Tag: Cannabis

Bosporus cocktail: Raise a cannabis-infused toast to ring in legalization 2.0

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date October 18, 2019

Photo provided by Warren Bobrow.

Raki is an all-purpose, age-old remedy for any and every occasion. The signature sweetened, anise-flavoured drink of Turkey is “the go-to spirit for celebrating a promotion or a birthday or for muting the pain of a job loss or the end of a relationship,” notes an article on CNN Travel.

As Canadians celebrate legalization 2.0, raki is also the recommended choice for a THC infusion, Bosporus cocktail. “The infused mix is delicious and gets you stoned without anyone smelling anything—it’s a non-confrontational way to consume cannabis,” Warren Bobrow, known as the Cocktail Whisperer in the hospitality industry, tells The GrowthOp.

Mixologist, bartender and contributing writer for Forbes, Bobrow is the author of, among other books, Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails & Tonics: The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations.

His only piece of advice: “The cannabis strain that you use must not be CBD. In my opinion, CBD is useless; I don’t work with hemp, either. It does nothing other than lighten your pocketbook,” he says.

https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-culture/taste-of-turkey-with-some-thc-bosporus-cocktail

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Interviews

Five Rational Questions For Christopher Louie, Founder/CEO Xiaolin Cannagars

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date October 13, 2019

Christopher Louie
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Cannagars are my passion and the people who make them are equally as intriguing. I love to seek cannagars out in my quest to discover the art of ultra-high-end cannabis. Until a couple of years ago, no one had any idea what a cannagar was, or what valuable ingredients goes into one. That was then.

When Christopher Louie moved to Colorado from New York, the market had not been established yet. He saw the financial opportunity to do something brilliant and educational too. To smoke one a hand-made Xiaolin Cannagar is an emotional and philosophical experience. And while not everyone can say that they’ve enjoyed a Xiaolin Cannagar, they are available legally in Colorado.

The Master At Work
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Why not put some real pot in Thanksgiving potluck?

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date October 13, 2019

We spoke to three cannabis influencers on how to bring cannabis to the dinner table.

Gin & Juice with a canna-twist

With the simplest of ingredients, one can make a delicious canna-punch. Warren Bobrow, the Cocktail Whisperer, says the key ingredient in his take on the classic Gin and Juice is the orange juice made with roasted oranges. The botanical gin, says Bobrow, “acts as a guide dog, if you will, for the THC. It’s really lovely!”

Ingredients

2 oz. botanical gin of your choice, with 0.25 g of THC-rich cannabis
4 oz. roasted orange juice
2 oz. ginger beer syrup (Bobrow uses Pickett’s)
4 oz. club soda
Fee Brothers Cardamom Bitters

Directions

Heat the cannabis in a 240 degree F oven for 45 minutes. Cool and set aside.
Add cannabis and the botanical gin to an iSi whipped cream maker.
Force two or three Nitrous oxide (N2O) cartridges into the cannabis and the gin. Strain and set aside.
Add the ginger beer syrup.
Float roasted orange juice on top.
Finish with 4 oz. club soda.
Stir well and dot with Fee Brothers Cardamom Bitters.

For a final finish, Bobrow suggests a celebratory swizzle.

https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-culture/why-not-put-some-real-pot-in-thanksgiving-potluck-ideas-this-weekend?fbclid=IwAR2QMIn00uKXanU0EL3AqoyxtltxG-LhheVC9I0Gm7RgwZN6PfYsOIOGWc0

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Interviews

Five Deeper Questions With Green Flower Media Founder/CEO: Max Simon

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date October 7, 2019

Max Simon COPYRIGHT: 2019 CHRIS VICARI

Warren Bobrow=WB: Tell me about yourself? Why cannabis? When did you decide to leave traditional business for a much different path in legal cannabis?

The Cannabis Aperitif With THC? That’s Artet

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date September 28, 2019

Artet Mixology
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I’m what some have called a Master Mixologist. My professional qualifications are many. I started as a bar back for Chris James at the Ryland Inn. This is the very bottom of the ladder to become a bartender or mixologist in my opinion. It was not easy work at fifty years of age, far from, it was very physically demanding. Chris was not easy on me. You don’t write about spirits from behind a desk, you must be cleaning the speed racks at three in the morning to know what goes into being a bartender. I’ve taught Master Classes in un-manipulated rum at places like the Moscow Bar Show in Russia and Stonewall Kitchen in Maine. I was a rum judge for the Ministry of Rum and the Rum XP folks in Florida. I’ve led and sat on panels at SXSW on cannabis and the Berlin Bar Convent. My six books on mixology are sold globally. There even is a book on Cannabis, named Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails and Tonics.

