JÓIA
New York · Living organic soil

The jewel
of cannabis.

Ultra-premium, award-winning flower, grown in small batches for a private community of connoisseurs.

1st & 3rd2022 NYC Organic Cannabis Cup
Living soilOrganic, regenerative
Top 10%Of every harvest
LicensedNew York microbusiness
Chapter I · Origin

Turning years of frustration into inspiration.

Our founder, a medical cannabis patient and cultivator, spent years hunting for the best flower in the world and kept finding the same problem: too few brands offering clean, consistent, high-quality cannabis in legal U.S. markets.

So he set a new standard himself. More than twenty-five years of growing led to a dedicated research and development facility. Over seventeen grow cycles there, Jóia developed its award-winning flower and a living organic soil system built to be repeated in any legal market.

Research cultivation conducted under license in Rhode Island.
Jóia's founder reaching into a flowering living-soil canopy
Super Boof box marked 1st place 2022 NYC Cup Winner beside a black Jóia jar and a cured flower
Recognized & revered 1st & 3rd

2022 NYC Organic Cannabis Cup

Our first harvest in continuous living soil beds took first and third place. First place went to Super Boof. Today Jóia is sought after by connoisseurs who notice the difference.

Crafted to perfection

From seed to soil to the final jar.

Grown organically, in living soil: no shortcuts, because the flavor starts in the ground. Our flowers grow using Korean regenerative farming techniques, for terpene richness you can taste. Every batch moves through the same nine steps.

  1. I

    Selective seed selection

    We start with the finest genetics, choosing seeds that promise robust plants and rich terpene profiles.

  2. II

    Living organic soil

    Soil enriched with beneficial microorganisms that nurtures the plant and deepens its natural flavor.

  3. III

    Korean regenerative farming

    Methods built on soil health and sustainability, so our beds stay fertile and vibrant year after year.

  4. IV

    Organic nutrients

    Natural fermentation and microbial inoculants during flowering, tuned to each strain.

  5. V

    Hand-tended care

    Experienced cultivators monitor every stage of growth and answer each plant's needs by hand.

  6. VI

    Natural pest management

    Beneficial insects and organic deterrents protect the plants without harmful pesticides.

  7. VII

    Slow, careful curing

    A patient cure that preserves the rich flavor and smoothness Jóia is known for.

  8. VIII

    Hand-trimmed

    Each flower is trimmed by hand for the highest quality and aesthetics.

  9. IX

    Lab tested

    Every batch is lab tested for potency and purity, and checked before a single jar is filled. Proof, not promises.

A Jóia cultivator checking rows of plants in the award-winning grow roomThe award-winning grow room

The top of every harvest

Only the best make the cut

The top ten percent. Nothing less.

Every harvest is graded flower by flower. Only the top 10% of every harvest makes the Jóia menu. The other 90% never earns a jar.

It is a simple rule that costs us most of every harvest, and it is why each jar tastes, looks and burns the way Jóia should.

Every harvest1 in 10 becomes Jóia
  • By eye

    Structure & frost

    Dense, well-formed flowers with intact, glistening trichomes.

  • By nose

    Terpene intensity

    Only flowers whose aroma matches the strain at its fullest.

  • By hand

    Cure & feel

    A slow cure checked by touch, so every jar is smooth and even.

For the true connoisseur

The difference, in four notes.

Pure, authentic flavor

Mouth-coating terpenes that match the flower's aroma, with bold flavor from first taste to last.

Long-lasting

Living organic soil builds resin and botanical oils for an experience that lingers.

Exquisite smoothness

A clean, smooth smoke without harshness, aftertaste or throat irritation.

Consistent excellence

In-house tastemakers hold every strain to the Jóia standard, batch after batch.

The Jóia spectrum

We ask, listen, then recommend.

We pair strains from our curated genetic library with the experience each member wants, from deep calm to bright energy. Our menu favors low to mid THC strains enriched with rare cannabinoids.

Everyone experiences cannabis differently. Our team helps you find your match.

