Questions about extracts

[raginred]

please excuse my ignorance, but i'm still relatively new to this.

i expect my extract to come in the mail today. how long to i hold it under my tongue?? until it dissolves? do i spit it out?? is there anything else i can use with it to make the taste more tolerable??

i am loving the kava experience, all but the taste. it truly is awful. to the point i almost gag and i have to keep myself from tossing it all back up (sorry for the TMI}. I'm trying not to be a baby and just suck it up, but the consumption itself is just not pleasant for me. i've tried medium grind, and i've tried micronized. the micronized is MUCH more convenient, but it still tastes like sweaty gym socks dragged through the mud. i've read about crystalized ginger and fresh pineapple. they are on my shopping list for today.

are the instant drinks and/or the candy potent enough to be worth the money??

 

[The Kap'n]

Kalm with Kava's drinks are definitely worth it. The candy requires a few extra pieces to be really effective (for me, 4 pieces).

With kava extract I let it sit under my tongue until it melts, then I drink some water and swallow the remaining extract. Definitely don't spit it back out. The taste of kava is something I've struggled with for years. Eventually you get your chugging technique down to a science, and you taste little if anything at all.

 

[raginred]

extracts vs micronized..... my extract seems to have stalled at the post office. the last activity was it was scanned in at the post office on the 25th. i fully expected it to be here by now, but it's just not. i dont want to run out of micronized, but at the same time how much longer do i wait for the extract before i order more micronized??? i'd really like to compare the two, because if the extract is more tolerable than drinking micronized, that would be my preferred method. ggggrrrrr, so frustrating.

 

[The Kap'n]

My take on kava is always have extra. If your budget allows, stock up! Now that my wife drinks kava with me she doesn't talk about how much kava there is in the pantry. Who needs actual food when that space can be my kava collection :-D

 

[raginred]

i hear ya. i just dont want to buy more micronized if it turns out extract will be my preferred consumption method. i guess what i'm asking is, generally speaking, is the extract as potent as the micronized (of course i understand different strains of kava have different effects)

 

[The Kap'n]

Generally, you'll get a better bang for buck ratio with micronized over extract. Extract is just so damn hard to make. They use 50 lbs of fresh kava to make 1 lb of extract.

 

[raginred]

thanks. i guess i'll order some more micronized just to be on the safe side....

 

[raginred]

getting very frustrated. still haven't received my extract yet. ordered it 9/25. tracking number still shows it's at the origin's post office

 

[The Kap'n]

Send an e-mail to: [email protected] I'm sure Adil would give you any and all information regarding your order.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

Prolly just not updated I bet it'll come in the next day and then it'll all be updated, they suck sometimes with updated the tracking.
Also I never tried micro but I feel like this is how it goes... extracts weakest, instant, micro, medium grind

 

[raginred]

sadly i didnt get it from paradise. i ordered it from that "other guy" before i knew he was no longer a certified vendor. i placed another order with paradise. hopefully i'll get that next week.

 

[ouijayes]

who's the other guy?

 

[Kimmer]

Kava Kava R US