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A Deeper Dive With Rich Batenburg Jr., President And Chairman: Clear Cannabis, Inc.

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date September 27, 2019

Richard M Batenburg Jr._head-shot COURTESY: RICHARD BATENBURG, JR.

Warren Bobrow: What do you think about Colorado and the way they fit a model for the rest of the country to follow—pertaining to cannabis? What about medical? What happened?

Rich Batenburg Jr.: My cannabis-focused investment company operates in several states, many of which we entered at original deployment of a legal marijuana program. While we hear about officials from new jurisdictions coming to Colorado to do research, as well as hiring regulatory consultants from Colorado, it seems like they listen and then try to reinvent the wheel. From my background in change management and process consulting with giant corporations, this is normal—albeit completely unproductive behavior.We should be able to agree on labeling, packaging and potency rules, residency requirements and taxing structures across state lines. Setting up cannabis regulation 50 different ways just creates problems for all involved. I wish other states would just plagiarize the things Colorado did right and improve upon the things they didn’t. Like most people and companies, everyone thinks “we are unique” or “our market is dramatically different.” Over my career I have worked in many industries in almost every state, and I’d estimate that 80% of business challenges, and the solutions to them are the same. It’s all about getting “buy in” from the people who are delivering the products and services. Without buy in, change just takes longer and costs more than it would otherwise.

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Five Diverse Questions With Michael Sassano, Founder: Solaris Farms

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date September 14, 2019

Mike Sassano
PHOTO COURTESY: SOLARIS FARMS

1. Where are you from? Why cannabis? Did you go to business school? Who is your mentor?

Michael Sassano=MS: I was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio before attending Boston University. I graduated Cum Laude with Distinction in Economics, then moved to New York. There I was trained at the famous 55 Water Street office of Lehman Brothers. With success in trading and being the number one producing arbitrage trader, I used my capital to fund real estate development and private equity tech start-ups starting in 1997 before moving to Europe around the 2000 time period. I saw the 2001 tech bust and subsequent boom, but the big whopper of 2008 was a massive eye opener if you were in any asset class. At the time, under-water real estate, a few tech unicorns, the general market and cannabis all had great futures due to the contraction. Cannabis encompassed real estate, future markets, and technology. Even then, there was no banking, so that wasn’t a factor. By 2015, large scale growing was just being planned and new markets were emerging. I decided it was the right time to design, build, and manage a high tech hybrid greenhouse and chose Nevada as it’s home. As to mentors in my life, I have developed years of friendships with highly successful business leaders; i find their amalgamated success and lessons from failures to be great decision making guides that i can pull from. There was a good friend named Fred who told me day-one, and regularly, to never take advice from anyone who wasn’t more experienced and more successful than him. So i guess i took that to heart.

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Interviews

Five Illuminating Questions With Hemp Educator Cait Curley

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date September 9, 2019

Cait Curley at NoCo Hemp Expo in Denver, an event that attracted 10,000 people. PHOTO CREDIT: CONOR DUGAN

Cait Curley is part of the new age of cannabis/hemp entrepreneurs. Cait was so focused and passionate about pursuing her work within the cannabis arena, she uprooted her life and moved from New York to Denver where cannabis is legal to make her dream a reality. An educator, entrepreneur, social media influencer, marketing specialist, and content creator, Cait has developed her path from years of working in the cannabis industry. She’s used her past experience in health sciences to navigate the underground cannabis world while educating the masses and finding new ways to connect with the hemp community.

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The Five Questions: Discussed By Cannabis MD: Dr. Mary Clifton

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date September 4, 2019

Dr. Clifton
TANYA MORGAN, GREEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

There aren’t too many MDs who work with cannabis at this moment in time in the NY/Metro area. Maybe out on the left coast there are more open minded MDs, but here in the New York City and the environs, traditional medicine has completely stigmatized even the most basic conversation surrounding the use of cannabis for anything other than purely recreational use. I know firsthand. I have several MDs and even a heart surgeon in my own family who are stigmatized by cannabis. Cannabis is treated by them as a pariah instead of a cure. My conversations with these people of healing have been pretty heated surrounding our healing plant.

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Five Snappy Questions With Kraig Fox, President And CEO, High Times

Post author By Warren_Bobrow
Post date September 3, 2019

I’ve enjoyed the publication named High Times since I was a wee-lad, a mere teenager in the 1970’s. It was always my go/to for information on the illegal substance, cannabis. I would go on to later years by being disowned by my family for using cannabis, their loss! They had no idea of the power of cannabis, but what did they know? Obviously not enough.

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