BourbonMac
I like herbs
So I'd packed like 10g of medium Lewena and 11g of micronized, something I've done before, into my AluBall, which I've used at least a hundred times, and it just simply didn't strain at all. It came out as kava flavored water. This happened to me only when I've used 2 balls before, but never just 1.
The water was a bit warmer than usual but I've had it at this temp all the time, it wasn't hot really, so unless it being warmer is why this happened then I'm clueless, it was a total waste of kava. Used about 300mL of water like I always do, and when I saw there was no real color I knew something was wrong. And yeah, something was. I think if the AluBall isn't fully dry this has happened to me before, but I don't know, it's going into water anyway and before I had 2, I'd just clean out the 1 and even if it was still a bit damp it worked just fine.
So I'm really confused as to why this happened. It's also weird how I used to use 2 balls last year in 3-400mL of water and it'd work fine, but now, say I put 400mL of water in, it'll suddenly be 250mL when I'm done straining, so the balls absorbed some of the water which I don't really understand. It's every time I've tried 2 balls, but last year I did that for months and it never happened, they're brand new too.
And yeah I'm sure this might get moved somewhere, but I would really appreciate some kind of answer as to why this happened and fear if it gets moved somewhere else then no one will see it. I tried asking on Reddit last night and it just got ignored completely. I don't want to make the same mistake again whatever it may be
The water was a bit warmer than usual but I've had it at this temp all the time, it wasn't hot really, so unless it being warmer is why this happened then I'm clueless, it was a total waste of kava. Used about 300mL of water like I always do, and when I saw there was no real color I knew something was wrong. And yeah, something was. I think if the AluBall isn't fully dry this has happened to me before, but I don't know, it's going into water anyway and before I had 2, I'd just clean out the 1 and even if it was still a bit damp it worked just fine.
So I'm really confused as to why this happened. It's also weird how I used to use 2 balls last year in 3-400mL of water and it'd work fine, but now, say I put 400mL of water in, it'll suddenly be 250mL when I'm done straining, so the balls absorbed some of the water which I don't really understand. It's every time I've tried 2 balls, but last year I did that for months and it never happened, they're brand new too.
And yeah I'm sure this might get moved somewhere, but I would really appreciate some kind of answer as to why this happened and fear if it gets moved somewhere else then no one will see it. I tried asking on Reddit last night and it just got ignored completely. I don't want to make the same mistake again whatever it may be