I've had all the Tikaram stuff several times...for the price, it's good filler kava...good to mix with something better, to stretch it out or slightly change the effects. The Tongan is obviously the lightest and least effective, for me anyway. The Vanuatu and Fiji stuff is a little better, similar to the most popular Amazon kava,
Wakacon. No extremes in the effects profile and just
barely strong enough to satisfy the ritual, while still being unsatisfying if you were hoping for real and obvious effects. Or for a completely unnecessary Heroin analogy, If good, strong, high quality kava was like Heroin, then Tikaram and Wakacon are like the Methadone or Suboxone of the kava world.