Some people love to post their morning coffee memes (don’t talk to me until I’ve had my coffee, lolz), but pop a picture of a zol up and you’ll probably get a different reaction.

Maybe the tide is turning, though, because up in the Big Smoke there’s a cannabis coffee shop trading in the open.

Well almost, because when Times LIVE went to visit they had to keep a few details on the down low.

The owner doesn’t give his full name, for example, going by Frank L, and they’re not openly advertising their services to the man on the street:

The signs are neon but he’s kept the name cryptic, revealing enough for customers and vague enough for his detractors not to notice, he believes…

Legal cannabis use in South Africa is still contested. The Western Cape High Court ruled in March that private use and private cultivation of cannabis in someone’s own home is constitutionally legal. Parliament, however, is still to amend the law…

Reality, as Frank L sees it, is reflected in the fact that in the first month he’s had more than 1,300 people through his doors – it’s literally a growth industry, he figures.

“People just want a place where they smoke that’s a social, chilled, safe space,” says Frank relaxing in the shaded garden.

On the menu are offerings called bliss, pineapple, honeycomb and boss cheese. They’re names for weed that have price tags of between R180 and R800 a gram – a favourite is boss cheese. Dagga dabs, compressed dagga oil smoked with a rig that creates a vaping effect, is also popular and so are his dagga muffins.

The confectionery is such a hit, Frank L jokes that he should open an on-site bakery.

Vive la révolution, people!

Good luck, Frank L.

[source:timeslive]