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Hello all, how are you? Who has tried Bir Kar? What is it about this kava which is unique for you? Have you tried Bir Kar mixed with Kelai? Here is my experience, and why I ask. Kelai is very stimulating for me. I mean, I love it. It takes me about a quarter pound of Kelai to get to sleep...

Hello! Malok all kava drinkers. This is a review of my order experience from Kalm with Kava regarding a bag of roots from Santo, an island in Vanuatu. Santo is known for having the freshest kava. I heard this from talking with someone on a phone call who lives there! Thankfully, I tried this...

This kava is pretty easy to drink for me. I have a new kava mug and am showing it off - I like it because it is clear. The current batches of Squanch, if you're lucky, will have chunks in them. Bula!

Hey all! I am enjoying some cold water kava. Here's a photo of the strainer, pot (which serves as a Tanoa) and final brew color. The pot is nice to pour from and easy to clean. Getting rain all day, that is a good thing. People here recognize that we have high fire danger just a few days after...

Hello everybody! Here's a lovely photo of the Mulled Peach Bir Kar on the left and the Honeybush Spotted Hiwa on the right. I'm going to take a moment of time to discuss the ingredients, what I think is interesting, as well as the flavor and the effects. This is my first time trying these kavas...

Checkthis out! Ceremonial kava from Kava Depot. Comes as a block, smells potent. Arms get a little workout after holding this 1000gram knot of roots for a while. I cut the package open, graded each side of the block with a metal fork, and repackaged the kava into smaller, resealable containers...

Cold water, clean cloth, squeezed for ten minutes. This Kelai was made as two liters water and 100 grams dry root. I soaked 1L of it with the roots themelves in a jar overnight with which to make 2L tomorrow - a first, second wash and soak combo. Drank, of the liter I have strained, half, so 25...

Hello! Titled kava diaries, this post has to do with recipe, intention, context, result, and feelings of the result of my kava brewing. It has been half an hour since I drank kava. I had some last night, I woke in the night and had a shell and went back to bed an hour later. Not much of a...

Bula all! I ordered some kava in the mail today. I had five or six vendor pages open and would like to mention that my ultimate choice was made mostly by surprises and technology challenges, for example, one vendor's webpages wouldn't load for me, and another one whom I genuinely wish some...

Bula and Malok all kava lovers! Today is the day I got some Kelai in the mail thanks to @Nakamal At Home and some of those fantastic muslin strainer bags from @Bula Kava House . I put a measured 1/2cup dry root in four different strainer bags, sucked the air out, then fused the plastic together...

Kava, is very great! I am happy about each shell. I had 1L of 2L made with 85-90grams Ofa's Kava root. Although I brought the kava to work with me, I didn't drink kava until the work was over and I had a small sip on tg fhe way home. Finished 1 of 2 jars! More of this kava remains for the...

Bula! Tonight, I brewed in a wooden bowl, 30 grams of Solomon kava root, Purple Temotu cultivar, 7/10 waka and 3/10 lawena blend, in 750ml water. I took a big sip and then began making another bowl, 50grams in 750ml water, traditional prep as well. I combined both brews in a jar. I could have...

Bula all! It is a fine night with good food for me. I had cooked cranberries in the evening with a milkshake style double india pale ale featuring black raspberries, maple syrup, vanilla, and milk sugar. I added 1Tbsp of locally crafted butter to this. After infusing cranberry essence and ale...

Bula all! I received some kava from a Fiji'an Waka vendor and an equally excellent quality Vanuatu depot this Thursday. I work weekends, so it is no surprise that I already drank up the waka. A bit conservatively,on my side, I dare say. Nonetheless, with a pound of roots wetted, sqeezed, and...

Kava root with traditional preparation is a favorite beverage of mine. I enjoy a variety of cultivars and Fiji Vanua's Malo Tonga is something I had been hearing about lately quite frequently. I ordered some, and when it arrived from the mail (today, a few days after ordering) I washed the...

Hello. I have a plan with my friend to brew a pound of Squanch waka this Tuesday. We will knead the kava together, and freeze the rest to keep for ourselves. I have very fond memories of when we did this last year. I thought I'd ask why it seemed more potent than the numbers would suggest. If I...

The frozen fresh Hiwa is the retreat my taste buds have been longing for. I love the smell of this kava, and the taste to follow matches appropriately. I smell it first opening the bag and placing the frozen root in my strainer. It smells inviting, and powerful, similar to a flowering tree...

I have enjoyed a fresh tasting shell of kava from the time I saved a cup of prepared kava by freezing it. I thawed it in a pan with a pan of water underneath. It has a nice color and froth, it's very good.

Preparing this kava kneaded in a cloth strainer in a bowl of water, crafted an interesting flavor kava. One of the most strong kavas I have tried, which is why this waka earned the five shell rating for the potency. Tonight I used an ounce fresh root and a sandwich bag of frozen kava to indulge...

Hello, tonight I am enjoying my favorite kava. I am having a good time crafting kava with water to root ratios I may be trying for the first time. Sharing my technique and results with you is something I feel good about. First, I had a few daytime shells. This was 8 hours ago. I had eaten a...