What's up?

[Steve Mariotti]

Hey Kava Forums! LTNS!
Just popping in to say that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth and that I still love and drink kava at least once a week!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Steve

 

[nickbroken]

Not much just oding on boroguru while I wait on a micro sample pack. Was wondering where you got to haven't seen mackadocious reviews in a while. Glad vel is keeping his head up.

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

Good to see ya Steve, any particular kava hittin' your sweet spot these days ?

 

[Capitán Bastos]

Hey Kava Forums! LTNS!
Just popping in to say that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth and that I still love and drink kava at least once a week!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Steve

How's the beard?

 

[VictoryRider]

Welcome back Steve! Don't be a stranger.... and yes, by all means, how is the beard??
ZZ Top yet?

 

[HeadHodge]

How's the beard?

Based on the last time he has posted here, I'm willing to bet it's now more like:

 

[Steve Mariotti]

Good to see ya Steve, any particular kava hittin' your sweet spot these days ?

Hey man. Been drinking mostly what the Melo Melo has on tap these days, which varies a bit. I did encounter one particular cultivar they were calling "Mali Mali" from Tonga which they only bought a couple bags of to try out. People universally panned the flavor there. The bartenders didn't like it, and the people they had try it didn't like it... except for me, and I *LOVED* it.

I bought some while they had it. They may still have a little more. I don't know where they got it, but I'll talk to the owners next time I'm there and see if I can find it.

The flavor was and is bad even for kava. Tongan tends to be milder tasting than the ni-Vanuatu stuff as a whole for me, and this tasted like Tongan but had this really odd sour milk funk on it that was gagging even for me.

But the effects of this stuff, holy crap! Heady and strong and really tingle-inducing. Mo'i is still my favorite heady monster, but this one is a very special Kava indeed. I'll report my findings if I learn cultivar or chemotype info or get more clues on where I can get more.

 

[Steve Mariotti]

How's the beard?

It's getting a litttle redonkulous at this point. I pulled a hair out and measured it at over one foot long. The people who told me that my beard would find its length and then fall out/stop getting longer have LIED!

 

[TheKavaSociety]

had this really odd sour milk funk on it that was gagging even for me.
.

Perhaps it was moulded? Moulded kava has this sour, sometimes a bit "chemical" and generally unpleasant smell and taste

 

[Steve Mariotti]

Perhaps it was moulded? Moulded kava has this sour, sometimes a bit "chemical" and generally unpleasant smell and taste

I've had moldy kava, this wasn't mold. This was something else.

 

[TheKavaSociety]

I've had moldy kava, this wasn't mold. This was something else.

Alas mould comes in different forms. #50shadesofkavamould

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

Hey man. Been drinking mostly what the Melo Melo has on tap these days, which varies a bit. I did encounter one particular cultivar they were calling "Mali Mali" from Tonga which they only bought a couple bags of to try out. People universally panned the flavor there. The bartenders didn't like it, and the people they had try it didn't like it... except for me, and I *LOVED* it.

I bought some while they had it. They may still have a little more. I don't know where they got it, but I'll talk to the owners next time I'm there and see if I can find it.

The flavor was and is bad even for kava. Tongan tends to be milder tasting than the ni-Vanuatu stuff as a whole for me, and this tasted like Tongan but had this really odd sour milk funk on it that was gagging even for me.

But the effects of this stuff, holy crap! Heady and strong and really tingle-inducing. Mo'i is still my favorite heady monster, but this one is a very special Kava indeed. I'll report my findings if I learn cultivar or chemotype info or get more clues on where I can get more.

Interesting, I had some weird fresh kava in Vanuatu that had a distinct funky, soured slightly fermented taste to it and it rocked me pretty hard, it was also the only one I couldn't finish in it's entirety. Definitely wasn't full blown heady though, made me pretty sloppy and tired alongside the strong headiness. I figured it might be day old kava...or god knows what else out there.

I'm curious to know how the dry powder tastes/smells, in relation to it's flavor, of that one you had.

 

[Steve Mariotti]

I'm curious to know how the dry powder tastes/smells, in relation to it's flavor, of that one you had.

The dry powder smelled like tongan kava + parmesan cheese. Never smelled anything like it.
It was light colored... a tannish color, and not with the reddish cast on Pouni Ono or KavaBoy especially. Not as tan as Hawaiian Ava though.

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

Im formulating a theory that posits that this kava was in indeed kava mixed with parmesan cheese.

 

[VictoryRider]

So it was really Italian kava.

 

[HeadHodge]

The dry powder smelled like tongan kava + parmesan cheese...

Mystery Solved!

Turns out Parmesan scent was actually from an empty bag of Cheetos buried in the beard that was lost while standing in line for 24 hours at the Apple Store waiting for the latest iPhone release months ago.

 

[Capitán Bastos]

It's getting a litttle redonkulous at this point. I pulled a hair out and measured it at over one foot long. The people who told me that my beard would find its length and then fall out/stop getting longer have LIED!

Good to hear that. I have foot long hairs on my feet. Is that ironic?
Your beard hasn't found it's length yet, perhaps?

 

[Capitán Bastos]

Based on the last time he has posted here, I'm willing to bet it's now more like:

Based on his response I'd say you're on to something. Not sure how tall the man in the picture is, but @Steve Mariotti did say his beard has foot long hairs in it.