Most efficient way to make my 1/2 pound get me through reverse tolerance stage?

[kl.Alexorange]

I had 10 grams last week,  another 10 last night. This was just stuff off ebay and I didn't feel anything. However I have 1/2 a pound on it's way from real kava.com........

What would be the most efficient use of it to get through the reverse tolerance stage?

Cheers

 

[kl.new2kava]

I'm not sure with that amount. I guess take around 10 grams a day for around a month. I usually use 1/2 cup of kava per batch and thats around 50 grams and sometimes I go over that. I'd usually recommend a 1/4 cup a day, but a 1/2 lb that will last about 9 days.



I'd personally recommend getting 1/2 kg from bulakavahouse or N@H and going 1/4 cup plus a day. Eventually you'll start getting effects and then you'll start getting outright krunk.

At lower amounts like 10 grams I doubt you'll get much effects no matter the quality of the root. The only times I've been able to get a buzz off 10 grams when with instant kava which is dehydrated kava juice and has much more kavalactones than usual kava.



Another good way to go is to get instant kavas or kava candies and paradise's extracts. They make it very easy to take in a homogenized amount of kava per sitting with little to no effort.

 

[kl.Alexorange]

Over what period of time would you consume a 50gm batch......?

Also, I've just been mixing mine in a blender with cold water, is this method as good as straining it?

 

[kl.new2kava]

I mix 1/2 cup kava (50 gms) with a 16 oz can of coconut water and some soy lectin and blend it for a while and then knead and squeeze and then usually drink it within 30 minutes.
Sometimes I'll use more than a cup of root and make a few quarts and keep it in the fridge.

As a rule of thumb you want to use warm/almost hot water. A good way to do this is to mix boiling water with room temerature water to create a warm/light hot water. You should also let it soak for at least 30 minutes. Then blend for 2 minute intervals for around 4-6 minutes. Kneading and squeezing is the best way to release the maximum kavalactones.
I soak and blend and then always knead and squeeze for at least 15 minutes. It gives the most out of your root.

I always keep the root and save up for a second wash. You only get 50% of the kavalactones each wash, so the 2nd you get 25% and so on. So the 2nd time around I use twice as much recycled root and get a similar potency grog.

 

[Prince Philip]

In my opinion, which I believe does come from experience, I would recommend mixing 1/2 cup of kava with 1.5 cups of room temperature water and 1.5 cups of boiling water.



Mix a tablespoon of soy lecithin with the boiling water. Pour the kava into the cold water and then add the boiling water to it. Mix it for about five minutes. Then let it sit for about a half-hour. Then, toss it all into a double-layer of paint strainers and squeeze it all. After squeezing it for about another five minutes, pour it all into the blender and blend on high for a minute, and then pour that into the paint strainers, that you've rinsed in the mean time, and squeeze for another five minutes. Strain it through a single paint strainer that you've held aside for this purpose, and then finally through a Fijian strainer bag.



This is a very thick grog, thicker than what I normally drink, and is a great way to increase your cost-per-shell, but it also overloads your system.



When your eyes can't focus any longer, then make a normal "thin" grog.