Abstract: A whole coffee bean manufactured by the process of providing roasted coffee beans including a surface and naturally occurring lipids, mixing a cannabinoid solution including lipophilic cannabinoids and a polar solvent having at least 90% ethanol by volume to yield an ethanol solution, applying the ethanol solution to the roasted coffee beans, evaporating the polar solvent from the beans to enable lipophilic attraction between the naturally occurring oils in the coffee beans and the cannabinoids. The ethanol and the cannabinoids cooperate to inhibit pathogenic microbial growth by sterilizing the surface of the coffee bean, whereby the coffee bean is imparted an improved shelf life exceeding the shelf life of control by at least 10%.

Abstract: A whole coffee bean manufactured by the process of providing roasted coffee beans including a surface and naturally occurring lipids, mixing a cannabinoid solution including lipophilic cannabinoids and a polar solvent having at least 90% ethanol by volume to yield an ethanol solution, applying the ethanol solution to the roasted coffee beans, evaporating the polar solvent from the beans to enable lipophilic attraction between the naturally occurring oils in the coffee beans and the cannabinoids. The ethanol and the cannabinoids cooperate to inhibit pathogenic microbial growth by sterilizing the surface of the coffee bean, whereby the coffee bean is imparted an improved shelf life exceeding the shelf life of control by at least 10%.