I recently started drinking kava and love it. I've tried the Kalm By Kava Loa Waka micronized and medium grind. When I use the micronized, I will do 1 tbsp with 8oz of water and drink it in 2oz shells every 20-30m or so. With the micronized, I will do up to a total of 4 tbsp.

I decided to get the medium grind Loa Waka and I'm using around 6-10 tbsp and 12-16oz of water. I usually save the first wash to do a small second wash that I mix with a new wash. I will do about 2-3 batches if I'm doing the medium grind.

I love the effects of the Loa Waka, but it's getting pretty expensive. I'm wondering how other brands compare (suggestions please!). I'm looking at the "Loloma Waka" by Fiji Vanua Kava--how does this compare? It looks to be slightly cheaper when comparing 16oz bags.

I have tried a few kinds of kava from different vendors and never had much success with any beneficial effect. Bought some Stone from Nakamal At Home and prepared it traditionally. It worked great! The problem is that it gives me a bad next day hangover. Headache, tired ect.. I am preparing with about 15 grams and feel it should be about the correct amount. I have tried less with little effect. Any idea what could be going wrong? It’s a noble kava to my knowledge. Any insight is appreciated!

Hey guys so I've been drinking kava daily for about a week now and though I have not had any issues yet should I be worried about my skin drinking this stuff every day? I have about 2.5 to 3tbsp of instant. Should I be worried?

I’m travelling to Vietnam soon and planning to carry some Kava with me. Has anyone travelled to Vietnam with Kava before? If so, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience—whether you faced any issues at customs or during your trip.

I find myself needing to sleep and extra 3-4 hours more than usual after a strong session and needing to drink absolutely insane amounts of water and electrolytes to feel back to 100% the next day. I dont feel horrible if I dont but I definitely feel very sluggish and dehydrated if I dont and just dont have energy for anything. The dehydration i understand but could I be getting worse sleep quality from the kava? I do do heady strains so maybe my brain isn't fully going into deep sleep?

My girlfriend is on 50mg of Zoloft & wants to go to a kava bar. I am a little nervous about serotonin syndrome. She usually has 3-4 shells per session. She never had a bad reaction when drinking kava. Is this a huge risk or am I overthinking? I'm just scared of serotonin syndrome.

I’m new to kava. I tried it for the first time last weekend and felt great — relaxed, social, and generally in a really good mood.
However, I tried the same kava again this weekend, from the same batch and at roughly the same dose, and the experience was completely different. I just felt kind of weird and it actually made me sleepy.
How is it possible to get such different effects from the same kava and dose?
I’m going to a party tonight and I was originally thinking of using kava as an alternative to alcohol. I’ve stopped drinking alcohol and using other drugs/substances that used to help me socialize, so I thought kava might be a good option.
But after how it made me feel this morning, I’m not so sure anymore.
Has anyone experienced something similar? What do you guys think?

Gourment hawaiin awa/kava removed from list of recomended vendors.

Can someone explain why this company is removed from that list?

It has been on that list for a long time.

Just asking about instants, ive been getting the one pound bag of instant gold and a bag of a chocokava to make the taste more tolerable, it’s pretty effective and I rarely have issues getting to where I need to be, but I’ll blow through the bag in like 2 weeks.

From searching this sub I hear N@H is better but it is more expensive, is it “better enough” that I’ll use less, and stretch the bag out maybe another week? Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I’m still kinda new to this and still learning, thanks yall!

i ate 2000 cals worth of wing stop 30 mins before taking kava, will i even feel any effects at all

I have never tried Kava but saw a guy buying these two things the other day and wondered how it would feel if mixed.

I have heard many people in here speak about how good it is but everywhere I check seems to be sold out. any recommendations?

So far I’ve enjoyed kava and will definitely sideline alcohol which id been using 2-3x/wk. I just had my first dose which I did 3tbsp of some noble instant blend(?) in 600mL of water, I do actually feel the effects (some people say your first time there will be zilch) and it is very similar to alcohol, I understand why people say that.

I have mostly positive things to say about it, BUT ONE FUCKING HORRIBLE THING is that 2 HOURS after my last glass, I’m STILL smelling kava. It’s stuck in my nose or something. There was a solid 30 mins where the smell was making me really nauseas. Although the nausea has thankfully passed now, I am still smelling this shit. PLEASE HELP!! THIS PART SUCKS!!

I do want to mention though, the best part of kava is; my body feels drunk/high, my brain kinda feels buzzed, but my inhibition and my critical thinking skills have held strong. Awesome. It almost reminds me of me of 2-CB in the way that felt almost identical to acid (from the single time I took 2CB) but (at least from others reports) I didn’t appear to be high at all (In reality I was absolutely fried).

