Kava Preparation Homemade Instant Kava - Construction
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krunkedout
Kava Lover
I can't wait to see a vid of this thing up and running!
Alrighty. It's up and running. All I have to do now is lightly re-sand the plate (on account of the excess epoxy), clear out a place for it in our garage, and run a batch through it.
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kl.Atreides
Kava Curious
I can't wait to hear how this turns out!
It's working! Kava never reaches over 104 degrees. As you can see it's drying out in large flakes.
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krunkedout
Kava Lover
One small step for man.. One giant leap for krunk-kind
krunkedout
Kava Lover
let us know how it is! Instant stone sounds like a truly amazing thing. How many grams of Instant did you get out of the batch?Kapmcrunk said:
Bam. Instant stone.
Deleted User: I'm using 1/2 cup of stone to 14 oz of water. Usually makes about 10-12 oz of liquid after squeezing
Krunkedout: I'm not exactly sure, but I'll weigh it and see. Also I'm going to invest in a mortar and pestle because it's still pretty coarse in that shot. It took about 5 hours total time, but since this is the first run it shouldn't be as tedious as the next. Now I know all that's required of me is to wait and it will do its thing.
Krunkedout: I'm not exactly sure, but I'll weigh it and see. Also I'm going to invest in a mortar and pestle because it's still pretty coarse in that shot. It took about 5 hours total time, but since this is the first run it shouldn't be as tedious as the next. Now I know all that's required of me is to wait and it will do its thing.
krunkedout
Kava Lover
How is the instant compared to others?
In terms of effect I couldn't tell you just yet. I really want to grind it down to the same consistency of comparable instants before I give it a go. I feel like the dissolving properties wouldn't be too good in its current state. I know it smells like instant, a bit more pungent, but it's got the potential!
Also it's really interesting to see just how many dissolved solids are in 1 batch of kava that I normally make. That bag represents one 12 oz cup of my everyday kava.
Also it's really interesting to see just how many dissolved solids are in 1 batch of kava that I normally make. That bag represents one 12 oz cup of my everyday kava.
krunkedout
Kava Lover
Yeah grinding it into a powder would probably help, but even then it clumps together as all instants do. And your right about the dissolved solids! But I'm glad to see this inginuity up and running! Bula to you for having this great idea!
