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Does anyone on the forum get occasional gout flares and have any theories about how kava may influence flare-ups? I get it in my big toe about every 6 months, and think that the dehydration element of regular kava drinking may be a factor in bringing it on. In 2018 I had 6 months in Santo...

Back home in Laos after a trip. Nothing much to do in the relentless wet season other than work and drink kava. A thick boronguru mix today

Saw this on a fb page - quite impressive:

Hi - I find myself close to the US mail system (Chuuk Micronesia) for once, and wanted to order from GHK - but the website appears to be down- I cant get past the first intro page. Anyone know if they are taking a break or experienced a similar problem? Thanks

I'm working in Chuuk, Micronesia now, and whilst I brought a supply of Bir Kar with me, have been trying out the local Sakau. In Chuuk this is basically imported dry Fiji or Vanuatu kava but prepared by mixing with inner bark from the hibscus tree (in Pohnpei state thay have fresh kava but not...

This talk was given this week at the Vanuatu Cultural Center - you can watch it on: (1) Facebook

KAVA SMUGGLING FAIL | News | dailypost.vu

Looks like this Act - if it is enforced - will have a major knock-on effect to prices of Vanuatu kava sold overseas. Until recently people were selling dried root for half this prescribed new price: KAVA ACT No. 7 of 2002. Minimum Price for the sale of dried kava Regulation Order No. 17 of...

https://www.vbtc.vu/en/law-to-protect-vanuatu-kava/

Non specifically kava related, but a new book made available for free from long term Vanuatu anthropologist Lamont Lindstrom, "Tanna Times: Islanders in the World ". Good lockdown reading.. Download here: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/67674

https://dailypost.vu/news/kava-formally-recognized-as-a-food/article_daa9636e-0698-11eb-bd08-6b517eb02168.html

https://themarketherald.com.au/fiji-kava-asxfij-signs-licence-agreement-with-blackmores-asxbkl-bioceuticals-2020-08-13/

https://matangitonga.to/2020/06/27/tonga-kava-exports

I had some tradesmen in to do some work on the house 2 weeks ago, and they decided to pull the plug on my freezer to use their tools, and forgot to replace it afterwards. Unfortunately I didn't notice for over a week (the freezer is in a storeroom away from the house) until I went to get my last...

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/auckland-kava-drinking-groups-continue-meet-despite-lockdown ...and what are they drinking out of? Is that an old polystyrene fish box? Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

The great kava boom: how Fiji's beloved psychoactive brew is going global https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/05/the-great-kava-boom-how-fijis-beloved-psychoactive-brew-is-going-global?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

I thought it might be useful to start a register of experiences of getting kava delivered to various countries. Theres been a few threads on delivery to UK, canada, australia, NZ in the past but having everyones experiences all in one place on importing, customs, import tax, clearance problems...