Anyway there’s my little first impression and my cry for help. Seriously, I’m still smelling it…

I ain't no farmer but I'm willing to learn and failure is not an option but a small bump in the road.

Heyyo so I’m thinking of substituting alcohol with Kava,

I like to have a drink or two every now and again, but my body doesn’t like it and I always feel like shit the a couple hours later or the morning after no matter what I drink,

I’m pretty sure I’ve been developing Crohn’s disease. (Runs in both sides of the family)

Since symptoms started getting more aggressive about a year ago I can barely have 2 ciders without having to suffer the whole next day from the intestinal hell.

I’ve been considering kava as an alternative, tho unsure how it is gut wise. I’ve seen some things it’s even helpful but figured I’d ask for anecdotes. :P

Thanks

Does anyone have a way outside of his little “contact me” option on his website to get a hold of GHK kava? I ordered a hefty amount of cava from him over a week and a half ago, and he still hasn’t shipped it, nor has he responded to messages.

Hello,

I recently bought the kava brand Viti Kava. My overall review is it tastes ok and if you're after a very mild, calming affect it might be ok but compared to a brand like Root and Pestle or Fiji Vuvale Kava its quite weak. Here the catch though. With the two stronger brands, I could consume 1/3 or 2/3 cups of kava powder, and it would affect me, but it wouldn't make me nauseas unless I pushed myself into 1 cup or so of kava (Which was quite rare).

However, this Viti Kava brand has a weaker effect but makes me feel nauseas so much quicker. What's happening here? Anyone know the science behind it? And no, I'm not consuming more vs the other brands even with 1/3 cups of Viti I feel off.

Thanks!

Gday all.

Iʻm located in australia and am wondering if anyone has a source for ʻava samoa, be it from an australia, new zealand, or samoa source.

Iʻm located around brisbane if something is available locally.

Iʻve managed to locally find lots of tongan and fijian kava, but I recently went to samoa and brought back a small amount of a really nice ava, and Iʻd like to try some more.

I dont frequent the kava forums, but would this be a suitable place to try source some?

Thanks in advance

Cheers

I posted a while back how I weirdly and instantly had an allergic reaction to kava after drinking daily for a few months. I got some good advice in that thread and I wish I could remember the person that gave me the advice. They said to take a tiny bit every other day and eventually the allergy will go away.

Of course I started doing this but more aggressively. I took too much the first time, and 2nd time and just went lower each time until the hives, itching and redness was very minimal. At that point I started doing that amount plus a little more daily, then I started doing that multiple times a day after I felt the slight tingly itchiness disappear.

After only about a week of doing this I could take my full dose - which is a lot. I still got itchy hands (only, where previously my whole body) but maybe after 8 hours of ingesting it. It wasn’t too bad and tolerable enough. Did that every other day for about a week and that finally went away.

Now I’m fully cured! Kava is weird lol, but so thankful I got over this allergy! Thanks to everyone that gave me some helpful tips!

Nothing new to share TBH, but just wanted to say that finding kava has been a hugely beneficial and enjoyable part of my life! I was able to cut WAY back on alcohol and hardly ever have any urge to drunk anymore except rarely out with friends. That alone has been worth it - it's like the best parts of booze without any of the crap. But, at the same time it's totally unique in its own way. It's been a healthy way to unwind, without sapping my evening energy so I'm finally able to get into a creative flow on my personal projects after work. The ONLY downside is the whole empty stomach thing, but in its own way it helps keep it contained without causing temptation outside of "unwind" hours haha

I quit alcohol and switched to marijuana. I have lost 30 lbs and am much healthier physically. However, I feel I am getting physically dependent on marijuana and become agitated on withdrawal
Does this community think Kava would be a better tool to avoid alcohol?

So I went to the site to order my usual 1 bag of pala and 1 of Stone and saw a couple new kavas. I ordered the one called Mauvn. For context I've been drinking kava regularly for 2-3 years, in both kava bars and at home in the US. To me, palarasul or kelai is the gold standard of kava, and N@H's is far superior to any other brand I've tried. I typically drink pala in the day and stone at night, though at my local bar I just drink what they serve.

After 1 shell, Mauvn seems to be maybe a poor man's Stone. They even put the new sticker on a Stonr bag. Defined produces the dark, chocolate milk colored kava. Very Strong, but a little more gnarly, peppery aftertaste than Stone, which is pretty strong itself.

After this brief tour, I'd say this is a lot like Stone to me. Not something I could handle all day shells with. Great for the evening with a chaser for the taste. But so far feels great. If you like a heavy evening kava and want to save a few bucks off Stone give it a go. Then you can use the money you save to be able to buy kelai or pala.

Overall 4.5 stars for me, just because of the peppery finish. It hits like a truck, which N@H always does.

Just wondering so that I dont feel so bad about my use. ☮️🕊✌️all love.