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rayken

rayken

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i placed an order of micro borogu yesterday from amazon and it arrived today. theres just one tiny problem. i have no idea what kava cultivar i have. as i said i ordered borogu, but the bottle i received is labeled as pouni ono. so naturally i would think amazon messed up and sent me the wrong kava, but to make matters confusing the sticker placed on the bottle (not the label) reads micro borogu. i have no idea what i have. i hope its the borogu i wasnt a huge fane of the pouni ono.
 
rayken

rayken

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update... i peeled off the sticker that said micro borogu and there was a sticker underneath it that reads micro pouni ono... what the heck man
 
sɥɐʞɐs

sɥɐʞɐs

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smell it/taste it ... if it's a more pungent and peppery scent it's borogu...if it's more earthy and maybe slightly creamy is pouni ono.
 
rayken

rayken

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im not sure that would help becasue it literally has two numbered stickers. the top one is borogu and then when i peeled that off there was a pouini ono one under it
 
sɥɐʞɐs

sɥɐʞɐs

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it doesn't need any stickers for the sniff test.
borogu from vanuatu and pouni from tongan have distinct scents that will be a dead give away.

do you have any other kavas around ?
 
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rayken said:
im not sure that would help becasue it literally has two numbered stickers. the top one is borogu and then when i peeled that off there was a pouini ono one under it
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Picture of the actual product you would put into water. Borogu is darker than Ono. Also as Shakas said a sniff/taste test works too.
 
rayken

rayken

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honestly ive never been able to distinguish kava by smell or taste, i consider all kava nasty lol. i do however consider this a darker powder. i dont have any other kava on hand right now but if i were to compare it to moi or nene in color i would def say moi. so perhaps it is borogu
 
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rayken said:
honestly ive never been able to distinguish kava by smell or taste, i consider all kava nasty lol. i do however consider this a darker powder. i dont have any other kava on hand right now but if i were to compare it to moi or nene in color i would def say moi. so perhaps it is borogu
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If you posted a picture of it I could tell you. I have never had moi.
If it's pretty dark like more brown than white than it is probably borogu.
 
Kavashua

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I recieved Loa waka one time from an Amazon order. My original order was for borogu and thats what the bag said but the label on the back said it was fiji loa. Once I tryed it there was no mistaking that it was the fijian kava. I suspected it was differant before I even noticed the label because of the differance in the type of grind. Borogu is usually pretty coarse from KWK
 
I don't know

I don't know

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Are these just mistakes by KWK or is Amazon selling weird kava under KWK? I don't mind a mistake, but I have bought KWK's kava from Amazon and want to make sure it's legit.
 
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