Well, I bought a pound each, taking advantage of the generous coupon offer. Very glad I did. Both are outstanding. The lawena in particular stands out at every level and with taveuni’s lawena no longer available, to my knowledge this would be the best lawena I can find to buy at the moment. The waka is also excellent. Both strong and delicious and reminded me of what it was like when I was first connecting with kava, that same excitement of first falling in love.
Neither stands out particularly for the pounded quality. Rather, they seem like very well cleaned dried and processed kava, with a good mix of fine fluff and larger particles, like you find with GHK Kava’s or Kava Time or anything from Forney’s factory. That level of excellence, and that can only be a good thing. On the other hand, the freshness factor is through the roof, like with kava time. This really is kava.
Can’t emphasize enough how good they taste. I would call both nighttime kavas, and also special occasion/honored guest kavas. Good for when you need to feel spoiled.
I especially love the lawena. Excellent taste and probably the strongest lawena I ever had.