Ritual Without the Buzz: Introducing Small Pleasures
We’ve all been there, especially those of us who work from home: you’re feeling stressed. You want to spend a few minutes outdoors, or a few minutes focused on breath. You don’t want a tobacco cigarette, and you don’t want to get high. What’s a smoker to do?
That’s precisely why we developed Small Pleasures: hemp smokes with a little rose petal and damiana added in for some extra oomph.
Why smoke hemp?
Hemp flower, also known as CBD flower, is the bud of any cannabis plant which contains less than 0.3 percent THC content by dry weight, according to Healthline. Because the THC content is so low, hemp flower is unlikely to get you high, but still contains all the benefits afforded by the other cannabinoids present—especially CBD.
Cannabidiols, aka CBD, are known for their pain relief, anti-nausea, anti-inflammatory, anxiety relief, sedative/sleep aid, anti-tumor, and anti-seizure properties.
Smoking hemp offers the same taste, ritual, and social benefits as a J without sending you to the clouds, although you might feel a bit of a body buzz along with those sedative properties.
Our process
Once we got into hemp smokes as a midday ritual, we decided we wanted to make our own pleasure-forward version. We gathered a variety of herbs known for their relaxing and mood-boosting properties, we tested out different blends and ratios, and we journaled about our moods. After a period of experimentation, we locked in the perfect ratio of hemp, damiana, and rose for a smooth, tasty inhale with a sensual feel. We like to call them “Small Pleasures.”
Damiana is a natural aphrodisiac that we love for its support and relief from cramps, irritability, and mood drops (especially when it comes to the menstrual cycle). As our friends at Self Ceremony explain, “Damiana adds to our sensuality with its revered aphrodisiac properties, bringing us out of the mind and into the body for a more sensual, connected and calm state of being.”
Rose imparts a floral, romantic flavor as well as gentle aphrodisiac and anti-inflammatory properties—perfect for a smooth and pleasurable smoking experience.
We passed the recipe over to our friends at The Hempory in our hometown of Kalamazoo, Michigan. They packaged up our blend in a cute little tin of five 3/4g pre-rolls, which you can find over at their website using the button below.
Want to add a little buzz?
We won’t lie to you—sometimes, especially in the evenings and on Sunday mornings, we like a little head buzz to our herbal experience. We also love the ritual of rolling our own.
Our favorite way to do that is to take a little The Heart herbal smoking blend from Self Ceremony, grind it up with an equal amount of our favorite flower, and roll on.