The Grossest Kava I've Tasted Is...

[Ed!]

For me, Vanuatu 3 was the worst tasting kava I have tried.

Chief's Jungle is also pretty repugnant when used as a mixer, oddly. Stand-alone it's not half bad, nice peppery aroma, but for some reason the instant you combine it with another kava it becomes disgusting.

 

[kavadude]

Stone. Stone stone stone stone stone. I would say about 3 out of the 6 or so times I've thrown up kava were with Stone.

 

[Ed!]

Hah, that's my wife's favorite tasting kava. She's weird.

 

[KavaKrunked]

Hands down, that Kona crap. And not on an absolute scale. I tend to rank kavas based upon the relationship between taste and effect. I can handle a revolting kava if it is going to get the job done, and well. Even though Kona is somewhat mild in flavor, it would take a gallon to do anything.

-1 - Kona

 

[infraredz]

Stone. Just remembering the taste makes me wanna puke

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

I remember Stone was pretty rough...but I also grew to consider it to be the taste of a strong effective kava, thereby learning to love it's horrificness. I think I'd say this heavy fiji waka I've been on lately is even worse, possibly only because it provides me with less happiness than Stone. But that's all over with tonight, as I try my 1st batch of MeloMelo.

The strangest flavor I've had is Mahakea. Can't remember from where, or how it tasted when I first got it....but when I came back to it years later, it brewed up a weird amber/brown color and had an indescribable flavor that was only vaguely reminiscent of 'typical' kava.

 

[kaba]

MeloMelo. I bought 250 g from BKH and it makes other kavas taste like a strawberry milkshake)). However, with all that said, i do enjoy the effects. Cant be around other people though cause it makes me nauseated like hell.

 

[Ecto]

I've only tried 2 varieties, but Koniak is waaaay easier to drink to me compared to Boroguru.

 

[infraredz]

It's weird that Melo Melo has that effect on people (I thought I was crazy). The taste isn't particularly pungent, but it does make me nauseous for a few minutes afterwards although nothing a little extra-strength ginger beer can't fix.

 

[Dan]

Another vote for Stone. Brutal.

 

[pjim]

all of them! I'm not drinking this stuff for the taste.

 

[The Kap'n]

all of them! I'm not drinking this stuff for the taste.

Word.

I find them all pretty equally revolting, however the more gritty it is, the more likely I am to consider ralphing it back up. I'm with shakas about stone though. Its mental scarring taste has come to signify the taste of pure power.

 

[BULABUCK]

For me vks coconut taste like awwfull. Like rotten smoked sawdust.Or that stuff they put down when kids get sick in elemetary school

 

[yepimonfire]

WOW is way worse than stone.

 

[KavaGurl]

Koniak! Pine needles and mud..yum...NOT!

 

[Deleted User01]

I found WOW to be not so bad in taste. It had a wierd after taste going down but that's about it.

 

[Bert07]

I'd have to agree with Deleted User01, Wow! I thought was mild in taste. Though I have nothing to compare it to since I'm not too experienced with the other varieties yet.

 

[Deleted User01]

FYI. I do use quite a bit of Coconut Water when I make Kava but it still tasted better than the Fijian from BKH which I'm currently drinking (as we speak). But everyone's taste buds are different. They say that the hotter the liquid, the funkier the taste. I've been making mine at around 115 since I read a research article provided by Infraredz which said you could get 25-40 percent more Kavalactones at that temperature.

 

[yepimonfire]

Yes but what you gain in kavalactones, you lose by fricking puking

 

[Andrew Procyk]

There was an Isa I had long ago that tasted like PineSol. Gagged to get it down. Gagged keeping it down. Regretted both the next day. The nausea probably did not help, along with the more-drunk-when-you-awake-than-after-drinking feeling.