Bradley666
Kava Enthusiast
Alright guys,so trying to stay as traditional as possible while enjoying kava...everyone wants a coconut cup or shell...
I see them for sale at various places online,all different sizes and shapes ect,I originaly ordered mind from ebay,got 2 for 12bucks or so...
Well when I got them they are tiny! The ones I got are nothing like the ones I see everyone else use,they could prolly hold 1-2oz max!
Looks like the good ones hold around 4-6oz...
So instead of wasting more money on more coconut shells,and have to pay way to much for shipping them,I decided to look into making them,read few pages about it from google,also watch few videos on youtube,looks fairly straight forward
So last night while at the grocery store I checked out the coconuts,there cheap,$1.50 apiece...so I got one,a large one,that when cut in half should hold plenty of kava
So I cut it in half,proceeded to scrape out the coconut meat and relized that instead of spending an hour scraping out the coconut flesh,I figured out that u can simply slide a knife in between the outside shell,and the back of the coconut flesh,when u slide knife in and pull back,it breaks off perfectly,so I was able to have a perfectly cleaned out coconut shell in 10mins!
Now Im going to spend a little while with different sand papers and clean out and smooth out the inside and outside,and clean up with rim of the cup as well...already looks great but I will post pics when its all finished
What does everyone else do to drink kava? do u use a regular glass or do most of you prefer to drink out of coconut shells?
Also,to anyone that makes there own cups/shells....do u have any helpful hints or tricks to it?
I kinda might wana try a light stain on the outside,not sure but heard your sopose to use a safe kind for use with food?
I see them for sale at various places online,all different sizes and shapes ect,I originaly ordered mind from ebay,got 2 for 12bucks or so...
Well when I got them they are tiny! The ones I got are nothing like the ones I see everyone else use,they could prolly hold 1-2oz max!
Looks like the good ones hold around 4-6oz...
So instead of wasting more money on more coconut shells,and have to pay way to much for shipping them,I decided to look into making them,read few pages about it from google,also watch few videos on youtube,looks fairly straight forward
So last night while at the grocery store I checked out the coconuts,there cheap,$1.50 apiece...so I got one,a large one,that when cut in half should hold plenty of kava
So I cut it in half,proceeded to scrape out the coconut meat and relized that instead of spending an hour scraping out the coconut flesh,I figured out that u can simply slide a knife in between the outside shell,and the back of the coconut flesh,when u slide knife in and pull back,it breaks off perfectly,so I was able to have a perfectly cleaned out coconut shell in 10mins!
Now Im going to spend a little while with different sand papers and clean out and smooth out the inside and outside,and clean up with rim of the cup as well...already looks great but I will post pics when its all finished
What does everyone else do to drink kava? do u use a regular glass or do most of you prefer to drink out of coconut shells?
Also,to anyone that makes there own cups/shells....do u have any helpful hints or tricks to it?
I kinda might wana try a light stain on the outside,not sure but heard your sopose to use a safe kind for use with food?