Kava Preparation DIY micro/instant from medium grind?

[kavamehameha]

Would it be possible to obtain some kind of instant or rather micro kava from traditional medium grind, e.g. by sifting? I'm asking because I'll be traveling by train soon and don't want to carry AluBottle and AluBall along, but I don't have any micro or instant kava at the moment. Does anyone of you has any idea or already tried something in this direction?

 

[kasa_balavu]

Check out this @TheKavaFlow video. Do what he does around the 1 minute mark

 

[kavamehameha]

Worth a try! I could put a closed strainer bag full of kava in an AluBottle and shake the hell out of it.

 

[TheKavaFlow]

Worth a try! I could put a closed strainer bag full of kava in an AluBottle and shake the hell out of it.

I do that when I'm out and about. I'll throw the strainer + kava into the aluball with the strainer coming up over the edges, screwing the lid on (with the strainer in the threads) and shake the hell out of it. It doesn't work as well as just in a bowl, but it does do a decent job. Then you throw the remaining makas in an aluball, add water, and enjoy.

Last time I did this was at Lake Powell this summer at 11PM. It was probably the best, most surreal kava experience I've ever had; sitting next to the water staring at the stars with some friends and enjoying a quiet krunk.

 

[kavamehameha]

I'll throw the strainer + kava into the aluball with the strainer coming up over the edges, screwing the lid on (with the strainer in the threads) and shake the hell out of it.

I'm not quite sure if I understand that correctly. So you do not close the strainer but secure it with the lid such that the strainer (with the kava sitting inside) is open towards the lid?

 

[Krunkie McKrunkface]

From an ethical point of view I think it is not the case that toss n' wash is one thing different from everything else and bad but rather, to some extent all grog consumption is some type or degree of toss and wash, where you are consuming ground up solids with water. It is a continuum, as it were, with trad prep at one end and putting dry medium grind in your mouth and taking a sip of water and swishing and swallowing at the other, with micro, and this home-made micro, somewhere in the middle. Everything has its own place and time. Only consideration is that the greater the solids you consume, the greater the risk of nausea and dermo. Doesn't mean someone can't ever have toss n' wash (although I never do) or it's strictly for low life trash, it just means you can't do it that often or you overtax your body's ability to handle it.

Now that I think of it, I wouldn't put even trad grog at the end of that spectrum, but rather, the drink I make from the dried kava powder I make from that silky sediment left at the bottom of a glass or jar of trad grog.

 

[kavamehameha]

I never do toss-and-wash, and in my opinion it's really disgusting to swallow all the makas. This home-made micro, on the other hand, only contains really small particles which also would go through a strainer in a traditional prep, so one cannot compare this to toss-and-wash. In fact, it's quite close to traditional/AluBall prep.

 

[VictoryRider]

Check out this @TheKavaFlow video. Do what he does around the 1 minute mark

I've done that -- just put med grind into a strainer bag, dry, and shake the heck out of it. It actually works pretty good!! Plus, you can
take the bigger pieces left behind and use them in a separate trad prep.

 

[nickbroken]

I only do toss and wash, I drank scotch and whiskey way too much to cry about a few twigs in me grog.

 

[VictoryRider]

Ugh... I get the willies just thinking about toss and wash. I've done it a few times and it was so profoundly vile I just can't do it.
I'd rather drink a tall, cool glass of horse afterbirth.

But, to each his own -- if it works for you, go for it!

The last time I did this a small piece of root that was oblong and jagged stuck in my throat. Not at all fun getting that dislodged.

 

[Dr.Krunk]

I only do toss and wash, I drank scotch and whiskey way too much to cry about a few twigs in me grog.

I’m not sure if that’s exactly a fair comparison. While I now hate the feeling of drinking, I can’t help myself from enjoying a nice glass of scotch neat every once in a while just to enjoy the flavor. Toss n wash or micro is a bit different.

I can do the flavor fine, the texture/consistency is what bothers me. It’s not even as much as the drinking it initially as much as it is when it gets in my stomach. I always feel bloated and my stomach churns but not necessarily painful.

 

[nickbroken]

I’m not sure if that’s exactly a fair comparison. While I now hate the feeling of drinking, I can’t help myself from enjoying a nice glass of scotch neat every once in a while just to enjoy the flavor. Toss n wash or micro is a bit different.

I can do the flavor fine, the texture/consistency is what bothers me. It’s not even as much as the drinking it initially as much as it is when it gets in my stomach. I always feel bloated and my stomach churns but not necessarily painful.

I get you, a glass of scotch is one thing. A bottle of Scotch is another. After a while that scotch/whiskey neat is brutal to keep drinking. It's not even the taste so much as I enjoy the taste of whiskey.
Toss and wash also depends a lot on the vendor's grind, GHK is a bit more difficult because you can end up swallowing ba branch, but it's doable, although I just micro it from that vendor as they have the best micro on the market.
Squanch isn't bad for toss and wash, small bits and all. You know what kava is brutal for toss and wash? Nangol Noble, hella chunks in it and it's the only kava that made my tummy ache, stuff tears you up tho. I wouldn't be shocked if their was some tudei in there.