Infused beverages – “drinkables” – make up a small slice of the market today but are among the categories expected to grow by leaps and bounds in the near future. Solving the ‘salad dressing’ effect has led to beverages that are palatable and effective. Innovators have pushed the possibilities of cannabis drinks as a novel […]
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Cheers to Growth: The CBD Beverage Opportunity
As we round our way into the remaining weeks of summer, with rising temperatures and dew points still expected for many across the country, it’s a good time to revisit a cannabis format that is typically overlooked in the edibles category: beverages. Specifically, non-alcoholic beverages infused with THC or CBD or both. When we looked […]
2019 Trend Predictions From The Outside In
Tis the season again. No, not Danksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas-light-untangling*, or any other holiday traditions. Trend predictions – issued from all corners – mark the end of the calendar as well. From toys, to fashion, to paint colors, forecasts of hot trends plenty of play this time of year. In the cannabis industry, much of the discussion […]
Fresh Competition Brewing in Cannabis Beverages
Cannabis beverages have been on the receiving end of a fair bit of press during the past year. In August, beverage conglomerate Constellation Brands dropped $4 billion for 38 percent of Canopy Growth, a big Canadian cannabis cultivator. Even Coca-Cola is reportedly getting in on the ganja gulping game, although for now they are considering […]
Cannabis Beverages Modest Market, But Thirst Growing
The cannabis beverage market is not large, compared to categories like flower and concentrates — less than one percent of all cannabis sales in Colorado, Oregon and California were spent on beverages during April of this year, for example. But interest in beverages, despite the category’s modest size, makes sense for a variety of reasons, […]
It’s tea time for the cannabis market
Cannabis with your cup of tea? Increasingly, consumers are saying, “Yes, please.” Cannabis-infused tea drinks are hot in the marketplace, and the thirst for pot tea is a fairly new phenomenon. According to data from BDS Analytics, a leading source of consumer data in the cannabis industry, it’s a 2017 thing. In 2016 between Colorado, […]