how much Kava is the right dose to feel good?

[ObiWan]

Usually I take 100ml water (= 0,42 US cups) with 10-12grams Kava powder. (453 grams = 1 US pound; I think 10-12grams is a tablespoon)

After pressing the kava in the strainer for about 5 minutes. After drinking this first brew, I take the same kava again and press it in 100ml new water. 

I have no idea how much kavalactones I get this way. Most of my kava is not very fine powder, so that there is still much powder in the strainer at the end. But if I use Konakava powder, which is very fine, most of the powder goes through the strainer into the water.

What is the right dose for one person?

 

[kl.Buckeye.dropout50394]

I take a big 80 oz pickle jar with just enough room on the top for my hand to go in.  No mess like a bowl.  I put 50-60 oz of water in there, barely warm.  I then put 5-8 TBS KAVA powder in a finely woven cotton muslin bag.  Instead of making a second batch, I'll massage in the cotton muslin bag for 5 or more minutes, and then transfer to a nylon bag and squeeze some more.  How much powder I want in there depends on the quality of the Kava and if that strain causes nausea.  Yesterday I brewed up a batch of Paradise Kava and I was feeling extremely good, buzzed, euphoric after just 2 cups.  When I finished, I think I was more intoxicated than I ever been with not a trace of nausea,  Although I did have some Isa/Tudei the night before, with really enhanced it.  And I let most the powder in.   This seems to be the right amount for me to feel great.  
I scarcely felt anything from Kona Kava's powder.  I think most of it has to do with where you get the kava, preparation method, and contents of your stomach.

 

[Prince Philip]

To feel good? That's depends on what you mean by good. About half a shell of a high kavain kava is enough for me. Fire Island, in my experience, the best for a high kavain content. Kavas advertised as being "strong" are usually not very high in kavain, even though they may have a stronger total kavalactone content. High kavain kavas would include Fire Island, WOW, Black Sands.