Chiba Chiba
Chiba Chiba
New shop in town offers sweet relief through CBD product line
There’s a friendly new face in the heart of Ellicottville. Chiba Chiba is a fun shop that welcomes you with a smile to browse a spread of relieving CBD products, local crafts, chocolates, and unique ski, snowboard and Ellicottville centered gifts and apparel. Stop in and visit Jeannine - also known as J9 - and get the skinny on how Chiba Chiba’s CBD products may increase your quality of life, or find that unique keepsake for someone special.
For those new to the name, CBD (short for cannabidiol) is a compound that can be extracted from the commercial hemp plant. Over the past few decades, interest in and research of this compound has gained momentum, as it continues to show its diversity in helping people with a tremendous amount of both physical and mental discomforts - from sore muscles and anxiety to coping with and healing from more serious ailments. Chiba Chiba offers the compound in various forms including oils that can be taken directly or added to a food or drink, gummies, and salves and lotions. Although still unapproved by the FDA, I myself know many people from all walks of life who have found incredible relief from CBD products. Arthritis, digestive issues, tremors and seizures, stress, depression, PTSD … there is a long list of purported benefits that seems to continuously grow. It’s even recommended for pets! If you are looking for some relief in your life, do some research, or better yet, stop in the shop and ask the experts. They offer a sample of their relieving CBD infused lotion that can be applied to overworked (or over-skied!) muscles, or for any of those aches and pains from every day wear and tear.
Did you know? CBD is also found in cannabis. However, there has been a lot of misunderstanding behind it and its place or purpose. The CBD offered by Chiba Chiba is derived from US grown hemp (not cannabis), and is a perfect legal and non-psychoactive, non-habit forming product. The owners, Charlie and Barb Roberts, are practicing pharmacists who own the Springville and Holland Pharmacies. They discovered CBD and its benefits after searching for alternatives for some of their patients, and upon lots of research, they became believers. Enough so to invest in getting the highest quality and cleanest sourced products they could to offer their customers. Like anything you put in your body, it is important to know what these plants are grown with, what is sprayed on them, and how they are processed; the folks of Chiba Chiba wanted to make sure they were offering a potent and healthful product. Charlie chose the name of the store as a fun play on CBD’s roots and relation with the activist community, who ultimately opened the doors to this new supplement that is helping ease so many folks’ lives.
Jeannine, the welcoming face of the Ellicottville store, is a Licensed Massage Therapist and a strong proponent. Her experience using CBD came after falling into a depression following the loss of her father. “He was just one of those guys that made friends everywhere he went,” she shared. “A friendly and honest, hardworking man.” She had dropped everything in her life previous to his journey, and once he was gone it was hard to find comfort and to deal with the stress and depression that comes with losing a close loved one. Cannabidiol never was a consideration as she was not interested in cannabis and didn’t know the difference between it and the legal hemp derived products being sold today. After a caring friend recommended she just give it a shot, she found within a week her depression symptoms and the tension in her body were subsiding. Jeannine was able to continue processing grief and hold her composure in everyday life, as her stress was cut but her presence undiminished.
Filling the rest of the bright space inside the Chiba Chiba storefront is creative Ellicottville branded clothes and décor with fun and creative graphics. The printing and embroidery is all done locally in WNY. They also have chocolates from Niagara Chocolate Company, locally made shot-skis and wine racks and a great selection of antique ski memorabilia - a lot to remind someone of their favorite little town, or to find the perfect decoration for their chalet.
Chiba Chiba is located at 18 Washington Street and can also be accessed at www.chibachibacbd.com. Stop in this weekend, check out what they have to offer, and give CBD a shot! Your body and mind will be grateful you did!
