There has been some hype about coca tea in Italy. A news story broke out in December 2015 about “cocaine tea being available in Italian shops”.
Let’s take a look at this coca tea story in the Italian media.
Cocaine in Italy?
Apparently, various shops, restaurants and coffee shops were selling “cocaine tea” aka coca tea for many years in Italy. The funniest part is that they did not even apparently know this.
Italian authorities and media were told that a bus driver tested positive for cocaine, an illicit drug after a random drug test at work.
The bus driver, had a 10-year clean driving at the Genovese transport company where he was employed at the time, was shocked by the test results and vehemently denied any drug-taking when he complained to the company’s doctor.
When further questioned about taking cocaine, the bus driver mentioned that he had drank a cup of “delisse coca tea”. Coca tea in Italy is a herbal tea that comes from Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. The man said he purchased it from a food shop in central Genoa in Italy.
The driver actually mentioned that he enjoyed the brew as it made him feel more alert at the wheel while driving.
The Coca Test
To see if this was all true, the company’s doctor asked Roberto (the driver) to bring in some coca tea bags, as he wanted to dry the coca tea drink himself. A full analysis I should say…
The next day, the doctor tested positive for the drug cocaine. This was a false positive test because he consumed coca tea. The same doctor contacted the Italian food authorities, and an investigation into coca tea in Italy was launched.
Here the article states the following: “Tests of the Delisse coca tea bags showed that this tea’s main ingredients were “cocaine leaves” and they had small amounts of the active ingredient of the illicit drug, cocaine hydrochloride.”
As ridiculous as this sounds, this was an actual Italian article on coca tea bags aka “cocaine tea”.
Authorities Stumped
The article goes on to claim that no suspicious activity was detected by the shop, it was in fact legitimately buying the herbal coca tea bags from a Peruvian wholesaler located in Milan for many years.
This case has surprised Italian Customs for being undetected at the border for many years.
As funny as this story sounds, this was in fact a true event.
As you can see, coca tea bags were available for sale in Italy for many years without any people suffering side effects or complaining to the police.
Coca tea is a natural substance that is actually very healthy for human consumption. It has been drunk as tea and chewed by the ancient people or Peru and Bolivia for over 3000 years. Even to this day, you will find coca leaves for sale across many shops and markets in Peru and Bolivia.
The Official Online Coca Tea Shop
The great news is that you too can buy coca tea safely, securely and privately from our online store here at Coca Tea Express.
Your parcel will go right past the Italian customs without any risk or suspicion.
We have been importing coca tea into Europe for over 4 years with great success.
Many of our coca tea loving customers are based in United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain and Portugal.
Visit our online coca tea shop today!
To your health and success,
Alex
