A simple 'edible' extract
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kl.hunghung.sustainedreaction
Kava Curious
how about trying coconut milk to extract? it's available rather inexpensive in 1l tetra packs
kl.new2kava
Kava Enthusiast
I had that same thought myself once and even went through with it. Bad idea. There is no words for repulsive the taste and texture that coconut milk takes on when mixed with kava. I use coconut water in a can for nearly every batch I make and it doesn't make any type of extract but contains around 2% fat which is on par with 2% milk in terms of fat content and can help absorb the kavalactone I believe. I tried using canned coconut milk and could not take the taste and what I could drink killed my stomach. I think this coconut oil is a great idea as coconut oil is a solid which becomes liquid at a low enough temperature to not overshoot the temp that kava degrades at and then can be resolidfied in the fridge. Coconut milk basically has a consistancy like yogurt and can only become more diluted but not really much more solid without raising the temp into the danger zone for kavalactones.hunghung said:
kl.hunghung.sustainedreaction
Kava Curious
ah, i see - good to know, i was almost about to make that mistake ... Thanks!
I got inspired by KarmaGs experiment and tried my own. I was trying to make a kava masage oil instead of an edible extract.
Not sure how successful it went but something happened.
I tried it with blacksands and added 3 tablespoons of coconut oil instead of 1, i wanted to try and get a larger amount. I used 1 cup kava to 2 cups water.
I put the coconut oil directly into the soaking kava and strained the whole thing through a strainer bag.
I let it sit overnight in the fridge and some extract floated to the top, but when i strained it only about 1 tablespoon had solidified.
Since I was still missing 2 tablespoons I decided to try and strain it again through a strainer bag.
Since it was cold most of the coconut oil didnt go through the strainer, it had bonded to some of the kava and it created sort of a kava clay.
It is very smooth and oily, a little messy to use as a massage oil but it might work, ill post after i try it.
I put some of the pure extract in my mouth and it got crazy numb, and most kava doesnt numb me any more.
I just drank some of the liquid portion and it still feels pretty strong, got a peaceful buzz going from it.
The coconut oil definitely made the flavor better. I almost didnt have to have a chaser after drinking it.... almost.
Heres pics of the extract and kava clay
Not sure how successful it went but something happened.
I tried it with blacksands and added 3 tablespoons of coconut oil instead of 1, i wanted to try and get a larger amount. I used 1 cup kava to 2 cups water.
I put the coconut oil directly into the soaking kava and strained the whole thing through a strainer bag.
I let it sit overnight in the fridge and some extract floated to the top, but when i strained it only about 1 tablespoon had solidified.
Since I was still missing 2 tablespoons I decided to try and strain it again through a strainer bag.
Since it was cold most of the coconut oil didnt go through the strainer, it had bonded to some of the kava and it created sort of a kava clay.
It is very smooth and oily, a little messy to use as a massage oil but it might work, ill post after i try it.
I put some of the pure extract in my mouth and it got crazy numb, and most kava doesnt numb me any more.
I just drank some of the liquid portion and it still feels pretty strong, got a peaceful buzz going from it.
The coconut oil definitely made the flavor better. I almost didnt have to have a chaser after drinking it.... almost.
Heres pics of the extract and kava clay