The collection

Flower first. Then the rest.

Only the top ten percent of each harvest becomes Jóia. Available to Jóia members; you will not find Jóia on a dispensary shelf.

Open yellow Jóia jar filled with cured flower, labeled Apple Jack
Flower

The flower

Award-winning, small-batch flower from living organic soil, cured slowly and trimmed by hand.

Super BoofApple Jack[Strain]
Three yellow Jóia vape pens with boxes: Thai Tea, Apple Jack and Jilly Bean
Solventless oil

Vape pens

Pure, full-flavored oil made with gentle heat and pressure, no chemicals or additives, so it tastes like the flower itself.

Thai TeaApple JackJilly Bean
Yellow Jóia pre-roll and box labeled Jilly Bean
Pre-rolls

Pre-rolls

Our flower, rolled and ready. The same strains and standard in a single serving.

Jilly Bean[Strain]
Innovative solventless extraction

One step, nothing added.

Our patented solventless technology extracts, preserves and packages oil in a single step using gentle thermodynamics. No chemicals, no additives and no extreme temperatures, so the full spectrum of flavor survives.

Jóia's solventless extraction machine
By invitation

Jóia 100

No. [__] of 100

An invite-only membership for one hundred of New York's cultural connoisseurs. Members secure their share of each year's harvest, and help decide who is invited next.

  • First allocation of every harvest
  • Monthly delivery to your door
  • Personal strain recommendations
Request an invitation

Memberships are reviewed personally. Delivery where permitted by New York law.

Coming to Brooklyn

Seed to sale, under one roof.

Jóia holds a New York microbusiness license, so we cultivate, process and deliver our flower ourselves. Our dedicated Brooklyn facility is being built to our own standards, for complete control from seed to sale.

Opening [date].
The open interior of Jóia's future Brooklyn facility, with tall garage-door windows
Jóia films

The craft, on film.

Feature · In production
Feature film

The jewel of cannabis

The founder's story, from a medical patient's search for clean flower to the 2022 Cup.

Chapter II

Living soil

Why our beds deepen in flavor every cycle.

Chapter III

The cure

Slow curing and hand-trimming, step by step.

Chapter IV

Solventless

How we make oil with nothing added.

Testimonials

In their words.

Video testimonial
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Jóia 100 member · [Neighborhood]

"[Quote from a Jóia 100 member on tasting the same flower, harvest after harvest.]"

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"[Quote from a chef, sommelier or tastemaker on the Jóia experience.]"

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Event highlights

Nights worth remembering.

The moments that built Jóia, on film. Every event is private, by invitation and for adults 21 and older.

Highlights reel · In production

A year of Jóia

[Runtime]
2022 · New York

The Organic Cannabis Cup

First and third place with our first living-soil harvest.

[Runtime]
[Date] · Members only

Harvest release

The first look at a new harvest, with the people who grew it.

[Runtime]
[Date] · Brooklyn

Brooklyn first look

Inside the space being built for Jóia, before it opens.

[Runtime]
[Date] · Jóia 100

Founding members’ dinner

The first gathering of the Jóia 100.

[Runtime]
[Date] · Tasting

Tastemaker session

Our tastemakers on flavor, aroma and the cure.

[Runtime]
[Date] · Collaboration

Collaboration night

An evening with a partner from New York’s culture.

Short cuts

Moments, in vertical.

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Upcoming

Dates are shared with members first.

Full event films and invitations live in the members area.

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Members

The vault.

Jóia 100 members sign in for full event films, harvest notes from the grow room, early invitations and content we share nowhere else.

Members area · draft preview
Members only
Full event films

Events, uncut

Complete films of every Jóia evening.

Members only
Series

Grow room diary

Each harvest, from clone to cure.

Members only
Harvest notes

This harvest

Tasting notes and lab results for your allocation.

Members only
Invitations

What’s next

Early invitations and dates, before anyone else.

The Jóia shop

Wear the jewel.

Jóia apparel and accessories, made in small runs.

