A new cafe has opened in Hong Kong that gets around the territory’s cannabis ban by offering products that contain a part of the cannabis plant that doesn’t break the law.
Found Cafe is the first foods or drink outlet in Hong Kong to offer a range of coffees, biscuits, beer and fruit juices that contain cannabidiol, or CBD.
The substance comes from the cannabis plant and is said to offer therapeutic effects without getting users intoxicated.
The cafe gets around the laws banning cannabis because none of the products contain THC – the psychoactive element that can cause a ‘high’.
Fiachra Mullen, co-founder of Altum Asia Limited, which set up Found Cafe, said: “Hong Kong is actually one of Asia’s most progressive cannabinoid markets.
“Unlike other parts of the region – Australia, New Zealand, Singapore – it’s actually quite a progressive cannabinoid law in Hong Kong, so we can sell most cannabinoids in Hong Kong as foods as long as we don’t have any THC in the products.”