Post #6308 by chefgrey2 on Tue, Aug 20, 2002 9:10 AM

Man, It's so great to see people interested in Kava...just a few tips I picked up in my experimentation...Stay away from buying whole roots...damned hard to grind...I've gone thru 2 coffee grinders and had to give up on trying to finish the pound I got that way...some sites promise all different kinds of kava...and extoll their virtues like you would see on coffee descriptions...Vanuatu is the largest producer in the world...Hawaii promised the most "organic"...but in reality this is a shrub...grows wild in the undergrowth...a member of the pepper family...anyway...when buying kava, try to find whatever promises the largest quantity/ratio of root hair fibers, as they have the highest concentration of kavalactones....the actual go-go juice...and Only use coldwater when preparing your tea...as hot water nenatures said kavalactones...'Nuff said, SUCK 'EM UP! Grey