Want to absorb the health benefits of CBD, but not into smoking? CBD products have infiltrated the marketplace in a variety of forms, from tinctures to gummies to a wide array of beverages. We scoped out the local CBD beverage scene and found lots of options to please palates.
Ablis
Ablis may be the best known CBD beverage company to come out of Central Oregon in recent years. You can sip on a sparkling lemon water infused with CBD or try the incredibly tasty cranberry blood orange concoction with 25 mg of CBD per bottle. Want your CBD in a hurry? Try a CBD Beverage Shot, available in 50ml bottles with 10mg of CBD per bottle. Flavors include lemon ginger and cranberry blood orange. Ablis also makes tinctures, concentrates and muscle and joint rubs infused with CBD.
Boneyard Elixir
Local brewery Boneyard Beer joins the CBD movement with two non-alcoholic, sparkling CBD beverages made from natural ingredients and hemp-derived cannabidiol. Lemon Ginger elixir blends sparkling water with lemon and ginger juices, cane sugar and CBD. King Cola includes hemp-derived CBD, as well as caffeine. Each ounce of Boneyard Elixir contains approximately 2mg of CBD and King Cola includes about 4mg of caffeine per ounce. You can find Boneyard Elixir on tap at The Growler Guys and soon in cans.
COPA CBD
Red Tank Beverage Co., based in Bend and responsible for Red Tank Cider, gets into the CBD beverage game with a line of sparkling CBD beverages. The COPA CBD line includes tropical, colada, raspberry, peach and blueberry flavored sparkling waters. Enjoy a delicious flavored sparkling water as well as the benefits derived from the CBD cannabinoid.
Nitro Hemp Cold Brew Coffee, Coffee 4 Kids
When you drink the Nitro Hemp Cold Brew Coffee from Coffee 4 Kids, not only do you get the benefits of CBD, but your purchase also helps the kids of Mi Casa International, a family-run orphanage in El Salvador. Locally, it helps Saving Grace. Mixing CBD with cold brew helps eliminate the jitters you may have experienced with the extra caffeine in the past.
Mother's Juice Café CBD Shots
Customers have always gone to Mother's for tasty smoothies and to prep for a juice cleanse, but now you can also take advantage of the benefits of CBD in a convenient little shot. Mother's offers a variety of flavors to please your taste buds, as well as ease your anxiety. From citrusy Blue Lemon-aid to the java and cardamon of the Triple C, you can try all of their flavors. CBD shots contain 25mg of the cannabinoid and are $6 each or 5 for $25 at all three Mother's locations.
