Noble Kava question.

[CyrusVirus]

Could someone explain what qualities make a "noble kava"? I just recently purchased nambawan from BKH and i have been blown by the buzz i got after just one shell, is nambawan kava considered a noble kava? Why? Thanks for any help.

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

nambawan is made of 3 good noble kava's mixed together.
noble kava have an effect and chemical profile that is generally considered safe for daily drinking.

 

[CyrusVirus]

Thanks for the reply!

 

[infraredz]

Yeah, Nambawan is very potent but that's not mutually exclusive with noble kava. Noble kava is a term originating in Vanuautu which refers to kava that is suitable and safe for everyday consumption. It usually has a certain chemotype (or at least, a few general assumptions such as it not being incredibly high in the double bonded lactones, DHK/DMK) and low, safe levels of flavokavains.

It is going to be important soon (hopefully!!!) that some of the "newbie info" should be about this, and I think that at the moment, this is a perfect read since it's what is being developed to define these such things:
http://www.kavaforums.com/forum/attachments/codex-madang-na12_kava_draft-pdf.64/