All hemped up

Just when we thought we'd locked lips with all the lattes out there, along comes hemp to hype things up. From the thrilling first sip, I knew I was in the presense of an excellent elixir from Life Alive in Lowell. As an epicurean adventure seeker, no combination is too ill-construed, too mismatched, too plain wrong to give me pause.
Made with steamed soy milk, vanilla and hemp powder, this is like sipping an oatmeal cookie. And who hasn't had that guilty pleasure? Warm and toasty, without a trace of sugary syrups found in most flavored lattes, it's the go-to pick-me-up when coffee has lost its ennui-lifting allure. Leave it to the organic alchemists in this holy emporium to come up with what Gourmet Gal considers the best new damn drink to hit the barrista bar.