Full shop & cart →
Photo to come

Jóia Sweatshirt

$60.00

Heavyweight fleece with the Jóia bird.

Photo to come

Jóia T-Shirt

$30.00

Soft cotton tee with the bird at the chest.

Photo to come

Jóia Hat

$35.00

Structured cap with an embroidered bird.

Photo to come

Jóia Wallet

$35.00

Slim wallet with the Jóia bird.

Photo to come

Jóia Glasses

$25.00

Jóia glasses, signed with the bird.

Photo to come

Jóia Bag

$15.00

Everyday tote with the Jóia mark.

Merchandise only. Jóia flower and other cannabis products are never sold or shipped through this shop. Prices in USD. Checkout runs on our secure store at shop.thejoia.com, where shipping and tax are calculated.

Investor relations

Invest in the jewel.

Jóia International, Inc. is building a luxury cannabis brand around award-winning flower and a membership model that sells direct to connoisseurs. We share our investor materials with accredited investors on request.

Nothing on this website is an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Any offering is made only through an approved private placement memorandum, to accredited investors.
Request investor materials We reply personally to every request.
Contact

Write to us.

Membership, press, partnerships or investor relations. Or ask the concierge, bottom right.

Jóia
frank@thejoia.com
(332) 213-7393
By sending, you confirm you are 21 or older. Your details go only to the Jóia team.
Coming to 14 Franklin St, Brooklyn

The Jóia House.

A café, a licensed lounge and a rooftop over the Manhattan skyline, with Jóia Juice and fresh malasadas downstairs.

Explore the House
14 Franklin St · Brooklyn

The Jóia House.

A café by day, a licensed lounge by night and a rooftop above it all. Our Brooklyn home is coming to Franklin Street, and members will be the first through the door.

Filmed on site

Inside 14 Franklin St.

A first walk through the building we are turning into the House: tall glass garage doors, original wood floors, a steel mezzanine and windows that look toward the Manhattan skyline.

The main hallGlass garage doors and an open steel-truss ceiling.
The mezzanineOpen steel stairs over the original wood floor.
The kitchenA long counter under pendant lights, by the light-filled doors.
The windowsAfternoon sun on the floorboards, the skyline beyond the roof.
A day at the House

From first espresso to last session.

Morning

Café opens

Espresso, a bottle of Graviola and the first tray of malasadas.

Afternoon

Juice bar & counter

Pressed to order, filled malasadas and the Jóia merch wall.

Sunset

Rooftop sessions

Golden hour over Manhattan. Adults 21 and older, reserved seating.

Night

The Lounge

Flights, hand rolls and private sessions for members.

The white-boxed Jóia space at 14 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, with tall glass garage doors and an open steel-truss ceiling
The space

Fourteen Franklin Street, Greenpoint.

A white-boxed industrial building with tall glass doors and an open steel ceiling, approved for Jóia's licensed microbusiness. The café, lounge and rooftop are designed around it.

Ground floor · No cannabis served

Café Jóia.

A morning ritual on Franklin Street: coffee, fresh pressed juice, and malasadas still warm from the fryer.

The menu

Three counters, one room.

Filmed on siteThe kitchen at 14 Franklin St today.
Where it takes shape

Pendant lights, long counters.

The building already has a long kitchen counter under pendant lights, beside tall glass doors that fill the room with daylight: a natural home for the café counter.

After hours

The ID-checked shelf

An age-verified vending case for rolling papers, snacks and cold drinks, for adults 21 and older.

Upstairs

Stay for sunset

The lounge and rooftop open in the evening, for adults 21 and older, by reservation.

The rooftop →

Address: 14 Franklin St, Brooklyn, NY. Opening hours will be posted here before the doors open.

A Vitrine · The grow showroom · 21+

Watch it grow.

Sit in the lounge and look straight into our living-soil grow room through sealed glass. The plants you see become the flowers on the menu.

How it works

From the window to the jar.

  1. 01

    Look through the glass

    Sealed, secured windows keep the grow room clean and closed. You see everything; nothing gets in.

