Fiji Loa Waka grind

[tonyd]

I notice the Fiji Loa seems to have a lot more big pieces and sticks than any other medium grind I have come across. Is that normal for this kava or did I just get a rougher batch than usual ?

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

it's fairly normal...it used to be very normal.
many grinds have been getting finer over the years.

 

[kasa_balavu]

I've heard a lot of heavy kava drinkers (connoisseurs, hah!) in the villages of Fiji who claim that hand-pounded kava tastes better than kava pounded with machines. This we can attribute to either:

1. The machines grinding kava to a finer powder, allowing more of the bitter-tasting makas to get through the strainer cloth or
2. The people making this claim merely being opposed to progress and new technology (it's all in the mind).


How kava is hand-pounded:

 

[avahZ]

I notice the Fiji Loa seems to have a lot more big pieces and sticks than any other medium grind I have come across. Is that normal for this kava or did I just get a rougher batch than usual ?

I like this grind better!

 

[Kavakaize]

Its great kava!