Would love your help...next flavor of Kava Candy???

[kavamehameha]

Hey Steve, nice poll! You know I love your kava candies, and they taste pretty good! But another flavor would be awesome too. I voted for pineapple and - of course - ginger. Ginger is my absolute favorite! I use to drink ginger ale with my kava, so having ginger in my kava candies would fit perfectly.
As always, keep up the fantastic work, your candies are soooooo good!!!

 

[Kojo Douglas]

Looks like Ginger won by a landslide!

 

[verticity]

@Sam Handwich working on it! I know some have a problem with sorbitol. See what I can do!

@Steve, what you can do about that problem is use erythritol instead of sorbitol.

 

[Rooty2D]

Looks like Ginger won by a landslide!

I always preferred MaryAnn myself

 

[verticity]

I always preferred MaryAnn myself

Mrs. Howell!

 

[Steve]

Hey Steve, nice poll! You know I love your kava candies, and they taste pretty good! But another flavor would be awesome too. I voted for pineapple and - of course - ginger. Ginger is my absolute favorite! I use to drink ginger ale with my kava, so having ginger in my kava candies would fit perfectly.
As always, keep up the fantastic work, your candies are soooooo good!!!

Thanks @kramehameha !!!

 

[Steve]

@Steve, what you can do about that problem is use erythritol instead of sorbitol.

Actually tried erythritol a while back but was having a hard time in development. I do like it through and thanks for the feedback!

 

[Steve]

@Kavasseur Thanks for kicking things off Looks like ginger it is...starting to plan out development and get everything together. *Hoping* to figure out a nice blend of ingredients that work nicely together and still come at reasonable price points ~ that will be the other hurdle as I want to keep the costs down

 

[Abbas]

Ugh I loathe ginger... Lol but I guess most people enjoy it. It taste like an accidental drop of Dawn dish soap made its way to my tastebuds. Then again I feel the same way about cilantro

 

[kavadude]

Actually Steve I hate to complain but...if you're messing with the formula I'd love a non-sorbitol one. Not concerned with artificial sweetener in general, just sorbitol plays hell on my insides

 

[Crunked]

@Steve, what you can do about that problem is use erythritol instead of sorbitol.

+1

 

[Kojo Douglas]

Ugh I loathe ginger... Lol but I guess most people enjoy it. It taste like an accidental drop of Dawn dish soap made its way to my tastebuds. Then again I feel the same way about cilantro

Cilantro!? Cilantro is the best!

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

Cilantro!? Cilantro is the best!

I found out that some people's genetics actually make them experience cilantro as a soapy taste, luckily I'm not one of them, I love adding cilantro to stuff. I do think raw ginger has a soapy flavor, but I still enjoy it when used sparingly.

 

[Kojo Douglas]

Interesting, I didn't know that. I'm obsessed with cilantro. I put it on everything, even ice cream! I also love green lime juice on most of the food I eat.

 

[kastom_lif]

I always preferred MaryAnn myself

Professor Anne Maryanne, PhD.

 

[verticity]

I found out that some people's genetics actually make them experience cilantro as a soapy taste, luckily I'm not one of them, I love adding cilantro to stuff. I do think raw ginger has a soapy flavor, but I still enjoy it when used sparingly.

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Cilantro: like lemon grass, delicious in moderate moderation moderately.
The ability to smell "asparagus pee" is a similar genetic thing...

 

[verticity]

Professor Anne Maryanne, PhD.

I strongly advise everyone not to Google "Rule 34 Gilligan's Island"

 

[CactusKava]

Interesting, I didn't know that. I'm obsessed with cilantro. I put it on everything, even ice cream! I also love green lime juice on most of the food I eat.

You sound like me! That whole "let's eat Mexican food for 8 out of 10 meals" really makes its way into everything else, haha

 

[Abbas]

Cilantro!? Cilantro is the best!

I found out that some people's genetics actually make them experience cilantro as a soapy taste, luckily I'm not one of them, I love adding cilantro to stuff. I do think raw ginger has a soapy flavor, but I still enjoy it when used sparingly.

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You sound like me! That whole "let's eat Mexican food for 8 out of 10 meals" really makes its way into everything else, haha

The thing is I really want to love cilantro. My girlfriend wants to put it on everything. At times it completely ruins my appetite. I picked up this Evol breakfast burrito at the store the other day, got about half way through and I tasted cilantro and had to toss it. I literally will try any food and want to like everything but at the end of the day I feel like I'm a pretty picky eater. Mexican food is the bomb. If it's spicy enough I can typically look past the cilantro lol

 

[kavadude]

When I cook with cilantro, I chop it up extremely fine so people can't tell it's there. Never gotten any complaints, great flavor.