$20 Lbs of Noble Kava!!!

[tribal1209]

Ellos pueden plantar opium al lado del Kava? No me importa en realidad, yo soy un gordo Americano que vive en lujo! Ya crezcan me Kava chatarra ahora!

 

[Jerome]

Pinche gringo! Jajaja

 

[Edward]

Dios mio, que hijo de puta!

 

[Travis]

Buying larger wholesale quantities gets you closer to a reasonable price per pound. Also, if you can buy locally from Indo-Fijians, Samoans or Tongans, like I often do (in California), they're always cheaper than most online vendors. This year, however, even my local sources have bumped their prices a bit for the first time in several years. I can still get a pound of strong waka for $32 (prev. $27), average waka for $28 (prev. $20)...my Tongan source will usually stuff a ziploc sandwich bag for 15$ (probably half-pound?) and my Samoan source also raised the price of his little 1/4 pound bags...since he noticed an uptick in sales.

I don't think kava supply is really an issue when I read this, but rather, there might be short supply of the available kava plants that are actually being processed for export. In other words, there are plenty of kava plants in the world, perhaps more on Pentecost than anywhere else, and there could be plenty more plants planted but if the vast majority of them stay planted or only get used for local use, we'll never see the benefit of them saturating the market.

Depending on how many islanders have taken notice of the current international kava resurgence and have decided to try and make some money off it, there's a chance that in 3-7 yrs we might see a more flooded and competitive market that results in somewhat cheaper prices.

I wish I had a few local kava dealers....
One more reason to move to Cali

 

[tribal1209]

I wish I had a few local kava dealers....
One more reason to move to Cali

Don't...the money you are gonna spend simply trying to survive while having to share a living space with strangers is gonna offset any money you save on kava

 

[Groggy]

What if we all go on strike and refuse to buy another pound until it's $20

I will keep buying kava...Good luck with that..

 

[tribal1209]

I will keep buying kava...Good luck with that..

Damon right you will. Hell we all need to support our local Mexican Tudei grower if we are gonna solve this problem!

 

[Groggy]

Damon right you will. Hell we all need to support our local Mexican Tudei grower if we are gonna solve this problem!

¿Estás loco o simplemente actuar como un idiota?

 

[tribal1209]

¿Estás loco o simplemente actuar como un idiota?

Soy solo un hombre...un hombre que quiere in buen precio

 

[Jerome]

Soy solo un hombre...un hombre que quiere in buen precio

tal vez you could try to grow it yourself?

 

[tribal1209]

I'm the deserts of SoCal....it would be tough

 

[CactusKava]

Well, the fact that I can get absolutely grogged out of my skull with 3 TBS of kava....the premium isn't that bad considering the convenience. But what about the poor guy who needs 1/2 a cup? For heavens sake, his kava habit is now costing him as much as heroin (not factoring the destruction to ones life, mind, and body with heroin)

I guess what I'm asking, Cactus Man is.....how do you sleep at night?

I literally haven't ever paid myself since starting Cactus Kava, so I sleep at night knowing I'm providing great kava at a price that's as low as I can go without going in the red. Unfortunately, noble, quality wholesale kava prices are right around what you want to pay retail. You've got to think about the upstream effects that $20/lb will have on the farmers that produce this root after 3-5 years of waiting for their investment to grow big enough to harvest. It's a much more complicated scenario than most are willing to actually look into.

Cheers,
Morgan

 

[avahZ]

I still say Puerto Rico with its crashed (lot of land) economy would be ideal to the growth of Kava. Infact the ag industry in general is making a come back there.

I knew the prices were heading sky ward a few years back. Mother Nature and human desire for more made a perfect storm. These prices will beat back new users and those that are left (the normal users), will see a small pull back. This current situation will cause the resurgence of the two day demand for the uniformed market...

 

[Gourmet Hawaiian Kava]

I still say Puerto Rico with its crashed (lot of land) economy would be ideal to the growth of Kava. Infact the ag industry in general is making a come back there.

I knew the prices were heading sky ward a few years back. Mother Nature and human desire for more made a perfect storm. These prices will beat back new users and those that are left (the normal users), will see a small pull back. This current situation will cause the resurgence of the two day demand for the uniformed market...

I know that some people tried to grow kava in Puerto Rico and it did not work. Might I suggest getting some land here in Hawaii and growing some Hawaiian kava, you will always have a good supply of kava.
Aloha.

Chris

 

[avahZ]

I know that some people tried to grow kava in Puerto Rico and it did not work. Might I suggest getting some land here in Hawaii and growing some Hawaiian kava, you will always have a good supply of kava.
Aloha.

Chris

Humm it's got to be them earth booming mountains and that black dirt they make

 

[Kavafied]

I know that some people tried to grow kava in Puerto Rico and it did not work. Might I suggest getting some land here in Hawaii and growing some Hawaiian kava, you will always have a good supply of kava.
Aloha.

Chris

After drinking your Kava tonight I might have to convince my family up in Volcano, HI to grow some for my personal stash. The ground is super porous on their lot being that close to Kilauea, hope that won't affect it too much.