KavaCat
Meow.
I was looking over one of the other threads, where someone inquired about putting kava in a nutribullet, to make things go faster. They only have a couple of posts, and from my own experience, and from reading the posts of new people, it seems like many people who are new to kava, want to find the fastest and easiest way to do it.
Now that I've been into kava a while, and 9/10 of my consumption has been from standard grind root, I have begun to find the process of kneading very meditative. At first, it was something that seemed like a lot of mess, and I had to figure out all the logistics, and what I had that would make a good strainer, things like that. But now that I know how to do it, it's very easy. I know that I get out my green bowl, and my blue cup. I line the blue cup with a nylon sock, stretched around the outer edge, and put the kava in there. Tie up the nylon, put it in the bowl. Get the blue cup about half full of slightly warm water. Knead the kava in the green bowl with that, the warm water helping to loosen things up. Add the other half of the blue cup, with cold water, and knead some more. When I am done, the blue cup is full of kava. I used to drink the whole thing, but these days, I find I'm needing half of the cup, or maybe 3/4 if I ate food recently.
But anyway, the routine became very comforting after a while. It's five to ten minutes of time, where I can only do one thing with my hands, and I know I'm about to get something very relaxing out of it, and a product that is generally far superior to any other kava preparation. It makes me happy to do it. Sometimes it is nice to have micro and instant, for when I don't have the luxury of time, but I no longer see a need for the easiest/ fastest way. I was just wondering if anyone else has gone through this: having your attitude toward kneading change from seeming like a pain, to more of a luxury.
Now that I've been into kava a while, and 9/10 of my consumption has been from standard grind root, I have begun to find the process of kneading very meditative. At first, it was something that seemed like a lot of mess, and I had to figure out all the logistics, and what I had that would make a good strainer, things like that. But now that I know how to do it, it's very easy. I know that I get out my green bowl, and my blue cup. I line the blue cup with a nylon sock, stretched around the outer edge, and put the kava in there. Tie up the nylon, put it in the bowl. Get the blue cup about half full of slightly warm water. Knead the kava in the green bowl with that, the warm water helping to loosen things up. Add the other half of the blue cup, with cold water, and knead some more. When I am done, the blue cup is full of kava. I used to drink the whole thing, but these days, I find I'm needing half of the cup, or maybe 3/4 if I ate food recently.
But anyway, the routine became very comforting after a while. It's five to ten minutes of time, where I can only do one thing with my hands, and I know I'm about to get something very relaxing out of it, and a product that is generally far superior to any other kava preparation. It makes me happy to do it. Sometimes it is nice to have micro and instant, for when I don't have the luxury of time, but I no longer see a need for the easiest/ fastest way. I was just wondering if anyone else has gone through this: having your attitude toward kneading change from seeming like a pain, to more of a luxury.
