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Just wondering if anyone else has had a bag of medium grind stashed away so long it turned rancid? I was digging through the museum section of my kava stash, about to take my chances with some old root that was never fully consumed or disposed of when one of the bags (Paradise Hawaiian from...

This recent batch of Hiwa was really good. Not a lot of headiness but that's to be expected with this cultivar. What was remarkable is the level of anxiety relief and muscle relaxation I experienced shortly after each serving -- truly a gentle medicinal feel. Most impressive was the...

Also important to differentiate between a kava hangover and calmness carrying over into the next day -- big difference. It's been a number of years now since I've had kava with enough heavy KLs to bring on the hangover effect regardless of how much I drink.

You're not doing an actual 2nd wash if you don't add more water for your second extraction. If you have a high speed blender like a Ninja or Vitamix then using the CTAHR method as outlined here will get the most out of it - kava lecture 11 I find this works best with Vanuatu or Fijian waka...

Heady and long lasting don't go hand in hand with kava. Heady effects come on the fastest and dissipate first. In my experience the best kava for anxiety relief isn't always the one with the most mood uplift. As far as Kava Tonga, I've experienced the strongest mental effects from that one...

IMO just take the fish oil how you normally would. As far as potentiating kava, you're better off putting your focus on prep techniques, water to root ratio, water temperature, etc than trying to potentiate it. If its not strong enough then you either need to prep it better or need to source...

Interesting. I've used Stoppani's protein supplements with success.. one of my goto workout supplements.

It sounds like a good idea to me. It would only be viable for me during the summer though. Those leafless trees would take away from the tropical experience IMO. May be no big deal for northern natives though.

I was going to order some but it was out of stock :facepalm:. Sounds good from what I've seen so far.

It's been a while since I've ordered kava. I exhausted my supply of KSNZ root and have been finishing off all the lower quality stuff I've had laying around for years. I just got a shipment of Stone and Fire Island instant today that I'm looking forward to drinking tonight. Plan to start...

It's good to see the kava Friday thread is still going strong. Spring and summer is the best time of the year to enjoy kava so looking forward to it

@avahZ Sorry to hear that you're sick. You are right, it really sucks and it's not a hoax. I'm still having symptom flare ups from my initial infection way back at the beginning. I cut out most chemicals and herbs just in case I needed hospitalization or to try some risky drug with unknown...

Mixing this borogoru with a headier variety will probably work out nicely. I like it a lot the way it is though. I also like kelai but don't want to mix what I got of that one either until the supply lines return to normal. Most of the time my mixing isn't to improve something I already like...

Surely you aren't spending all day in quarantine prepping and drinking mystery waka.. ::chugger::

Thanks, it's good to hear you're better. I'm in week 3 right now and am so ready to be able to breathe and have energy again.

I'm still here. Over 2 weeks and not getting better yet. Still coughing, constantly short of breath, no energy or appetite. Lost 15 pounds so far. Just to think 2 days before I got sick I could run/jog, walk for miles and weight lift. Now I need to pause and catch my breath while walking...

That is a marketing quote from a time in the past when heavy kava was very potent. The heavy kavalactones would last into the next day and continually building them up without a break could make you very sluggish mentally and physically.

Nice review. This is the most pleasant and effective heavy kava I've had in quite a while. My thoughts at first were to mix in some quality heady cultivar like Kelai but I haven't done it yet since I'd rather not throw off the (in the current market) unique effect profile.

The poppy seeds are the most likely cause if it's not just a false positive but only if the poppy seeds used were unwashed. It's getting to be very difficult to find unwashed seeds so that isn't as common of an occurrence as it used to be (at least here in the US). Like Kapm said if it's poppy...

The only peeled lateral root products available are the 5 Star class from Vanuatu (Wow, Nambawan, realkava.com 5 Star) and the NZ Kava Society offerings. The Kava Society roots being much more extensively peeled. Anybody drinking Waka or high proportion lateral root products is getting a good...