Krunkie McKrunkface
Kava Connoisseur
I noticed on the package for the KWK Vula it gives directions for prep using a blender and says to run it on high for 4 minutes. I've also seen videos on YouTube that show blender times of up to 10 minutes.
By contrast, I only run my kava in the blender for 20 to 30 seconds total. I do 5 short one seconds blasts to "shock" the particles into rupturing, then a 10 - 20 second sustained blend to really work on the shocked and ruptured particles. Then another series of 5 one second blasts, just to pick up any stragglers that might have avoided the first blasts. I find this very effective for me, and certainly if the object is to get krunk (and I don't worry about "getting it all" in the first wash because what doesn't get got in the first wash remains for the second wash, so so much the better), it works, no doubt about that, so I assume if the krunk effect is delivered, the other desired effects are being delivered as well, and that is certainly what I think I am experiencing in my daily life, kava goodness in all its forms, delivered at a rate of about 284%.
(n.b. all appearances to the contrary, I'm not about the krunk, much as I love it, the krunk is a means to an end, the krunk makes everything else possible for me, putting the rest of my life when I'm not krunk at a higher level of well-being. It's merely a coincidence that the krunk feel so dang goooooood. A happy coincidence, like a funny cosmic joke that is super healthy.... "and get this, in order to get to the good stuff, you gotta be krunk!!!! hahahahahaha, divine providence or what!")
I also let the grog sit in the blender before straining, ideally for 10 minutes, but at least 5 for sure. There seems to be no benefit (or harm) in letting it sit more than 10 minutes but 10 seems better than 5. I do a very gentle stirring with a spoon in the strainer which I think also gets out some more of the kavalactones. I do NOT push anything through the strainer, rather, I use the spoon to lift up, not push down, and it's fun to watch the makas gradually appear, and then get shiny and then get drier as part of the process, that takes 2 or 3 minutes in all, roughly.
So, my question, is there a really good reason to run the blender longer as others suggest? Or is this, as with so much else connected with kava, really just a matter of irrelevant personal taste and preference and what matters is to listen to what kava tells you about how it wants you to experience it? At the risk of sounding weird etc etc I've had great success with listening to kava and what it tells me it thinks I should do and what it thinks is best for me and so far kava has never been wrong, while I, of course, have.
Final related question: is kava a person? Or a spirit? I only ask because I perceive kava as such, it has a personality and many qualities of a person or spirit, it has intelligence, wisdom, kindness, playfulness, seriousness, and unless I am gravely mistaken, love. I feel like kava is my friend, a wise and patient and loving friend. Is that crazy?
By contrast, I only run my kava in the blender for 20 to 30 seconds total. I do 5 short one seconds blasts to "shock" the particles into rupturing, then a 10 - 20 second sustained blend to really work on the shocked and ruptured particles. Then another series of 5 one second blasts, just to pick up any stragglers that might have avoided the first blasts. I find this very effective for me, and certainly if the object is to get krunk (and I don't worry about "getting it all" in the first wash because what doesn't get got in the first wash remains for the second wash, so so much the better), it works, no doubt about that, so I assume if the krunk effect is delivered, the other desired effects are being delivered as well, and that is certainly what I think I am experiencing in my daily life, kava goodness in all its forms, delivered at a rate of about 284%.
(n.b. all appearances to the contrary, I'm not about the krunk, much as I love it, the krunk is a means to an end, the krunk makes everything else possible for me, putting the rest of my life when I'm not krunk at a higher level of well-being. It's merely a coincidence that the krunk feel so dang goooooood. A happy coincidence, like a funny cosmic joke that is super healthy.... "and get this, in order to get to the good stuff, you gotta be krunk!!!! hahahahahaha, divine providence or what!")
I also let the grog sit in the blender before straining, ideally for 10 minutes, but at least 5 for sure. There seems to be no benefit (or harm) in letting it sit more than 10 minutes but 10 seems better than 5. I do a very gentle stirring with a spoon in the strainer which I think also gets out some more of the kavalactones. I do NOT push anything through the strainer, rather, I use the spoon to lift up, not push down, and it's fun to watch the makas gradually appear, and then get shiny and then get drier as part of the process, that takes 2 or 3 minutes in all, roughly.
So, my question, is there a really good reason to run the blender longer as others suggest? Or is this, as with so much else connected with kava, really just a matter of irrelevant personal taste and preference and what matters is to listen to what kava tells you about how it wants you to experience it? At the risk of sounding weird etc etc I've had great success with listening to kava and what it tells me it thinks I should do and what it thinks is best for me and so far kava has never been wrong, while I, of course, have.
Final related question: is kava a person? Or a spirit? I only ask because I perceive kava as such, it has a personality and many qualities of a person or spirit, it has intelligence, wisdom, kindness, playfulness, seriousness, and unless I am gravely mistaken, love. I feel like kava is my friend, a wise and patient and loving friend. Is that crazy?
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