A few people have asked me as of late what the chemotypes are for the
different kavas we sell. For those of you not familiar with chemotypes,
a brief explanation: The active ingredients in kava are a series of
lactones particular to the kava plant. We call these active ingredients
kavalactones. There are 15 kavalactones overall, the six kavalactones
that are most prevalent in all kava rootstocks were assigned numbers 1
through 6. A kava's chemotype can therefore be listed in a series of
numbers with the kavalactone in the highest content being the first in
the series, followed by the number assigned to the kavalactone which is
second most present, and so on. Confused yet?
Our kava chemotypes are as follows:
NoneBorogu-246531
Boroguru-245613
Fu'u-465213
Melo Melo-Either 426135, or 426153. Not exactly sure to be honest, conflicting reports.
As you can see, our kava choices are fairly well rounded and we hope
to add some more in the future. Feel free to get in touch if you have
any questions regarding kava and its active ingredients.
This info and more is on our blog too.
We happily welcomed a Fijian kava farmer into BKH the other day. She was very knowledgeable (obviously), and hung around and drank kava with us for a couple hours. It was great, she was all about kava drinking ritual and making sure everyone in the bar was clapping the right way and saying the right things. I'm super excited because we've been looking for some good Fijian kava for quite a while now. We talked about her providing some fantastic waka at a very good price which, as always, we will pass down to our customers. So keep a lookout for Waka hopefully coming soon.
different kavas we sell. For those of you not familiar with chemotypes,
a brief explanation: The active ingredients in kava are a series of
lactones particular to the kava plant. We call these active ingredients
kavalactones. There are 15 kavalactones overall, the six kavalactones
that are most prevalent in all kava rootstocks were assigned numbers 1
through 6. A kava's chemotype can therefore be listed in a series of
numbers with the kavalactone in the highest content being the first in
the series, followed by the number assigned to the kavalactone which is
second most present, and so on. Confused yet?
Our kava chemotypes are as follows:
NoneBorogu-246531
Boroguru-245613
Fu'u-465213
Melo Melo-Either 426135, or 426153. Not exactly sure to be honest, conflicting reports.
As you can see, our kava choices are fairly well rounded and we hope
to add some more in the future. Feel free to get in touch if you have
any questions regarding kava and its active ingredients.
This info and more is on our blog too.
We happily welcomed a Fijian kava farmer into BKH the other day. She was very knowledgeable (obviously), and hung around and drank kava with us for a couple hours. It was great, she was all about kava drinking ritual and making sure everyone in the bar was clapping the right way and saying the right things. I'm super excited because we've been looking for some good Fijian kava for quite a while now. We talked about her providing some fantastic waka at a very good price which, as always, we will pass down to our customers. So keep a lookout for Waka hopefully coming soon.
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