addictive by simply stopping for a bit and not falling into disarray. Lastly and most importantly, you’ll get that old time high that you may have forgotten. It will take you back to the days when you first discovered THC and the nostalgia will wash over you.
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