{"id":8312,"date":"2018-05-31T04:06:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T04:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=19654"},"modified":"2018-05-31T04:06:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T04:06:23","slug":"ca-local-women-are-hosting-fancy-high-teas-with-the-help-of-a-cannabis-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/ca-local-women-are-hosting-fancy-high-teas-with-the-help-of-a-cannabis-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"CA: Local Women Are Hosting Fancy \u201cHigh Teas\u201d With The Help Of A Cannabis Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/ca-local-women-are-hosting-fancy-high-teas-with-the-help-of-a-cannabis-brand\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>It\u2019s a sunny Sunday afternoon in Santa Monica, and roughly 7o people have gathered for a tea party. Over the clinking and clanking of tea cups and saucers, the guests converse about the usual things\u2014their work, the weather\u2014but ultimately weed is the word on everyone\u2019s lips. That\u2019s because cannabis is in their cups.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19656\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19656\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ca-local-women-are-hosting-fancy-high-teas-with-the-help-of-a-cannabis-brand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Steffi Victorioso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since it launched in 2015, cannabis tea brand Kikoko has encouraged customers to host \u201chigh tea\u201d parties like this one, private events where women can sample cannabis tea in a setting that\u2019s non-intimidating for the uninitiated.<\/p>\n<p>Former journalist Amanda Jones and tech entrepreneur Jennifer Chapin founded Kikoko to help revolutionize women\u2019s health, although men can reap the same benefits from drinking it. The idea for Kikoko tea came from a mutual friend, Jan, who used cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceuticals to treat pain, nausea, anxiety, insomnia, and loss of appetite during her battle with ovarian cancer. Cannabis worked for Jan, but there was one big caveat: the cannabis products often made her too high, a problem many people who\u2019ve tried cannabis edibles have experienced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the days of the big brownie with 500 milligrams [of THC], wrapped in some nasty thing with a handwritten label,\u201d says Jones. Jan envisioned something with beautiful packaging that didn\u2019t taste like weed, was reliably dosed, and was aimed toward women. With that in mind, Kikoko was born.<\/p>\n<p>Besides making sure the tea didn\u2019t taste or smell skunky, Jones and Chapin also put a major focus on low doses of THC, the psychotropic cannabinoid that creates the sensation of being high and can sometimes cause anxiety and paranoia. The doses range from 3 milligrams to 10 milligrams, the new legal limit for a single serving of a cannabis edible in California. Their Sympa-tea and Positivi-tea also contain CBD, a non-psychotropic cannabinoid that counteracts THC and the sensation of being high. Tranquili-tea contains CBN, a cannabinoid that acts as a sedative.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19655\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19655\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ca-local-women-are-hosting-fancy-high-teas-with-the-help-of-a-cannabis-brand-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Steffi Victorioso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe were told we\u2019d get laughed out of dispensaries with those low doses. We really had a strong gut feeling that women all over the place that weren\u2019t stoners, that didn\u2019t wanna get very high all the time, they wanted an alternative to that. So we\u2019d like to go even lower,\u201d says Jones. According to Jones and Chapin, low-dose products that won\u2019t get you stoned are the future of cannabis use. Anyone who\u2019s ever had a bad time from too much THC might agree. \u201cWe were hearing over and over what we call the \u2018whole brownie syndrome\u2019 where they ate the whole brownie and rode the crazy train for hours and hours,\u201d says Jones.<\/p>\n<p>At the tea party, Jones and Chapin assure the guests that they won\u2019t get too high from drinking the tea. In fact, some Kikoko drinkers may not even feel any psychotropic effects from the THC at all, especially with their lowest dosed Sympa-tea, which contains 3 milligrams of THC and 20 milligrams of CBD. The point is to achieve a sense of well-being, which ultimately is why people drink tea in the first place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19659\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19659\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ca-local-women-are-hosting-fancy-high-teas-with-the-help-of-a-cannabis-brand-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: John Storey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kikoko is now available in dispensaries all over California (dozens in the L.A. area). They attribute their success to doing things \u201cthe women\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been mansplained to so many times, but our first rule is we won\u2019t do business with assholes,\u201d says Chapin. This isn\u2019t the co-founders\u2019 first business (they also founded a non-profit called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthiassisters.org\/\">Cynthia\u2019s Sisters<\/a>), so they\u2019re familiar with the \u201cbro-code\u201d of the start-up environment.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the number of women-run weed businesses <a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/chart-portion-women-executives-cannabis-dips-27-still-strong\/\">dropped from 36 percent to 27 percent<\/a>, which Jones and Chapin believe is because \u201cbig money is coming in and the big money is white and male.\u201d They both hope to see more women in the cannabis industry and encourage women to question the way it\u2019s always been done. \u201cWhen we first started the business, people said, \u2018You have to do it this way\u2019 and we said, \u2018Why? Let\u2019s just do it the way we think is right,\u2019\u201d Jones says. \u201cThere\u2019s always a better way. 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