Yikes. Well. Kava is a spiritual tool for some. However that price is outrageous - it reminds me when we were hard up for Kava and my friends and I would sell eachother a tablespoon for like 3 or 5 bucks. We'd buy 3 or 4 Tbsp and mix it straight into almond milk and drink it out on the snowy day. By evening it finally emulsified in our bellies and we were good to go till next week.