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Kava Tea: 5 Tips For the Best Experience

Drew Schug — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 02:25:08 +0000

Our goal is for anyone trying kava for the first time to have the very best relaxation experience. When you set out to try kava for the first time, there are lots of products to choose from. Many people’s first experience of drinking kava is with Yogi Kava tea bags. That kind of kava tea is not the strongest. For a more authentic kava drinking experience, purchase medium ground kava root and follow Step 1 below to brew a kava tea the traditional way. Kava tea made this way will be more potent. It will provide better relaxation effects than a drink made with any off-the-shelf kava stress relief tea bags. Below we offer five tips for preparing and drinking kava tea. Follow these to best experience the relaxation and mood enhancement drinking kava affords. 1. Use tap hot water to make a traditional kava tea If making a kava tea brew the traditional way, start by placing your medium grind kava root in a muslin strainer bag and kneading it in hot water. We recommend using water only as hot as the water your kitchen faucet provides because boiling water breaks up the starches and turns it into a […]

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Kava Terminology Decoded – A Glossary

Jane Kava — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:11:08 +0000

We get it—there are A LOT of different words, sayings, and names related to kava. To help you feel welcome in the kava community and learn all about kava, we created a glossary of kava terminology broken out by topic and relevance. It provides definitions and explanations of terms so you can quickly become fully versed in kava lingo–bula! Table of Contents What is Kava Root? Parts of the Kava Plant Kava Varieties & Cultivars (scientific names) The Effects of Kava Kava Root Science Kava Plant Cultivation Kava Names Kava Products & Accessories How Kava Drinks are Prepared Kava Culture What is Kava Root? Kava/Kava Root: Kava is a small shrub grown in Pacific islands, mainly Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, and Hawaii. The history of kava is very rich, as islanders have used kava plants for centuries in social rituals, religious ceremonies, and medicinal purposes. Primarily, the root of kava is ground down and made into a natural beverage for consumption. When consumed, the effect of the active ingredients in the kava plant is psychological and physiological relaxation. Piper methysticum: The Latin or botanical name for kava. Piper methysticum translates as “intoxicating pepper.” There are estimated to be over 100 different […]

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Farm to cup – A detailed look into sourcing Kava

Kalm with Kava — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:45:24 +0000

Background: When I started drinking kava 16 years ago, the availability was very limited in the US, and I was often confused by the fact that buying the same exact product would produce different effects from one order to another. I loved the kava when it was good and I was convinced there had to be factors influencing kava quality that I didn’t yet understand, which could help me get those good effects each time. I was determined to learn as much as I could which eventually led me to go straight to the source, my first trip to Fiji in 2011. As soon as I hit the ground and started asking around, I realized this was going to be more complicated than initially imagined. Kava was widely known across the South Pacific Islands and it seemed everyone I asked about kava had a friend or cousin growing it. Even the taxi driver who picked me up from the airport had kava plants growing, and they all had the same response: “It’s the best kava available”. It turned out many of these people had a small kava patch in their backyard or 5-10 plants among other crops they grew. I […]

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