Lua, in the Hawaiian language means Toilet.21% alcohol? I guess that's one way to make a shelf-stable kava. Face, meet palm.
BTW lua is Fijian for vomit.
So technically would that mean that we can refer to the bathroom in a nakamal as the "Kavalua"?Lua, in the Hawaiian language means Toilet.
Also- grave, hole, pit. I'm not making this up.
With regards to this "Kava-lua" the Fijian translation is best.
I think Misguided, and very, surprisingly heavily at that, is the pertinent word.As much as I still personally enjoy the effect of alcohol, this seems like potentially the worst thing I could ever imagine.
Lol. Looks unarguably, undeniably, by all logical accods- like a NEVER day kava for me, for anybody with an ounce of common sense, education, and intellect.looks like a three 'day Kava to me![]()
Believe it or not, the practice is considered common in Fiji and Vanuatu. I still HIGHLY recommend against it. There's been a few people to theorize that those of Pacifika origins may have a better functioning liver enzyme. It's the enzyme that breaks down kava and alcohol. It may be a genetic thing. Anyway, I completely agree that this is a Never day kava for me as well.Lol. Looks unarguably, undeniably, by all logical accods- like a NEVER day kava for me, for anybody with an ounce of common sense, education, and intellect.
Welcome "Nevei" kava to the market lol.
I mean seriously, where can their heads be at??
They must either be grossly undecated about Kava in gemeral, to fail to appreciate the absolute strict no-no of combining kava directly with alcohol in at least a sub-24 hour period.
Or they just lack any real care for the physical health and wellbeing of their potential customers.
Either way, very strange to me. Maybe they know something we do not?
But I strongly doubt that.
Just finished a 46 gram mix of Koro Islands and Kelai tonight. It hit the spot nicely. 20 koro, 26 Kelai. Very complimemtary. Hope you are all well at such tough and uncertain times for all of us.
Well I am glad you see it the same. It's like keeping the dirty bath water in with the baby pram in my mind. But interesting angle you share about the already underway, perhaps mini cultural practice in those Nations relating to a possible difference in genetic enzyme function and action.Believe it or not, the practice is considered common in Fiji and Vanuatu. I still HIGHLY recommend against it. There's been a few people to theorize that those of Pacifika origins may have a better functioning liver enzyme. It's the enzyme that breaks down kava and alcohol. It may be a genetic thing. Anyway, I completely agree that this is a Never day kava for me as well.
Add Pohnpei, FSM to that and while, true, it has begun to be fairly common it is not traditional, not pono.Believe it or not, the practice is considered common in Fiji and Vanuatu. I still HIGHLY recommend against it. There's been a few people to theorize that those of Pacifika origins may have a better functioning liver enzyme. It's the enzyme that breaks down kava and alcohol. It may be a genetic thing. Anyway, I completely agree that this is a Never day kava for me as well.
Saying that, although I cannot tolerate a drop of any alcohol, nowayears due to allergies, and was never a big or regular drinker- I hated, for example- Gin!!! Arrgghh!Add Pohnpei, FSM to that and while, true, it has begun to be fairly common it is not traditional, not pono.
It is an example of the foreign influence having such a strong hold on indigenous people that they just
cannot admit alcohol is not part of their original culture. Let's not forget what Ben Franklin said about alcohol:
"And, indeed, if it be the design of Providence to extirpate these savages in order to make room for cultivators of the earth, it seems not improbable that rum may be the appointed means. It has already annihilated all the tribes who formerly inhabited the sea-coast.”
Something something garbage.something something glutathione
It's a fairly new practice to be fair. And by no means universally adopted. I'd say it's about as common as smoking cigs after kava. While quite a few people do either (or both), neither can really be seen as something healty.Believe it or not, the practice is considered common in Fiji and Vanuatu. I still HIGHLY recommend against it. There's been a few people to theorize that those of Pacifika origins may have a better functioning liver enzyme. It's the enzyme that breaks down kava and alcohol. It may be a genetic thing. Anyway, I completely agree that this is a Never day kava for me as well.