Informal M'oi Review

[Steve Mariotti]

Ok, so I don't have enough experience with kava to really offer a real review, so instead I thought I'd come here and give general impressions. I'm a 2 month kava drinker, so take what I say with the appropriate amount of salt.

Tonight I had a shell of Kalm Borongoru from the leftovers from the fridge, then cracked the GHK M'oi that arrived (fast!) yesterday.

I brewed a batch thusly:

1. 1/2 cup of medium grind root powder to two cups of hot water.
2. I added 1 scoop (about 1/2 tsp.) of soy lecithin and mixed it with a spoon.
3. I let it sit for 30 minutes.
4. Then approached with the nut milk bag (80 micron nylon monofilament mesh)
5. Lots of kneading under the water.
6. Roots and water back into the bag again and strained again.
7. Shell time (warm, but that's the way I roll tonight.)

I had three shells at 20 minute intervals on an empty stomach.

Observations:

• Taste was more subdued than the Vanuatu root I've been having recently. Not as bitter on the finish.
• 40 minutes in, I felt my face getting warm.
• Tingling in my extremities.
• General sense of well being.
• Praise for my daughter on her excellent grades last week.
• Head feeling "swimmy" when I move around.
• Found internet streaming ambient music radio station for headphones.
• kavaforums white background seems a little glaring
• Great satisfaction with my life and how well things are going lately.
• Great appreciation for Gourmet Hawaiian Kava's gardens.

I'm having an absolutely lovely evening now. There's a cloud under my chair. The music is sweet and beautiful. I feel like I'm sighing a lot, and it's the sensation of purging pent up energy each time. I feel like typing in short powerful little sentences.

An haiku:

M'oi awa by cups.
My soul sweetly awakens.
Feeling subtle joy.

And:

Pleasure envelops.
I'm giddy with inner calm.
HERE is the best place.

Sure, this is probably dorky and embarassing, but I feel so much FLOW right now I just want to keep going and going.

Three thumbs up.

 

[Gourmet Hawaiian Kava]

Thanks so much for the review, it is not dorky at all, it is what kava is and it is what kava does. I am really happy that you got to try my Gourmet Hawaiian Kava, it is truly Gourmet. Aloha.

Chris

 

[river]

this really makes me want to try the M'oi

 

[The Kap'n]

• kavaforums white background seems a little glaring

If the glare is getting to you, click "Kava Forums Day Theme" in the left bottom corner of the website. A box will pop up with a list of "Themes" click "Kava Forums Night Theme" and I think you'll find relief from the glare .

Excellent review Sir!

 

[Steve Mariotti]

Follow up to my, heh, overly exhuberant review last night. Man, I was flying.

Since I have a super-sensitive stomach, I thought I'd post about the tummy effects the next day. So far, this has been the mildest on my stomach of anything I've tried so far, including Fire Island Instant from NAH. Very little disturbance downstairs at all. The head effects to gut effect ratio is off the charts with the m'oi! I'm REALLY happy to have found it.

Cheers!

 

[HeadHodge]

Follow up to my, heh, overly exhuberant review last night. Man, I was flying.

Since I have a super-sensitive stomach, I thought I'd post about the tummy effects the next day. So far, this has been the mildest on my stomach of anything I've tried so far, including Fire Island Instant from NAH. Very little disturbance downstairs at all. The head effects to gut effect ratio is off the charts with the m'oi! I'm REALLY happy to have found it.

Cheers!

Awesome. It would make me happy to see you add it as a real review, so that our search engine can find it and filter it in our Kavapedia. I'll be happy to help if needed.

 

[Steve Mariotti]

Awesome. It would make me happy to see you add it as a real review, so that our search engine can find it and filter it in our Kavapedia. I'll be happy to help if needed.

I would... but I'm too much of a newb to have the kind of breadth of experience I would want in a reviewer. Give me another few months and I'll be reviewing everything I drink. Until then, i think my informal stream-of-consciousness reviews are probably for the best.