  2. 02

    Follow the cycle

    A board by the window shows what stage each room is in, from clone to cure.

  3. 03

    Taste the harvest

    After the slow cure, only the top 10% of those plants reaches the lounge menu.

Concept illustration of the Jóia showroom: a violet velvet sofa and oak shelves of Jóia kits facing two large windows into a lit grow room
The room

The best seat in the House.

Low sofas face tall grow-room windows set into a concrete wall, under a dark ceiling that lets the grow lights glow. Oak shelves hold Jóia kits, papers and glass tips. Jóia 100 members book window seats first.

Concept illustration. The final design will follow our architect's plans for 14 Franklin St.

Today in the grow room

The stage board.

The same board hangs by the window, so you can see what's coming before you visit.

  • CloneCuttings from our mother plants root in living soil. Every Jóia plant starts here.
  • VegLong days and rich soil build the frame each plant will flower on.
  • FlowerShorter days start the bloom. This is the room the sofas face.
  • HarvestPlants are cut by hand and hung whole. Members hear the date first.
  • CureThe slow cure happens off view. Then the top 10% is chosen for the jar.
Members · Grow your own strain

Pick a plant. Come back for it.

Pop seeds from Jóia's own genetics with our grower, choose your plant and watch it from your window seat, then return at harvest to taste your personal strain.

The grower's table

Living soil, explained at the glass.

Small-group sessions with our grower beside the windows: the soil, the cure, and how we choose the top 10%.

For adults 21 and older. The grow room is viewed through sealed glass; guests do not enter cultivation areas.

Open air · Licensed · 21+

The Rooftop.

Brooklyn's licensed open-air session, with the Manhattan skyline turning gold and then blue.

How it works

Four steps to the skyline.

  1. 01

    Reserve

    Request a session and party size. Jóia 100 members are confirmed first.

  2. 02

    Check in

    Every guest shows valid government ID, 21 or older, at the ground-floor host stand.

  3. 03

    Choose your flowers

    Our team walks you through the menu, from hand rolls to flights.

  4. 04

    Stay for blue hour

    Juice, malasadas and the lounge are a staircase away.

Filmed on siteLooking out over the roof from the top floor.
The view

Brooklyn rooftops, Manhattan beyond.

From the top floor at 14 Franklin St the roof opens toward the Manhattan skyline. This is where the rooftop sessions will be.

Sessions

Choose your hour.

Session times and pricing will be posted before opening. Join the list and we'll write to you first.

Join the list
  • Golden HourThe sun drops behind Manhattan. Our most requested seats.
  • Night SessionCity lights, slower music and the lounge menu.
  • Private BuyoutThe whole roof for birthdays, brand nights and investor evenings.

House rules

Short, and kept for everyone.

21 or older with valid ID, every guest, every visit.

Consumption only inside the marked rooftop area.

Please don't drive. We'll call your ride from the host stand.

Members' salon · Licensed · 21+

The Lounge.

A SoHo club meets living soil. Flowers from the top 10% of our harvest, poured like a wine list.

The sommelier menu

Three jewels, scored like wine.

Every lot is grown in living organic soil, lab tested, and given a point score by our team before it reaches the menu.

Premium

The house pour

Our everyday connoisseur lots.

Ultra premium

House genetics

Strains you won't find at any other dispensary.

Ultra-exotic · Members

Small-lot exclusives

Released in private sessions and auctions.

Service

White glove, start to finish.

Hand-roll concierge

Living-soil hand rolls, rolled to order at your table.

Flower flights

Side-by-side tastings across the menu, guided by our team.

Connoisseur Kit

Jóia papers, glass tips, grinder, tray and the Jóia lighter.

Rolling classes

Small-group hand-roll lessons with our team.

The Jóia space at 14 Franklin Street before the lounge build-out
Private sessions

Taste the next harvest first.

Small invitation-only evenings to see and smell the next drop, plus private auctions for the rarest lots. Jóia 100 members are invited first.

