I don't consider that harsh. It's pointed, however. It's written from a place of concern in an attempt to "set the record straight" and make a very important distinction between the broad category of "kava" as piper methysticum and "kava" as the traditional beverage with all the good benefits, which is a pretty small subset. And a subset that's been painstakingly groomed for thousands of years by the people who know the plant the best to be the drink that anyone looking for "kava" ACTUALLY WANTS, though they don't know it yet because there's no regulation.
Flooding the market with so-so products that are all piper methysticum does a huge disservice to the centuries of efforts of millions of polynesian farmers when representing what the root actually is and what it can do. I think this is really great stuff, and I applaud your carrying of the banner on this. I want to see mainstream media pick this up at some point. I think it will, eventually, if nakamals continue to spread and kava enthusiasts have access to the REAL information about what they're drinking.
EDIT: I think if tudei got linked to gluten, we'd have something newsorthy. :-D
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