On an early Sunday afternoon in San Francisco, guests mill about a sunlit warehouse and nibble on à la carte treats. Chef Coreen Carroll has prepared a buffet of lemon curd tarts with edible flowers, crudite and beet hummus, curry chicken salad cups, and more.
A gong sounds, and the group shuffles outside onto the patio. Marijuana joints wrapped in cigar paper have magically appeared in the ash trays, and the guests don't hesitate to pick up and start puff-puff-passing.
In May 2015, chef and cannabis enthusiast Coreen Carroll and her partner, Ryan Bush, hosted the first ever Cannaisseur Series event in the Bay Area. The underground pop-up restaurant invites medical marijuana patients to share intimate, gourmet meals with like-minded individuals. Every event has sold out.
Tech Insider recently attended the Cannaisseur Series' aptly named High Tea, which promised an afternoon of fantastic food (both pot-infused and unmedicated), locally sourced cannabis, and a sense of community. Here's what it was like.
Chef Coreen Carroll doesn't mince words when it comes to her obsession with pot. "I'm always high," she says.
She and partner Ryan Bush came to the Bay Area from Jacksonville, Florida in 2012 with their sights set on breaking into the cannabis industry.
Shortly after their arrival, a federal raid on Oaksterdam, the country’s first trade school dedicated to the weed industry, sent ripples of fear through the community.
Source: Oakland North
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