Hiwa is an awesome heady kava. I thought i had problems feeling effects from Heady effects but it was only the moi that didn't work for me.hiwa reminds me of cocaine (never tried cocaine) you feel really really good and then after 90 min or a little more it calms down. Still totally worth it. Divine headiness
I have never touched such a stimulant either; but for me a 6 teaspoon binge of Moi micro used to make me wonder the same thing... Just this crazy rush, intense undeniable ear-ringing, and double-vision.
And it was weird. I felt next to nothing up to 4 teaspoons...then there was just this tipping point. That's what was making me wonder in another post how kava really interacts with the blood-brain barrier... But everything I can find suggests that it passes it easily...
Kava is a plant, so I wonder if maybe growing conditions have changed the chemotype of the current batch or something... (current batch [in medium grind] is way more somniferous then I remembered too)
I'd just order some; but I am gonna stick to my self-imposed no-micro rule for the time being.