Ready to learn how simple it is to make CBD or THC drinks at home? From cocktails and mocktails to smoothies and wellness shots, this guide shows easy, practical at-home options to create your favorite cannabis-infused beverages. With multiple methods — including the Bliss Beverage Booster — there’s something for everyone.
Article Features
- Simple at-home infusion methods including oils, tinctures, infused milk, and more
- Over 20 drink recipes adapted from the cookbook Cannabis Drinks Made Simple
- Prefer to skip the prep? Use a ready-made beverage booster to mix accurate doses into any drink.
Why You Will Love This Guide
A well-crafted cannabis-infused drink can be a relaxing alternative to alcohol or simply a pleasant way to unwind. Infused beverages provide a delicious, flexible, and often fast-acting way to enjoy cannabinoids like CBD and THC.
Many people enjoy a cannabis drink socially, to relax, or to manage stress — and with the right approach you can enjoy the same rituals you’d use with other beverages.
I learned a lot while developing my Cannabis Drinks Made Simple cookbook. Nailing infusions — especially for cold drinks — can be tricky, but with experience I found reliable techniques and recipes that preserve flavor and deliver consistent dosing.
This post walks through practical infusion methods (tinctures, oils, infused milk, water-soluble boosters, and more), tips for dosing, and recipe ideas to suit different tastes and skill levels. You’ll find straightforward instructions and inspiring recipes to get started at home.
How to Make Cannabis Drinks at Home
Creating cannabis drinks at home is more accessible than you might expect and offers plenty of control over ingredients, cannabinoids, and dose.
Choosing a product (THC, CBD, full-spectrum, isolates), deciding on a delivery method, and measuring the appropriate milligrams per serving are the main considerations. Start low and slow with THC — a typical beginner dose is 2–5 mg per serving — and adjust based on your tolerance and desired effects.
CBD-only options offer non-intoxicating effects and can be easier to dose if you prefer to avoid THC. Whatever you choose, accurately track milligrams to avoid overconsumption.
Methods covered below include:
- Using a water-soluble beverage booster
- Adding cannabis oils or cannabutter to hot drinks and smoothies
- Making alcohol-based tinctures for cocktails
- Mixing cannabis sugar or honey into hot or cold drinks
- Using cannabis-infused milk or cream as a base
- Steeping leftover infusion pulp in a teaball for tea
- Stirring in decarbed flower or kief during infusion
- Using raw cannabis leaves in juices and smoothies
- Adding hemp seeds or hemp seed oil for non-intoxicating nutrition
Follow these methods and you’ll be able to infuse beverages reliably, tailoring flavor and potency to your needs.
Cannabis Drinks Made Simple
#1 – Bliss Beverage Booster
A water-soluble beverage booster is designed to blend into any drink, hot or cold, preserving flavor while delivering consistent dosing. Water-soluble products use technology to convert cannabinoids into tiny molecules that disperse evenly in liquids.
A ready-made booster eliminates much of the guesswork: pump the measured dose into your drink, stir, and enjoy. This approach is ideal for precise dosing and minimal prep, especially for cocktails, mocktails, and everyday beverages.
#2 – Cannabis Butter or Oil
Cannabis-infused oils and cannabutter are excellent for warm drinks and smoothies. Because oil and water separate, using an emulsifier such as lecithin helps blend oil-based infusions into beverages without affecting flavor.
Oil Infusion Options
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Bliss MCT Oil and other infused oils make cooking and drink infusion straightforward.
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Cannabis coconut oil for versatile infusions.
#3 – Alcohol-Based Cannabis Tincture
Alcohol-based tinctures concentrate cannabinoids in high-proof alcohol and are ideal for cocktails because they dissolve into liquids easily. Use decarboxylated THC flower for THC tinctures or CBD flower for CBD tinctures. Because the base alcohol is high-proof, a little goes a long way, so dose carefully.
#4 – Cannabis Sugar or Honey
Cannabis-infused sugar or honey mixes seamlessly into coffee, tea, baked goods, and desserts. Infused sugar brightens cold or hot drinks, while infused honey works well drizzled over fruit, stirred into tea, or used as a natural sweetener in recipes.
#5 – Cannabis Milk or Cream
Infused milk or cream is an excellent base for hot chocolate, lattes, and creamy cocktails. Cannabinoids bind well to fat, so gently heating milk with decarboxylated cannabis or adding oil/butter infusions creates a smooth, flavorful drink base.
#6 – Leftover Cannabis Pulp
Leftover plant material from strained infusions often retains cannabinoids, terpenes, and fiber. Save it and steep it in a teaball to make a mild cannabis tea or use it in baked goods and smoothies to reduce waste and extract remaining benefits.
#7 – Decarbed Flower or Kief
Decarbed flower or kief can be steeped with spices and heated gently to infuse drinks like chai lattes. This direct method is simple, though some textures may be noticeable unless strained.
#8 – Raw Cannabis Leaves
Raw fan or sugar leaves can be juiced or blended into smoothies for a non-intoxicating boost of CBDA, THCA, terpenes, and phytonutrients. Pair them with cucumber, mint, or lemon for refreshing juices and smoothies.
#9 – Hemp Seeds or Oil
Hemp seeds and hemp seed oil don’t contain cannabinoids like THC or CBD, but they add nutty flavor and nutrition — including omega-3s — to smoothies and drinks. They’re a great non-intoxicating option for boosting texture and nutrients.
Cannabis Drink Recipes to Try
Now that you know how to infuse drinks, here are recipe ideas to inspire you. Explore hot drinks (tea, hot chocolate, chai), cold drinks (juices, iced teas, lemonade), creamy beverages, cocktails and mocktails, and smoothies.
Hot Drink Recipes
Hot beverages blend infusions easily, making them ideal for oils, butter, tinctures, sugar, honey, infused milk, and leftover pulp. Try cannabis tea, hot chocolate, spiced lattes, or golden milk.
Cold Drink Recipes
Cold drinks like iced tea, smoothies, and juices are refreshing and can be infused with tinctures, water-soluble boosters, raw leaves, or blended hemp seeds for nutrition.
Creamy Cannabis Drinks
Use infused milk or cream, or add oil or butter infusions to dairy or plant-based creams for rich, smooth beverages and coffee creamers.
Cocktail & Mocktail Recipes
Tinctures and water-soluble boosters are perfect for cocktails and mocktails. They mix cleanly into juices and mixers, letting you create balanced, flavorful infused drinks for social occasions or quiet evenings.
Cannabis Smoothie Recipes
Smoothies are an easy way to add infused oils, boosters, infused milk, hemp seeds, or raw leaves for a nutritious, mood-lifting start to the day.
Conclusion
Making cannabis drinks at home is enjoyable and rewarding once you learn the techniques. Use the infusion methods and recipe ideas here to create beverages that match your taste and desired effect.
Experiment thoughtfully, keep dosing consistent, and choose the infusion method that fits the drink you’re making. With practice you’ll find reliable routines for both everyday and special-occasion cannabis beverages.
For more recipes and step-by-step guidance, consider checking out the Cannabis Drinks Made Simple cookbook.
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