Idgie
Kava Enthusiast
Hi there - I have tried Kava before many years in the past, and after having pretty good results at the beginning, I got to the point where it just did not work for me, and in fact, had negative effects (jittery, anxious, etc).
Every so often over the past few years - I would try again. Nothing had changed, I still experienced 'bad' effects. I always suspected (and others also suggested), that it was the 'soot' (sediment) that might be the issue, but I could never sort it out - I would sometimes let a bottle sit for an hour or two in the fridge so that everything fell to the bottom, and I would pour only the top part off, never getting to the sediment - but this would have zero effect (no negative, but nothing positive either).
I ordered one of Kavafied's 50 micron strainer bags, and felt... different for the first time in a long time. I still had 'bad' effects, but I could definitely feel that old timey 'good' feeling there also, just underneath... so I felt I was onto something. I ordered a pack of bubble bags, one of which was 25 micron.... and bingo. Ahhhh, there it is, THAT is that wonderful feeling I remember! I have repeated this often enough to know it isn't just a one time.... the 25 micron seems to be the 'fix' for me.
(the bubble bag busted after about 3 weeks of daily use at the seam where the 'bag' attaches to the screen, I did find a food grade 25 micron bag on amazon, and also ordered a yard of 25 micron screen from Resin Evolution - if the ready-made bag eventually splits at the seam, I'll just cut a square off the yard to do my squeezing).
I love this forum. I would lurk even when not drinking, cuz you guys are so cool. Have a great day everybody! I thought I would post this just in case anybody suspects they need an even finer strainer than what they are currently using.
Every so often over the past few years - I would try again. Nothing had changed, I still experienced 'bad' effects. I always suspected (and others also suggested), that it was the 'soot' (sediment) that might be the issue, but I could never sort it out - I would sometimes let a bottle sit for an hour or two in the fridge so that everything fell to the bottom, and I would pour only the top part off, never getting to the sediment - but this would have zero effect (no negative, but nothing positive either).
I ordered one of Kavafied's 50 micron strainer bags, and felt... different for the first time in a long time. I still had 'bad' effects, but I could definitely feel that old timey 'good' feeling there also, just underneath... so I felt I was onto something. I ordered a pack of bubble bags, one of which was 25 micron.... and bingo. Ahhhh, there it is, THAT is that wonderful feeling I remember! I have repeated this often enough to know it isn't just a one time.... the 25 micron seems to be the 'fix' for me.
(the bubble bag busted after about 3 weeks of daily use at the seam where the 'bag' attaches to the screen, I did find a food grade 25 micron bag on amazon, and also ordered a yard of 25 micron screen from Resin Evolution - if the ready-made bag eventually splits at the seam, I'll just cut a square off the yard to do my squeezing).
I love this forum. I would lurk even when not drinking, cuz you guys are so cool. Have a great day everybody! I thought I would post this just in case anybody suspects they need an even finer strainer than what they are currently using.