We have sommeliers for wine – why not concierges for cannabis at retail shops?

There are nearly 800 strains of cannabis available on the legal market, with more being cultivated all the time.

Cannabis is primed for a similar approach, but not nearly enough dispensaries are staffed with the sort of experts to provide it.

For new cannabis consumers, purchasing product can be a daunting experience.

Well-intentioned budtenders do their best to guide the shopping experience, but their advice is almost exclusively based on subjective experience and often delivered while simply trying to make a sale and keep the line moving.

A cannabis concierge isn’t trying to make a sale; they’re trying to educate.

More than 100 terpenes have been isolated in the cannabis plant, and researchers are still investigating the unique effects of each.

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