Cannabis Drinks: Secrets to Crafting CBD and THC Beverages at Home

by Jamie Evans

Overview

Welcome to the future of beverages! Infusing cannabis into drinks can be done in a variety of ways. Learn all about it as you craft delicious cocktails, smoothies, lattes, and spirit-free mixed drinks. 

Maybe you’re curious about CBD or perhaps you’ve tried a store-bought sparkling cannabis drink already. Either way, you’re here because you’re ready to learn the ins and outs of making deliciously infused drinkables. This guide, written by Jamie Evans (author of The Ultimate Guide to CBD), will serve as the go-to resource for anyone interested in incorporating phytocannabinoids into a variety of recipes.

Inside, you’ll start your journey with infused mixology. You’ll learn the most essential how-tos and infusion methods, including decarboxylation and heating techniques for those who want to do it all. Different from other books in this category, this book offers something to both beginners and experts—and crucially, to both those who only want to use CBD and those who want to infuse with THC—presenting many approaches to enhancing drinks. From adding CBD oils and tinctures to a variety of recipes to crafting more complex cannabis libations behind the bar, you can choose the path that’s right for you. Recipes include: 
 

• Basic infusions: Infused bitters, shrubs, honey, sour mix, simple syrups, and an alcohol-based tincture
• Coffee and tea: Pumpkin Spice Latte, Butter Coffee, Turmeric Latte, Summer Berry Palmer, Ginger Lemon Hibiscus Iced Tea, Masala Chai Tea
• Juices, shakes, and smoothies: Green Goddess Canna-leaf Juice, Garden of Eden Juice, Chocolate Banana Protein Shake, PB&J Shake, Superfood Smoothie, Vitamin CBD Smoothie
• Spirit-Free Mixed Drinks: Raspberry Rickey, Sparkling Rosemary Greyhound, Fuzzy Ginger Fizz, Apple Spice CBD Mule, The Jolly Cranberry, Infused Feisty Mary
• Cocktails: Blood Orange Aperol Spritz, Spicy Melon Margarita, CBD Limelight, Strawberry Lime Shrub Soda, Blackberry Bramble, Pisco Papaya Sour, Laid Back Manhattan, Toasty Toddy
• And many more!

With an exploration of cannabis terpenes, this book also provides the author’s signature techniques for evaluating cannabis aroma and flavor profiles to curate flavor pairings. As a Wine Enthusiast 40 Under 40 Tastemaker and Certified Specialist of Wine, Jamie applies the same sensory evaluation techniques she used in the wine world to cannabis, helping readers fine-tune their senses to better understand it as an ingredient—and use it to craft the perfect infused drinks. Including recipes and tips from leading industry experts, this book has it all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760392638
Publisher:	Fair Winds Press
Publication date:	01/09/2024
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.71(w) x 7.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jamie Evans is the founder of The Herb Somm, a culinary-meets-cannabis blog and lifestyle brand that's focused on the gourmet side of the cannabis industry. She is an author, entrepreneur, and writer specializing in cannabis, CBD, food, recipes, wine, and the canna-culinary world.

As a well-known CBD and cannabis personality, Jamie is best known for her literary work and signature canna-culinary events. She’s also a contributor to POPSUGAR, MARY Magazine, and The Clever Root magazine, specializing in lifestyle features for the modern consumer. Jamie is the co-editor of GoldLeaf's acclaimed cannabis Cooking Journal and the author of the CBD lifestyle book, The Ultimate Guide to CBD: Explore the World of Cannabidiol (Fair Winds Press).

As an industry leader, Jamie was named as one of Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers in 2018 and as a 2018 Innovatorby SevenFifty Daily. She was also recognized as one of Green Market Report’s “Most Important Women in Weed” in 2020.

Alongside her work in the cannabis space, Jamie is a Certified Specialist of Wine with over a decade of wine industry experience. Having represented a wide array of organizations and wineries including Jackson Family Wines, Folio Fine Wine Partners, Napa Valley Grapegrowers, and more, she is well known for producing high-end events and developing top-notch public relations, marketing, and hospitality programs. Jamie has been featured in dozens of different articles and TV segments including Food & Wine, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Cheddar TV, Wine Enthusiast, Robb Report, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, ABC, and High Times, among many others.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Infused Beverage Basics Cannabis Drinks 101
Essentials for Assembling Your Own Cannabis Drinks Chapter 2: Mastering Mixology Mixology Tips
Mixing CBD and THC Into Drinks
Pitfalls to Avoid
Mixing Cannabis and Alcohol Chapter 3: Mastering Infusions Infusions 101
Decarboxylation
Creating Your Infused Bar Pantry
How to Increase the Potency of DIY Infusions
Techniques for Integrating CBD or THC Oil into Drinks
Infusion Recipes Chapter 4: Coffee, Tea, Juices, Shakes, and Smoothies Coffee and Tea Pumpkin Spice Canna-Latte Iced Creamy Mylk Latte
5-Leaf Fizz
Turmeric Latte
CBD Butter Coffee
Summer Berry Palmer
Hot & Cold Ginger, Lemon, Hibiscus-Infused Tea
Masala Chai Cannabis Tea Juices, Shakes, and Smoothies Garden of Eden Juice
Green Goodness Cannabis Juice
Superfood Smoothie
Vitamin CBD Immunity Smoothie
Chocolate Banana Protein Shake
PB & J Protein Shake Chapter 5: Spirit-Free Mixed Drinks and Cocktails Spirit-Free Mixed Drinks Raspberry Rickey
Summer Crush
Sparkling Rosemary Greyhound
Spring Botanical CBD Water
Ginger Rabbit
Apple Spice CBD Mule
Fuzzy Ginger Fizz
The Jolly Cranberry
Feisty Mary
The Botanist  Cocktails Blood Orange Aperol Spritz
Gin & Bedeviled
Laid-Back Manhattan
Spicy Melon Margarita
The Limelight
Blue Dream Berry Mojito
Strawberry-Rhubarb Shrub Soda
Mellow Yellow
Blackberry Ginger Bramble
Spring Queen
Papaya Pisco Sour
Toasty Toddy Works Cited
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index