hempcoffee Senior Member Joined: 7 Sep 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Toronto Expertise: Beginner
Posted Sun Sep 7, 2003, 10:45am Subject: hemp with coffee
I opened a store called 'The Hemp Factory' in June of this year and I have been grinding hemp seeds with coffee. People are starting to get really turned on by it. The seeds do stretch the coffee and therefore weakens it for lack of a better word, however, the result is a nutty flavour, plus adding a little of the benefits of the miraculous seeds from hemp.
Hemp seeds contain essential fatty acids, Omega 3, 6, & 9--likely the most nutritious seed in the world, or right up there. Evidence shows improvement in skin rejuvenation, cardiovascular system, and inflammation of the joints. Even though it's only a little amount in the coffee, a little amount is better than no amount at all.
The seeds do stretch the coffee and therefore weakens it for lack of a better word, however, the result is a nutty flavour, plus adding a little of the benefits of the miraculous seeds from hemp.
Sounds like a terrible thing to do to good coffee. But does the target market for a shop like this notice or even care?
At most of the outdoor festivals in Seattle, you will find a stand or two selling hemp coffee and hemp popcorn, of all things. They never seem to do much business.
As if "hemp coffee" weren't enough.... I was in Ithaca NY a few weeks ago (think of it as combining the best and also the flakiest elements of Portland, Seattle and Berkeley all in one little college town). on the "commons" dowtown, a new cafe was being complete where the Home Dairy restaurant and bakery once resided (their legendary sticky buns are sorely missed). The new place is a "yerba mate" cafe. Yes.... only in Ithaca - an entire "yerba mate" house. Here's the scoop (or a portion of it) on Yerba Mate
Everything old is new again! Back when I was young, skinny, handsome, and virile, I drank yerba Mate' along with the occasional wheat grass juice. And hemp was a bad thing, it's what you got if you got Burned!
Symbols: = New Posts since your last visit = No New Posts since last visit = Newest post
Forum Rules: No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards. No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the "Buy and Sell" forum. No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum. Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards. Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics. Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies. Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies. Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts. Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings.
= No New Posts since last visit 