It’s not alcohol’s blunt instrument. Alcohol works like a dimmer switch with only two settings — fine, and too far — and the gap between them can arrive faster than you’d like. Hemp THC tends to move differently. Most people describe it as a lift rather than a haze: senses feel a little brighter, conversation feels easier, the day’s noise quiets down a notch. You’re present for it, not removed from it.
It’s slower to arrive. Where a drink hits in minutes, a hemp beverage (even rapid-uptake, like Stigma) typically takes 20 to 45 minutes to kick in, since it’s absorbed through digestion rather than straight into the bloodstream. That’s not a flaw — it’s a reason to pace yourself the first few times rather than treating it like a shot.
And it’s consistent. This is where the math actually matters. Every Stigma can — tonic, tea, seltzer — carries 10mg of hemp-derived THC. Not “10mg-ish.” Not different by flavor. The same 10mg, every time, in every product we make. That means the second can you ever try feels like the first one did. No surprises, no re-calibrating your tolerance from scratch with every new flavor.
That consistency is also why we’d rather you know what to expect than find out by accident. If you’re new to this, start with one can, give it the full 45 minutes before deciding you need another, and treat the first few times like you’re getting to know a new ingredient — because you are.
