@Kapm, I am sorry but I have never been able to confirm that they do have a kava farm, I am sure they have real kava but I do know from what they say on there site that there kava is mixed with other herbs and fillers, like this "Other ingredients:" Soy powder" I know this is an extract but the soy powder does not add any real flavor, it is used mainly as a filler.
I have also never met them. There are some things on there site that concern me and make me wonder if they do have a lot of Hawaiian kava like they say, or are they mixing other kava from the south pacific or are they using wild kava that was already on the land they own or close by in the Native forest. Another part that makes me wonder is this---"Unfortunately, our farm is not open to the public, and we do not give tours under any circumstances, sorry. Our farm is on a private family estate, and we love what we do and all of the customers who purchase our Kava, but it is still our home, and we don't give tours to anyone, including locals and/or visiting customers."
I like how they say unfortunately, because it is unfortunate.
In all my many years of growing kava, I have never had any problem with people coming over to look at my farm, I am proud to show it off and to let people know that all that I say is true, if I say I grow kava, then I do. There are other things too that make me wonder about this company and if they have a functional kava farm or if they import as well as harvest from the wild, I just don't know and neither does anyone else because they do not let people come to visit there farm. When I look at some of the things they say, it seems that they are willing to put statements that might not be true, for example they say this---"We are proud to boast more returning customers than any other kava farm we know of" My question to them is how they get to see all the other vendors sale reports? I know I never gave them mine and other farmers I talk to have never given them theirs, this kind of stuff is not open for public view so how would they know. It is all a sales tactic but they do not back up there statements. I have also heard a lot of reports that there kava used to be good but now it is not, this would also lead me to believe that there kava is either wild Hawaiian or imported, I can not see how a farm that says they take care of there kava would have a junk product or not let a few people in to see it. I hope this helps, this is just my opinion and it is based on my knowledge of what has happened before, Company X will import kava from there home country (in this case it was Fiji) and sell X would sell it as Hawaiian Kava, I am not saying this is what Kona kava does but it has happened, that is why I always suggest that you get to know the sellers that sell kava. There are plenty of good top notch sellers that provide a wealth of information and other things like Pictures, videos, and even tours of there facility if you are in there area. Companies that do this show that they take pride in there product and they are not scared to show you there stuff, they are proud and actually feel good when you do because they know they did there job in making you comfortable that you are getting exactly what they say you are.
There are other sellers here in Hawaii that show that they do in fact have a kava farm and grow and process kava, you can see the proof in there websites and in there emails if you ask to come and see there operation. To me the proof is in the pudding. And I like my pudding with a lot of yellow froth and strong.
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Deleted User01 I was seriously thinking of bidding on that kava plant.
But I have enough Mo'i
You have to send me a picture when you get it, then I can make sure it is mo'i and not papa ele'ele or papa ele'ele pu'u pu'u, but it does not really matter I guess, they are all good kava.
Aloha everyone.
Chris
