Metallic Taste?

[Jonathan]

I've been enjoying quite a bit of micronized lately, but I notice if I have a lot in one day (say 3-4 tablespoons over the course of the whole day), in the evening I get a sort of metallic taste in my mouth. It happens more with high kavain/high yangonin varieties. Anyone else notice this effect? I did come across in in a couple other threads here but there didn't seem to be much discussion around it...

Any input appreciated.

 

[Jerome]

I've been enjoying quite a bit of micronized lately, but I notice if I have a lot in one day (say 3-4 tablespoons over the course of the whole day), in the evening I get a sort of metallic taste in my mouth. It happens more with high kavain/high yangonin varieties. Anyone else notice this effect? I did come across in in a couple other threads here but there didn't seem to be much discussion around it...

Any input appreciated.

I've had a couple days last week where i was doing 6 to 8 big table spoons of moi throughout the day. Didn't notice anything taste wise. Could be unrelated.

 

[Sam Handwich]

Yes, I have experienced this and started a post on it a few months back. I finally narrowed it down to kava king Vanuatu blend. It's the only one that has caused me this issue.

 

[Jonathan]

I've been doing some reading/reflecting on this today and I don't think it's the kava, actually. Since I started the topic I'll say I think this is coming from a candida overgrowth I've been experiencing. I've been on a paleo-ish diet for a few years now, but have cheated pretty hard for the last five months or so, and just recently got pretty sick for about two weeks. Illness can give way to a candida overgrowth if it's ready to do so, and I believe I was ripe for the pickin's, so to speak...

I also recently got folliculitis, which is a yeast infection of the hair follicles on the chest and shoulders (yeast, i.e. candida), so I think that's another sign that the metallic taste I've been experiencing is a result of that.

So, I'm going to work on correcting my diet, cut down on coffee and give yerba mate a real go, and see if I can't make an improvement.

Long story (not so short), I don't think it's the kava. I'd never experienced a metallic taste before with kava for the last year and a half I've been drinking it...