ObiWan
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A few thoughts from me...
There may be legal reasons why Dr. Lebot is not allowed to do commercial testing in his science lab. But I think it should be in his own interest to test as many Kavas as he can get to be sure that the Aceton test gives right results.
I watched again the youtube video in which Dr. Lebot explained the test. He did not mention any ratio between Kava and Aceton. Deleted User says it must bei 1:3 (1 part of Kava as weight in g and 3 parts Aceton in ml). Is this a final law? Do the officers from the Vanuata ministry knew this when they did their testings? Do they even test the Tanna with the Aceton test? Looking on the website of the VKS, I see that their test only mentions 'Near Infrarot Spectrometry' (NIRS) and 'Qualitative Type Test'. The NIRS is only to determine the amount of Kavalactones. So how was the Qualitative Type Test done? Did they check for Flavokain B? Or did they use the Aceton-Test? At least the test from 27.12.2013 for Malekula Magic was done by looking at the color of the Aceton test. Why did they use the Aceton test when it is still in development? And now it comes that Deleted User and I have a different result for Tanna which indicates that it is not Noble. Did the officers know the difference between a dark yellow and an orange without having a colometric standard?
For me, at the moment there are different possibilties:
-The Marang is really adultered, and the Vanuata officers didn't notice that because they had a wrong ratio or used no colometric standards
-The Marang is noble, because the Aceton test gives false results on some noble Kavas. (This is what KonaKava is claiming in their revised blog article.)
In both cases it would show that the Aceton test needs further development before it is fair to use it. Dr. Lebot should have a strong interest do get either a further proof that his test is right, or the knowledge that there are exceptions.
It was Andrew Procyk, the owner of NobleKava (also a reseller of the Vanuatu Kava Store) who made the video in which Dr. Lebot explained his test. He seems to have a more personal contact to him. Maybe he is able to convice Dr. Lebot that it is also in his interest to test the questionable Kavas?
My personal believe is that the test is not ready to use yet. For example, I can't believe that a fine, uplifting Kava like Fu'u shall be adultered.
There may be legal reasons why Dr. Lebot is not allowed to do commercial testing in his science lab. But I think it should be in his own interest to test as many Kavas as he can get to be sure that the Aceton test gives right results.
I watched again the youtube video in which Dr. Lebot explained the test. He did not mention any ratio between Kava and Aceton. Deleted User says it must bei 1:3 (1 part of Kava as weight in g and 3 parts Aceton in ml). Is this a final law? Do the officers from the Vanuata ministry knew this when they did their testings? Do they even test the Tanna with the Aceton test? Looking on the website of the VKS, I see that their test only mentions 'Near Infrarot Spectrometry' (NIRS) and 'Qualitative Type Test'. The NIRS is only to determine the amount of Kavalactones. So how was the Qualitative Type Test done? Did they check for Flavokain B? Or did they use the Aceton-Test? At least the test from 27.12.2013 for Malekula Magic was done by looking at the color of the Aceton test. Why did they use the Aceton test when it is still in development? And now it comes that Deleted User and I have a different result for Tanna which indicates that it is not Noble. Did the officers know the difference between a dark yellow and an orange without having a colometric standard?
For me, at the moment there are different possibilties:
-The Marang is really adultered, and the Vanuata officers didn't notice that because they had a wrong ratio or used no colometric standards
-The Marang is noble, because the Aceton test gives false results on some noble Kavas. (This is what KonaKava is claiming in their revised blog article.)
In both cases it would show that the Aceton test needs further development before it is fair to use it. Dr. Lebot should have a strong interest do get either a further proof that his test is right, or the knowledge that there are exceptions.
It was Andrew Procyk, the owner of NobleKava (also a reseller of the Vanuatu Kava Store) who made the video in which Dr. Lebot explained his test. He seems to have a more personal contact to him. Maybe he is able to convice Dr. Lebot that it is also in his interest to test the questionable Kavas?
My personal believe is that the test is not ready to use yet. For example, I can't believe that a fine, uplifting Kava like Fu'u shall be adultered.
