Jason Holyoke starts the process of coating espresso beans with cannabis-infused chocolate in a panning machine at the Kiva Confections factory in Oakland.
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A Kiva worker prepare freshly molded cannabis-infused chocolate bars for packaging.
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A Kiva worker weighs a tin of cannabis-infused chocolate-covered blueberries.
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Espresso beans are slowly churned in a panning machine at the Kiva factory. Kiva covers the beans in cannabis-infused chocolate.
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Aaron Butterfield checks the coating on chocolate-covered blueberries. One chocolate-covered blueberry has 5 mg of THC, considered a “starter dose” for an inexperienced user.
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Cannabis-infused chocolate drips in a tempering machine at the Kiva factory.
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Kiva Confections officials say the company’s packaging and labels are deliberately designed not to appeal to children.
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A worker prepares Kiva’s cannabis-infused chocolate bars, marked with a signature marijuana leaf, for packaging.
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