I’ve heard feedback from several readers of Bill’s Bud Blog that I need to review more edibles. These products usually don’t do anything for me, so I often spend my money elsewhere.

However, while at Nectar in Euclid I noticed they had a bunch of months-old edibles priced at 50% off. I had never seen Lake Effect Lemonade before, so I thought I’d give it a try.

This THC-infused lemonade powder was manufactured by Lighthouse Sciences. On the package it doesn’t say anything about the THC being nanoemulsified, but it has a logo that says “Powered by TiME INFUSION”.

The TiME INFUSION website says “Traditional edibles have problems, and “nano” is not the answer. We’ve defined the fast-acting and premium effects category with effective, great tasting, and scalable solutions for manufacturers and brands.” Apparently they sell products to cannabis processers that allow raw flower, distillate, and concentrates to be converted into edible form.

I grabbed an empty bottle. I added eight ounces of premium reverse-osmosis water and used the provided spoon to shovel four scoops of powder into my bottle. I shook the bottle until the mix had fully dissolved.

The lemonade tasted pretty good. It had a light sweetness to it and wasn’t overly sugary. I detected absolutely zero weed flavor.

An hour after consumption I felt no medical effects. Two hours later I realized that the lemonade didn’t work for me.

A few days later I took a double dose with 16 ounces of water and eight scoops of lemonade mix. I didn’t feel any effects.

Although this experiment was a bust, I learned that nanoemulsification is not the only way to infuse THC into liquid. I also gained some insight into one of the reasons why edibles might not work well for me. The THC in this powder mix was extracted using butane. When I eat edibles made with distillate I don’t get much effect, but I did feel something from those Kiva Terra Milk Chocolate bites made with ice hash.

It seems as if distillate doesn’t work well for me in edible form. However, the ice hash combined with the cocoa butter in the Kiva chocolates seemed to be more medically effective. Everyone’s body is different in terms of how they’ll react to cannabis in its various preparations.

I gave the Lake Effect Lemonade Mix a 5 for taste, 2 for harshness, 0 for strength, 4 for smell strength (the powder smelled like lemonade) and 0 minutes for length of medical effects.