What’s so special about sparkling cannabis beverages?
The acceptance of cannabis is speeding up. Sweeping legalization across the United States and other countries comes with an exciting new cannabis trend: cannabis-infused sparkling beverages. Each year cannabis products get more and more innovative. That increased innovation includes these new emerging cannabis beverages.
Cannabis beverages aren’t exactly new, though. Bhang, for example, is a cannabis drink prepared in India during the springtime festival of Maha Shivarati and Holi. Indians have been making and drinking bhang as early as 1000 BC in Ancient India.
What is new is fast-acting effects. Think of light cannabis effects felt as fast as alcohol. The technology behind fast-acting cannabis beverages is nano-emulsion. Now this is also not new and it’s a fairly simple and loud process. What’s new to cannabis beverages is the combination of cannabis extracts and nano-emulsion.
So, what’s special about a sparkling cannabis drink? What’s the hype with these trendy new cannabis products? Why not just drink alcohol or smoke some weed, right? Many look for a social way to reduce their alcohol consumption and some don’t want to smoke. The best new cannabis drinks deserve the hype. These drinks are more than a trend. We will see sparkling cannabis beverages become a mainstay. Here’s why fast-acting cannabis beverages are special.
The side effects of cannabis compared to alcohol
While cannabis-infused beverages can mimic the desired effects of alcohol, the side by side comparison of the side effects between cannabis and alcohol are not the same. Alcohol’s side effects are much more severe than cannabis side effects by many people’s standards.
The elephant in the room is that about 95,000 people die alcohol related deaths each year in the US alone. And while it’s known that alcohol consumption increases the risk of morality, there’s no conclusive evidence that cannabis does.
Let’s talk about inflammation. Inflammation seems to be at the root of many of our most dangerous and deadly health conditions. One example, alcohol causes inflammation in the intestines. It can also impair your body’s ability to regulate inflammation. Evidence suggests that cannabis actually does the opposite.
Many individual cannabis compounds show anti-inflammatory benefits. This makes fast-acting sparkling cannabis beverages a refreshing way to start the recovery process after exercise or physical labor. It also makes cannabis beverages a better choice than alcohol regardless of the setting.
No hangovers. No blacking out. And we just don’t see the violent or dangerous behavior that can come with alcohol consumption. Sparkling cannabis beverages have a lot of potential.
They solve the problems of sugary drinks
Look at many sodas and alcoholic beverages on the market. You will find lots of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. High-fructose corn syrup has been linked to obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and other serious health conditions.
Sparkling cannabis beverages like Good Feels offer something simpler and cleaner. Sugar-free, low calorie, and has CBD. Our ingredients are below for comparison.
Good Feels Social Tonic ingredients:
Carbonated water, nano-encapsulated THC, nano-encapsulated CBD, natural flavors (like monk fruit juice).
New cannabis drinks work faster than traditional edibles
There has been no easy way to enjoy cannabis effects quickly without smoking. With traditional edibles, you may wait up to two and a half hours before you feel the full effects. That long onset includes the traditional cannabis beverages that were first available for purchase.
Now that has changed. The nano-emulsion cannabis drinks offer faster effects. Instead of two and a half hours, you feel effects inside 15 minutes. It’s about the same onset as alcohol. And the effects of fast-acting cannabis beverages last the same amount of time as alcohol. That familiar length of experience makes it easy for people.
A sparkling cannabis beverage makes it easy for us. The experience is similar to a Truly spiked seltzer or a beer like Massachusetts favorite Sam Adams Boston Lager (check out our blog on beer and cannabis terpenes). Now there’s no more waiting for the effects. We can enjoy the effects of cannabis when we want and how we want.
There’s no smoke to drive people away
Lots of people don’t like to be around smoke. Many of us don’t want to smoke or want to smoke less. Some of us don’t want our family members, our kids, or colleagues to see us smoking things. Yet here are a lot of people who prefer the effects of cannabis to alcohol.
Sparkling cannabis beverages offer a discrete solution to enjoy cannabis socially. And there’s more on the way. Good Feels is aimed to launch in August. When we do, we will offer people a new way to celebrate life and wellness.
Cannabis is biologically compatible with our bodies
Cannabis can help our bodies balance themselves. We can thank the endocannabinoid system for that. The endocannabinoid system is a biological system that all animals have. It’s purpose, at least in part, is to maintain balance within the body.
Stimulating the endocannabinoid system may help:
Reduce chronic pain
Mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety
Better sleep
Support muscle recovery
Regulate and improve the digestive system
Promote creative thinking
If you haven’t heard of the endocannabinoid system, then you’re not alone. Many people haven’t. Credible institutions, like UCLA, are finally publicly stating its existence. While that’s new, the endocannabinoid system has always been there.
Much of modern medicine doesn’t utilize it much in their treatment protocols. It’s a gap that is slowly being filled as the public is waking up to the benefits of treating this system.
First generation of cannabis beverages had a problem
The problem with first generation cannabis beverages lost what people paid for. The cannabis extract was sticking to the plastics or metals used in the bottles or cans. That meant you couldn’t get what you paid for out of the bottle.
New nano-emulsion cannabis beverages don’t have that problem. We also figured out that serving sparkling cannabis beverages in glass helps keep a crisp flavor. That way it tastes good as we get the value we paid for.
The social scene for sparkling cannabis-infused beverages
Before Covid, the global sparkling water market was valued at $24.51 billion. Spiked seltzer in the US grows more popular every day and is predicted to reach $2.5 billion in 2021. While the American cannabis industry is in its infancy at $17.5 billion in sales last year, it also grew 46% in just one year. It’s clear people love their cannabis and sparkling beverages.
Many of us look for something to substitute for alcohol. It’s not always polite to pull out a joint and smoke it, even if that’s your preference. Edibles are great, but the effects take too long and are hard to time for a good experience.
Fast-acting, sparkling cannabis beverages offer a better solution, so we can focus on celebrating life and wellness instead.