Right now, we don’t’ see much of a connection between cannabis and coffee, but there is some suggestions which state that putting these two together can make a unique experience, different from what you get when you use them in an individual sense. 

You can take them at the same time, such as smoking as well while consuming coffee, but there is no solid evidence for this. However, mixing the pills that contain caffeine may be much different from mixing cannabis with coffee and teas directly, and it’s important to look at some of the other compounds. 

L-theanine may be good for those who are jittery to caffeine, and it’s found in tea, and that can combat the effects that happen with coffee. It also may help with reducing the memory and cognitive issues commonly associated with THC in most cases. 

Coffee as well also contains trigonelline which is basically a neuroprotective and anti-migraine and anti-tumor compound, and it may be good to mix with cannabis, as it can enhance this. 

What caffeine is 

Caffeine is a stimulant that’s psychoactive, and it’s in a lot of drinks.  It is also delivered in supplements, chocolate, and even some other plants. This stimulates your CNS, helping people feel more awake and alert, simply doing so through the binding of the receptors, preventing adenosine uptake, which is basically the chemical that makes you sleepy, and something that does naturally build throughout the day. 

Caffeine also does increase the levels of adrenaline in the body, boosting both dopamine and norepinephrine levels as well, helping you feel happy, focused, and alert. It does hit the system quite fast, about 20 minutes or so. It can help with memory concentration, reducing neurological disorders and risk for Alzheimer’s as well. It’s also naturally neuroprotective, and it is also from the chlorogenic acid that’s found in this, a natural antioxidant as well. 

Mixing cannabis with Caffeine 

Right now, there isn’t much research on whether or not that’s good or bad. Some evidence says that if you mix this together, it can affect the adenosine as well, since the cannabis is working directly with the endocannabinoid system as well. 

It also may improve how cognitively impaired the cannabis may make you feel, so you can get the benefits without feeling as high as well. The CBD inside cannabis may also be good as well, and it can impact the different depressive elements as well that come from some of the strains that are there. It also may not increase how much stimulant you’re getting either. 

There was a study that was done in 2011 that looked at how monkeys behave when they have cannabis, usually a small one milligram dose of this. It wsa found that though the monkeys didn’t have a ton of limiting to marijuana, they were consuming a bit less cannabis as well. 

There was another study that was done in 2017 that also did discover the caffeine along with the cannabis that wsa in there, increasing the levels of dopamine in there, and this is all through different mechanism. The authors decided, when they were taken together, caffeine and cannabis could create happiness and euphoria. 

It can also help with the shakiness that you experience as well. Some people noticed that the locomotion sensitivity that they had when they normally drank coffee was mitigated through the use of the CBD in cannabis. 

So yes, it can be something to consider, and it’s something that may be good to use, just note that there aren’t too many studies that validate these effects yet.