Are we talking about this kava on amazon?Hey folks,
Has anyone heard of a Vanuatu brand called Kava Royale? Is it any good?
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Thank you for having better reading comprehension skills than I apparently do. If it was a snake, I'd be bit.Reading the description on Amazon, I thought it sounded like it was describing 5-Star kava...then I scrolled further and saw this:
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Forney Enterprises = Klin Kava/John Fordham...creator of 5-Star kava.
I'm not sure if Forney's instant is made from fresh root. I'm of the opinion that all instant should be made with fresh root, unless otherwise stated on the packaging. I also understand that not every vendor has a steady supply of fresh, so they may resort to making instant from batches of prepared dry kava. Being that Forney's company created the 5-Star method in order to attempt to keep it closer to fresh than the regular methods, it's quite likely that his instant is made with fresh...but I can't guarantee it. At one point he supplied Nakamal at Home, he might still, I'm not sure, so you might wanna try theirs 1st if you live in the US and don't wanna deal with the hassle of international wholesale orders with Forney Enterprises.Hi Everyone — jumping into this thread with a quick question.
Does anyone know if Forney Enterprise’s Instant Kava is made directly from green kava, or is it dried first, brewed, and then dehydrated to make the instant? I think it’s the former but I’m not sure.
I wonder if the Instant is then better then their 5 Star kava... because the 5 star kava is dried and the Instant kava is (I think) made from fresh green root.
Or is it the case that fresh brewed kava (even if using dry root powder) is better than any sort of instant...?
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The specifics of the 5-Star method are proprietary, but from what they've said, they have a special indoor temperature controlled drying process that allows them to not over-dry it, to help retain as much freshness as possible. It would also only get dried once before being shipped off, where as the traditional chain of distribution might see the kava get dried in the sun two or more times as it gets passed down the chain through village farm, middle men, exporter etc... Getting rained on requires redrying too and every time the sun blasts on it, it looses a little something along the way. 5-Star root is also peeled, most of the bark is removed from the stump and the lateral roots.Thank you for this detailed reply, sakahs! I think that’s your name...?
I would think and hope the instant is made with fresh root... why bother drying it if you’re going to be brewing it on-site anyway to then dehydrate the brew. I agree, I guess they’d only use dried root if they had no fresh root available.
What is their “5 star preparation” method? That sounds interesting...
Their Instant sounds great if it’s made from fresh root as the kavalactones are extracted before any drying occurs. I’m going to see if Nakamal at Home has it or the 5 star kava — thank you for the recommendation there!
If it says instant kava and it is NOT made from fresh undried kava then it is NOT instant. Pure and simple. Others will call it Micronized instant kava powder or micronized instant. It is these kava's that are made from the dry root, they are really only micronized.Thank you for this detailed reply, sakahs! I think that’s your name...?
I would think and hope the instant is made with fresh root... why bother drying it if you’re going to be brewing it on-site anyway to then dehydrate the brew. I agree, I guess they’d only use dried root if they had no fresh root available.
What is their “5 star preparation” method? That sounds interesting...
Their Instant sounds great if it’s made from fresh root as the kavalactones are extracted before any drying occurs. I’m going to see if Nakamal at Home has it or the 5 star kava — thank you for the recommendation there!