Should CBD Oil have a Taste?

Pure Cannabinoids are odorless and tasteless; such as you would find in Isolates. Terpenes are responsible for the traditional flavor profile people experience – and they’re important because of what’s known as the “Entourage Effect”. Cannabinoids, Terpenes, and other compounds, all working together are supposed to give you greater benefit than one alone.

For that reason – CBD should have a flavor – because without those flavorful additives you don’t get the full benefits.

Hemp oil as a Carrier

Tincture and oils are delivered in a carrier. There are some products using olive or coconut oil, but the most common carrier-oil for CBD is hemp.

The full spectrum oil in 100% organic hemp; my personal experience is that it’s plant-like, rich, a little bitter, like a strong green tea with a pinch of grass clippings.

What does CBD oil taste like?

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Does CBD oil taste like olive oil?

No. While CBD oil feels like olive oil and you can use olive oil as a carrier; it doesn’t taste the same as olive oil. The terpenes provide the flavor profile for full-spectrum CBD oils and terpenes have a distinct flavor profile with earthy and pungent tones.

There are several manufacturers adding Cannabinoid extract to extra virgin olive oils. The good news; olive oil has many health benefits. The bad news; it doesn’t taste like olive oil. The terpenes will overpower the mild olive oil flavors.

One benefit of using olive oil as the carrier is the great mouth feel or the way it coats your tongue.

CBD Concentrates

Concentrates are the purest form of cannabinoids. Some types of concentrates include:

Wax

Slab

Shatter (a type of wax)

All the concentrate types above are intended to be smoked or vaped; so the flavor is inhaled. There are many flavor profiles like Blueberry, Pineapple Express, Watermelon, Mint Chocolate, and even Girl Scout Cookies!

CBD Isolate

If you don’t, or think you won’t, enjoy earthy flavor and you are not inclined to use capsules; try Isolates. An isolate is flavorless, has no odor, and is intended to be used as an additive to food or or juice, or used as a tincture. Usually sold in the form of a powder or slab. You can use Isolate to make homemade Cannabinoid products.

Do NOT take isolates by themselves – they must be mixed with something – food, drink, oils, etc.

Lazarus Naturals makes an Isolate Tincture in Flavorless, Blood Orange (my favorite), Tropical Breeze and Wintermint.

In a Vape Cartridge?

First, please don’t vape anything anymore! Consider trying sublingual ingestion of instead, you can learn more about sublingual oil here.

Vaping cartridges are designed to have a variety of flavors to enhance the vaping experience. Some of the Vape flavors include orange cream, mints, vanilla, pineapple, gelato(?), fruit smoothie, strawberry, and many more.

Tinctures

According to Wikipedia, A tincture is typically an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol (ethyl alcohol).

CBD tinctures typically contain alcohol, water, Cannabinoids, flavorings, and other additives. There are several flavor options available including natural, Cinnamint, and Grape Mint.

Choosing between oil and tinctures is a matter of personal preference; they are both ingested sublingually or added to food or drinks. Adding alcohol, flavorings, and other additives may help those who don’t appreciate the earthiness of CBD. While, purists may prefer a more natural option, free of alcohol and other additives.

These days it seems most companies call all sublingual drops Oils and Tinctures interchangeably. Most products labeled as “Tinctures” do not contain alcohol.

How About Edibles?

A recent trend in CBD consumption is Edibles. Edibles can be any product from beverages to mints to gummies; basically, anything you can eat, drink or chew.

Popular edibles include gummies, beverages, and chocolate. An interesting one is peanut butter! I think I’d like to try that one…

Choose from Peppermint, Citrus, Mixed Berry, Lemon Lime, Coffee, Chocolate, and a large variety of other flavors.

Cannabinoids in Flower Form?

CBD flower is cannabis bud containing low levels of THC and is intended to be smoked or vaped. It’s generally considered to have an inhaled flavor similar to smoking normal THC bud.

Also, similar to traditional bud, varieties and quality will vary considerably.

In addition to offering the standard health advantages, CBD flower is often used to help bring people down from a THC high.

Does CBD oil affect taste buds?

The simple answer is, No – CBD oil doesn’t affect taste-buds. More specifically, the more you ingest anything, the more you acquire the taste. And, of course, in the short term after ingesting CBD oil your taste-buds may be effected as the flavors linger – but in the long term there are neither positive or negative effects.

What does CBD oil taste like

The bottom line is that you will either hate the taste of CBD or you will tolerate it – not many people love it!

For those of you who can tolerate it, the recommended option is natural flavor Full-Spectrum hemp oil in a concentrated high potency formula, place drops under the tongue, hold, then swallow. For those who can’t stomach the earthy tones, try to see if you can ‘acquire’ the taste – it’s worth it.

As a last resort; go for flavored oil, flavorless isolates, capsules, transdermal patches, an edible or a tincture – vaping and smoking are not recommended.

Our Tips

First, just taste it, you might even like it!

Absorption is best with sublingual application

Capsules are an option to avoid tasting anything

It can be added to food or mixed with drinks

There are many methods to mask the taste

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Put one or more options in your cart and move forward – you won’t know until you know!

The Hemp Coalition is a source of additional information.

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