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Step into the aggressively hip Los Angeles Supa Coffee and there will probably be hip hop playing, hot butter coffee cooling, and food-coloring-free Instagram-friendly layered drinks. Oh, and you can add cannabidiol, or CBD, to whatever you want. Legal in California (and now in Canada), this anxiety-relieving compound commonly found in marijuana is currently being investigated by scientists as a treatment for ailments like psychosis and epilepsy.

As the fight for the legalization of weed reaches a fever pitch around the globe, the Jewish culinary community is following suit, with one of its first kosher CBD offerings. Thus far it’s got a smattering of positive reviews on Yelp, with one user writing, “If you haven’t tried butter and coconut oil in your coffee, give this place a shot!”

Theoretically, it seems like the energizing effect of the coffee would counteract the calming effect of the CBD, but that’s not the case. Designed to make the anxiety-inducing effects of caffeine intake a little smoother, CBD won’t get you high enough to stare blankly at a stop sign for 45 minutes, but it will get you relaxed enough to make it through the rest of your workday painlessly.

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Supa is facing up against the corporate behemoth that is Starbucks across the street. Can a calming, energizing, blue hisbiscus infused iced coffee, complete with CBD, compete with your average pumpkin spiced latte?

God, I hope so.

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Shira Feder is a writer. She’s at [email protected] and @shirafeder

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