I recently got a shipment @35/lb . It’s fine. Nothing to write home about but fine. Certainly ok for therapeutic purposes, maybe not what you drink straight purely for pleasure. For that I mix it with Kava Tonga from Tikaram’s, also cheap, and that makes a fine blend for therapeutic or pleasure. Their market is islanders in the US, rather than us but they are happy to sell to anyone and treat all customers the same. I’ve bought many lbs from them over the last two years. (A pound lasts us about 5 days, we enjoy a lot of kava)