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We press hemp seed on Lower Main Road and sell what comes off the press

A press, a counter and a Wednesday delivery run. Oil, seed, tea, soap and cloth, all of it grown under permit in the Eastern Cape.

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What Tinktuur actually is

Tinktuur is a small hemp press with a shop counter in front of it. The seed comes in by road from three permitted growers in the Eastern Cape, gets cleaned and hulled here, and whatever we do not sell whole goes under the press for oil. The cloth is woven elsewhere — we are not weavers — but it is South African hemp fibre and we know the mill. The CBD side of the counter is the part everybody asks about first. We stock low-dose drops from two licensed local makers, we keep the certificates of analysis in a folder on the counter, and you are welcome to read them before you buy anything. What we will not do is tell you what it will fix. Nobody here is a pharmacist, the law is clear about the claims a shop may make, and we would rather you left with the right thing than with a story.

Four things one plant turns into

Stalk — the fibre that becomes cloth
Stalk — the fibre that becomes cloth
Seed — hulled, or pressed for oil
Seed — hulled, or pressed for oil
Oil — cold-pressed into amber glass
Oil — cold-pressed into amber glass
Leaf — dried and cut for the pot
Leaf — dried and cut for the pot
“Onto everything.” — Thabo, Salt River
“Onto everything.” — Thabo, Salt River
“Knees, after Sundays.” — Lee, Mowbray
“Knees, after Sundays.” — Lee, Mowbray
“Tea, never coffee now.” — Zanele, Obs
“Tea, never coffee now.” — Zanele, Obs
“My hands, sorted.” — Piet, Woodstock
“My hands, sorted.” — Piet, Woodstock

Where the counter is, and who is behind it

The shop is at 118 Lower Main Road in Observatory, between the bike shop and the laundry, and it is open Tuesday to Saturday from nine until five. Nandi Fourie runs it. She spent eleven years in food manufacturing in Epping before this, which is why the press room has a proper hand-wash basin and a batch book, and why every bottle carries a pressing date rather than a vague best-before. There is no consulting room, no white coats and no wellness talk. You come in, you smell the oil, you taste the tea if the kettle has been on, and you buy something or you do not. Deliveries go out on Wednesdays across the southern suburbs and by courier everywhere else in the country, and if you live close enough to walk it we will simply keep your order behind the counter.

The press runs on Tuesdays and the fresh oil is on the shelf by Thursday

We press to order rather than to stock, so what reaches you is weeks old and not months old. Order by Monday night and your bottle comes off that week’s run.

Order off this week’s press

On the counter, and what it costs

Cold-pressed hemp seed oil, 250 mlOilsCold-pressed hemp seed oil, 250 mlR185.00Add to cart
Hemp seed oil balm, 60 ml tinBalmsHemp seed oil balm, 60 ml tinR145.00Add to cart
Dried hemp leaf tea, 80 gTeaDried hemp leaf tea, 80 gR95.00Add to cart
Hulled hemp seed hearts, 500 gPantryHulled hemp seed hearts, 500 gR210.00Add to cart
Hemp seed oil soap, three barsBathHemp seed oil soap, three barsR120.00Add to cart
Undyed hemp face cloths, pairClothUndyed hemp face cloths, pairR160.00Add to cart

Ask us anything before you buy

Questions about a batch, a delivery, or whether something suits you — Nandi answers these herself, usually the same day and always before she opens the shop.