Here's how to add a little marijuana to your pumpkin spice

It's pumpkin spice season – why not add a little extra to make it even more fun?

Their arrival heralds fall and people flock to welcome the return of an old friend! Over 30 million pumpkin spice lattes are sold in the United States and Canada each fall/holiday season. Starbucks invented the drink and spawned an entire industry including candles, cereal, soap, fragrances, foods and more. It's considered a treat, but what if you made it even more special? Here's how to add some marijuana to your pumpkin spice.

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Americans and Canadians spend over $500 million on pumpkin spice products each year. The average Starbucks pumpkin spice drink costs 15.9% more than a non-pumpkin drink, so need/want is more important than cost. Since the majority of customers have access to legal cannabis, why not drink a little more coffee to relax, relieve pain or just have fun? It's not complicated and can add a whole new dimension to the fall favorite.

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The easiest way is to stop by a local pharmacy and purchase some cannabis oil. The flavor is not as strong as vegetable oil, but you will taste some plant matter. Ask for a few extra pumps of flavoring for the coffee and you should be good to go.

A popular brain hack is to add a serving of either butter to your morning cup. You can double the effect by adding a small dollop of canna butter instead. This will make the flavor more intense and you can still enjoy the pumpkin flavor. Making canna butter is easy and you can use it on toast and other foods.

Adding a cannabis tincture (oil) to the coffee creamer improves the taste and stays safe in the fridge for the duration. Oils can be purchased at your local pharmacy and a small amount can go a long way.

cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, Allspice, all spices in pumpkin spice, aThey are native to Southeast Asian islands. This spice was discovered on some archipelagos and on ancient pottery shards in Indonesia and was brought back to Europe by the Dutch East India Company.

After tasting pumpkin pie and espresso, Starbucks wanted to create a new fall drink. The team experimented with different pumpkin-spice ratios, but ultimately settled on a recipe without pumpkin. After consumers complained that the drink contained no pumpkin, Starbucks added a small amount of pumpkin puree to the syrup in 2015. And it has always been a popular drink.