I've been thinking about this all day, waiting for the time when I'd be having that cup of stem tea. I had that cup at 5 this evening, so it's been half an hour since I finished it.
Atulip is right, THC isn't water solvable, so what's going on here? Because there's no denying that I'm feeling the effects of the THC when I drink the tea. Then, as I was absentlymindedly preparing the evening drink, I realized what I was doing with the tea ball, vigorously dunking it up and down, for about a minute total time.
If your brain took the path mine did you envisioned all those trichomes breaking free and falling into the liquid, which I promptly guzzled right down. That may be the explaination. Any thoughts on the matter?
This isn't as intense a buzz as the brownies, obviously, but there's definately a zip factor, with that slightly edgy sativa effect some people find disconcerting and SweetSue absolutely loves.
I've also noticed a consistent relaxing, almost sleep-inducing effect that's hit about 40 minutes in with each cup I've had. Something to keep in mind. And before you go there - I just don't sleep, so it gives me that moment of "gee, sleep sounds tempting" and then my brain wakes right up like a small child fighting the nap.
Right now, I'm majorly buzzed, and my brownie dose was somewhere around 10 AM, so we know it's not entirely due to that. I have to assume the tea contributed to this. There's no other explaination.