Post #6193 by chefgrey2 on Sun, Aug 18, 2002 7:46 AM

Aloha! Yes, I'm a big fan of Kava...I've got about twenty pounds of the stuff...check out kickbackwithkava.com,konakavafarm.com, or kavaking.com...make sure you buy the ground root, not the whole root or the capsules...these sights have bowls as well, but it is cheaper to buy from fijian websites, or Samoans ones...depending on which type of bowl you prefer...search under kava on ebay as well.....The fun thing about kava is the whole ritual, the hand clapping, sitting on the floor, draining the whole coconut...people usually think I'm nuts when I try to get them into it...but they feel not pain when they leave my ohana....You are happy as hell, but your mind remains CRYSTAL CLEAR while you're on this test...hell, you could take a physics exam on this stuff, and be happy about it....But the only thing to watch for, is that too much...hours of drinking,...will relax your muscles a lot...There is a kava bar in Honolulu...the only one I know of...and you can't sit at the bar and order kava(Which is made to order there)...you have to sit at a table, and then get up and walk across the room to get your bowl ...they want to see how you walk...you can be cut off in a kava bar...Some people have been stopped for driving under the influence,,,but then let go in court as it isn't covered by law...and, for my fellow Kavaphiles in the UK...it iS illegal in the UK pending investigation....but from what I can tell...it is a totally safe, legal, healthy, non-addictive libation...and, with the rituals in place, is more of an event...I don't drink it without all the pomp and ceremony Enjoy