Milk made from hemp seeds is the latest type of milk to hit the market.
“It tastes really good and it feels nourishing and hydrating, even if you’re having it with a coffee,” said Dan Strelan.
He and Fabian Rohne launched their Hempy Mylk business in May and visit markets in the Blue Mountains.
The milk has a slight nutty flavour and can be enjoyed by itself, in smoothies or in a coffee. The duo also make iced coffee and iced chai.
Hemp seeds grown in Tasmania and the Northern Rivers of NSW are pulverised, blended with Blue Mountains spring water and strained through cloth to remove the solid residue.
Often people are scared to try hemp milk, perhaps thinking they will get high.
But hemp seeds have extremely low levels of the mind-altering chemical tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) found in marijuana.
“[With hemp milk] You feel really good but you don’t get high,” Mr Strelan said.
Hemp food products were approved for human consumption in April 2017, with the change in laws taking effect late last year.
It took 15 years for the product to be approved as state and federal government ministers had feared it would affect roadside drug testing.
Hempy Mylk will be at the Summertide Makers Markets at Lyttleton Stores, Lawson on December 9, 11am-4pm.
