They are solid piceces not clumps. I have dealt with moldy kava before and that is not the case here. The taste is fine.
The purpose of grinder would be to create more surface area in order to maximize the kavalactones extracted from the root.
I'm not following you. Micro is 2x the cost and I'm not convinced it is a true value. Besides, my question is simply what is considered a medium grind? In my business if I buy crushed stone in a certain size then I'm assured a certain size range because it has passed thru sieves. I have bought plenty of kava that is basically dust.
It's all from the root - why would that be special?
In my experience micronised kava doesn't taste as nice as med grind but it works a lot more effectively, you don't need anywhere near as much to get good effects and it works a lot more quickly. With med grind it can take between 5 and 15 minutes for me to feel effects. With micro it's almost straight away. To conclude I believe micro is definitely good value if you can get over the taste thing. Personally I prefer med grind because I like the taste better. (yes, I like the taste of kava).
As they might say in Yorkshire, there's nowt wrong wi mud. @moff000 may be able to help? (although a bit further south?)
I love a peppery Vanuatu kava but Tongan and Hawaiian are just really nice. I have a bag of stone but yet to try, will do soon.
This is my normal medium grind, it is like most but the grinds from each different vendor and even each different grinder can vary the kind of medium grind you get. The chunks that you see that are pieces of the stump or corm, in Fiji they would call it Lawena. My grinder has a hole in one of the blades and sometimes there is some larger pieces that get through. If you are unhappy with this then I will give you a full refund. Please let me know if you have any other questions, aloha.
I think you might change your mind if you were to try the micronized. A lot of my customers tell me that they use a lot less powder than they would normally use. I am willing to send you a sample to let you try if you want to try some. Aloha.
