Kojo Douglas
The Kavasseur
I flavor my Kava with more Kava 
Share how you like to flavor your kava
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Zaphod
Kava Lover
I am with you. Early on I tried mixing all kinds of things in and with my kava. I figured if I could get just the right blend of sweetness that it would taste better. In the end all of it just tasted like a more complex and nuanced version of kava awful. Water (room temp when ready to drink), kava - down the hatch.I flavor my Kava with more Kava
Plantacious
Kava Enthusiast
I flavor my Kava with more Kava
While I do not flavor my kava with kava, I do like to potentiate my kava with kava
Zaphod
Kava Lover
Maybe that is how we get kava kava!
Plantacious
Kava Enthusiast
So just to clarify, it was the vanilla creamer, not the vanilla syrup for coffee ?
Zaphod
Kava Lover
This stuff:
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Palmetto
Thank God!
I feel like quoting the movie Full Metal Jacket here about pantywaists. Warm kava tastes fine. Maybe tudei or extract tastes hard to drink, but otherwise, if you can't stand the taste, go back to your Starbucks lattes or whatever smoothie. Not trying to offend anyone, but a bead kava sure as hell tastes better than a good K@.
yiki
Kava Enthusiast
I don't like the taste of Kava and no, i will not go back to "my" starbucks or smoothie
What I like to do is knead the kava with orange juice instead of water. This way, there is less liquid to swallow and it is easier to drink.
I don't consume K@, but it tastes better to me.
What I like to do is knead the kava with orange juice instead of water. This way, there is less liquid to swallow and it is easier to drink.
I don't consume K@, but it tastes better to me.
Alia
'Awa Grower/Collector
While I never flavor my 'awa/kava it is worth noting that it has been going on a long time-
In 1782 Hawai'i "King" Kamehameha is documented flavoring beverage from the cultivar Kumakua,
he mixes it with sugar cane juice (they name the variety!)
and tumeric (olena) and water from a named coconut- niu lelo.
In 1782 Hawai'i "King" Kamehameha is documented flavoring beverage from the cultivar Kumakua,
he mixes it with sugar cane juice (they name the variety!)
and tumeric (olena) and water from a named coconut- niu lelo.
Plantacious
Kava Enthusiast
Oh yea, kratorn tastes way better than kava
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jonaspmd
found kava
100%. My default method is carbonated mineral water, stir in kava and strain with a fine mesh metal strainer. Fizzy water completely changes the taste. This method is similar to Aluball, probably more effective as you can stir. For the second shell you can do a second wash, then add fresh powder, so it's always two washes. This method yields one shell at the time, but it's quick though, like Aluball. Not sure if fizzy water would work for batch kneading. Carbonated water is obviously ice cold, but never noticed any loss in efficacy vs traditional prep.Carbonated
Otherwise, decaf coffee works for me. My issue with combining flavors and why I eventually did carbonation is I never found anything that actually blends. Would anyone else agree? It always tastes like two separate flavors at once, instead of a synthesis. Coffee is the closest it comes for my tastebuds.
Tumarumaru
Gunga la Gunga
We just eat a slice of pineapple after each shell. Love it!!
Plantacious
Kava Enthusiast
Carbonated
Otherwise, decaf coffee works for me. My issue with combining flavors and why I eventually did carbonation is I never found anything that actually blends. Would anyone else agree? It always tastes like two separate flavors at once, instead of a synthesis. Coffee is the closest it comes for my tastebuds.
I tried the idea of carbonated mineral water.
But it didn't work out so well for me.
Because I drink out of a shaker bottle. So when you shake your kava and a carbonated beverage in a sealed shaker bottle, it turns into a DHPD :
(Dangerous High Pressurized Device)
jonaspmd
found kava
Never tried shaking, but can see that happening. As I mentioned, I stir in that big fine mesh strainer. Without one, I think stirring in a cup or bowl powder amount equal to your single shell, then straining through your normal strainer bag should do it. I think it is the remaining CO2, but also saltiness that change the taste. You don't really want a lot of CO2 remaining, as kava burp! is the main drawback of this method.
Plantacious
Kava Enthusiast
Ha, I get kava burp, even when there's no carbonation added, at all
Plantacious
Kava Enthusiast
I discovered/created my favorite to flavor it, just recently.
I've basically made a Reese's flavored kava.
I got the idea, when I was in the store and came across these jars of powdered peanuts.
I thought that would be a great way to flavor things, that's a lot easier than using peanut butter.
So, I mixed the powdered peanuts, some cocoa powder, and a sweetener.
It was amazing
I've basically made a Reese's flavored kava.
I got the idea, when I was in the store and came across these jars of powdered peanuts.
I thought that would be a great way to flavor things, that's a lot easier than using peanut butter.
So, I mixed the powdered peanuts, some cocoa powder, and a sweetener.
It was amazing
