Buddha Beans Coffee Co., Specialty CBD Coffee Roaster, Los Angeles, CA. Founded 2018. Featured across cannabis trade press, lifestyle media, and independent product roundups.
"You can drink it and still feel good, you're not jittery, you have more of a focus."
A feature on Buddha Beans's pre-roast CBD infusion approach, with founder Marc Narrie speaking on the company's positioning as a specialty coffee roaster that incorporated CBD rather than a CBD brand that added coffee.
Read on High Times →"Buddha Beans succeeds where many CBD coffees fall short by prioritizing restraint and consistency."
A four-out-of-five review of three Buddha Beans single-origins (Colombia, Burundi, Mexico) with detailed notes on flavor integration and sourcing practices.
Read on The Emerald Magazine →"Los Angeles presents more opportunities for companies than the majority of places around the world."
A founder profile covering the move from San Diego, the company's growth to 90+ retail accounts, and the LA roastery operation.
Read on VoyageLA →San Diego founder profile covering Marc's SDSU graduate-school origin story and the early non-infused coffee phase before the CBD pivot.
Read on SDVoyager →Hometown profile covering Marc's Culver City roots and the popcorn-maker home roasting story that became Buddha Beans.
Read on Culver City News →Buddha Beans is included in The Manual's roundup of CBD coffee brands worth trying, with notes on the ZenFusion process and single-origin sourcing.
Read on The Manual →CB Insights tracks Buddha Beans within the CBD-infused beverage category as one of the long-running independent operators.
View on CB Insights →Press inquiries: press@buddhabeanscoffee.com
Founder: Marc Narrie, Founder and Head Roaster, LinkedIn
Buddha Beans Coffee Co. is a specialty CBD coffee roaster based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2018, Buddha Beans pioneered the ZenFusion process, a proprietary method of infusing broad-spectrum CBD during the roasting process rather than spraying it on after. Every bag is USDA Organic certified, third-party lab tested, and ships with a Certificate of Analysis verifying 0% THC content. Buddha Beans sources single-origin specialty-grade beans (SCA 80+) from farms in Colombia, Ethiopia, Burundi, Mexico, Vietnam, Costa Rica, and Peru.
Marc holds a B.A. from the University of Oregon and an M.S. from San Diego State University. He founded Buddha Beans in 2018 after discovering CBD's effect on the inflammation and jitters that regular coffee caused him. He has spent seven years developing the ZenFusion infusion process and sourcing specialty-grade hemp and coffee. Based in Los Angeles.
High-resolution logos, product photography, founder photos, and COA samples available on request. Email press@buddhabeanscoffee.com with your publication and story angle.