Request an invitation
Fresh pressed · Brooklyn · No cannabis

Jóia Juice.

Caribbean fruit, pressed the same day. Nothing added that didn't grow on a tree.

Where the fruit comes from

From Nostrand Avenue to Franklin Street.

Our first batches are pressed from fruit we buy at LABAY Market, the Caribbean-owned grocer on Nostrand Avenue in Little Caribbean, Flatbush.

That means soursop when it's in, fresh coconuts, Grenada nutmeg and whatever rare seasonal fruit arrives that week.

Ripe mango being sliced on a cutting board
The launch menu

Five bottles to start.

  • GraviolaSoursop, lime and Grenada nutmeg. Graviola is Portuguese for soursop: creamy, tart and floral.
  • Manga OuroMango and soursop. Our golden pour, bright rather than heavy.
  • Água de CocoYoung coconut water, cracked and poured the same morning.
  • MelanciaWatermelon, soursop and mint.
  • IlhaThe rare fruit of the week, pressed in a small batch until it runs out.
Pop-ups

Juice and malasadas, at a market near you.

We're bringing Jóia Juice and fresh malasadas to indoor market tables in Chelsea and Tribeca, and to pop-ups across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island. Dates are posted here and on Instagram.

Host us or stock us
  • ChelseaIndoor market table
  • TribecaIndoor market table
  • BrooklynPop-ups
  • Long IslandPop-ups

Jóia Juice contains no cannabis.

Portuguese roots · Hawaiian soul · No cannabis

Malasadas.

Golden outside, soft inside, rolled in sugar the minute they leave the oil.

Why malasadas at Jóia

A Portuguese jewel, by way of the islands.

Malasadas came to Hawaiʻi with Portuguese families from Madeira and the Azores in the late 1800s, and the islands made them their own. Jóia means jewel in Portuguese, so they belong on our counter.

We make them the island way: enriched dough, fried to order, sugared warm, some filled to the edge.

Hands kneading soft dough on a floured wooden board
Rolled in sugar
  • OriginalPlain sugar, while warm.
  • CinnamonCinnamon sugar.
  • Li hingSalty-sweet dried plum, the island favorite.
  • Nutmeg sugarWith Grenada nutmeg from the juice bar.
Filled
  • HaupiaCoconut pudding, light and cool.
  • GuavaPink guava cream.
  • CustardVanilla custard.
  • ChocolateDark chocolate pudding.
  • Soursop creamOur own, made with soursop from the juice bar.
Half dozen

Six, mix and match

Any coating or filling.

The Jóia box

A dozen and two juices

Pair any two bottles of Jóia Juice.

Events

Fried fresh at your event

Book the malasada cart for your evening or market.

Get in touch →

Malasadas contain no cannabis. They contain wheat, eggs and dairy; ask our team about allergens.

By invitation

Join the Jóia 100.

One hundred places for New York’s connoisseurs, with first allocation of every harvest.

Request an invitation
Accessibility

Jóia, for everyone.

We want every visitor to be able to read, watch and get in touch with Jóia, whatever device or assistive technology they use.

Our standard

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. We test the site with automated checks and a keyboard alone, on desktop and phone, and we review it whenever pages change.

What the site offers

  • A Display menu (the Aa button at the top of every page) for larger text, high contrast, paused motion, a plain readable font and underlined links. Your choices are saved on this device.
  • A “Skip to content” link, a visible keyboard focus outline and menus, forms and the concierge that work with a keyboard.
  • Text descriptions for meaningful images, labeled form fields and one main heading per page.
  • Motion and video stay still when your device is set to reduce motion.

Known limits

  • Event films are being produced. Each will carry captions when it is published.
  • Checkout runs on our separate store at shop.thejoia.com, which is run on another platform. Tell us if anything there gets in your way and we will help you order directly.

Tell us

If any part of this site is hard to use, email frank@thejoia.com or call (332) 213-7393. Tell us the page and what happened, and we will reply within two business days and offer the information in another format if you need it.

Last reviewed November 2026.

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