Potli is an Asian American - founded company making CBD honey In San Francisco. Growing up in a Chinese household, the founder Felicity Chen's family often turns to Eastern medicine to treat ailments. She and her college roommate came up with the idea for the Feel Good honey - Potli’s first product - when she moved back home from college in 2015 and noticed that her mother, who has asthma, had been experiencing terrible coughing spells due to her allergies. Chen’s father had begun beekeeping to produce hyper-local wildflower honey he hoped would help her mother. That’s when Chen had her light bulb moment: “I knew with all the inflammation that was going on in her lungs, CBD would absolutely help and also calm her down,” she says.

If Chen was able to convince her conservative Chinese mother to try anything cannabis-related, her honey must be that good.