Kava Kava

**Hosakawa Tito** · 06-13-2010, 11:08

Originally Posted by Ice

The initial verdict is in: Don't waste your money. I may have prepared it wrong, so I'll try again later.

Edit: To elaborate, I guess it did make me feel at ease a bit. I had a slight buzz, but the disgusting nature of kava probably will prevent me from buying it again unless my next attempt blows me away.

Well grasshopper, here's a link on how to prepare kava kava.

Take the kava – powdered, pressed, ground or shredded – put it in a strainer and place that in your beverage of choice and allow it to steep for several minutes minimum… the longer you let it brew, the better it will be. However, be careful not to use traditional tea strainers if you are using a powder; the wire mesh is not fine enough to hold in kava powder and it is very possible some will escape into your drink. Instead, use fine muslin bags which are reusable and better to strain the kava.

If you just dumped the powder into the liquid and drank it instead of steeping it or didn't use a fine enough strainer as described...I can well imagine it must have tasted awful. I'm surprised you didn't puke. Where's a Hawaiian WitchDoctor when you need one, eh? Crazy kids and their newfangled recreational drugs. Why, back in my day weed & lsd were the goldstandard...

**Megas Methuselah** · 06-13-2010, 19:33

Well, there you go: let it steep.

**Ice** · 06-13-2010, 19:35

Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

Well grasshopper, here's a link on how to prepare kava kava.

If you just dumped the powder into the liquid and drank it instead of steeping it or didn't use a fine enough strainer as described...I can well imagine it must have tasted awful. I'm surprised you didn't puke. Where's a Hawaiian WitchDoctor when you need one, eh? Crazy kids and their newfangled recreational drugs. Why, back in my day weed & lsd were the goldstandard...

This is one of the methods to prepare kava. I elected for the blender because it was supposed to agiatate the mixture and release kavalactones at a quick rate. However, most of the recipes told me to strain which is impossible after blending something for 5 minutes.

Edit: After reading the article, I realized that I wasn't using enough fat soluble liquid. I'll definitely this again.

**Megas Methuselah** · 06-13-2010, 21:10

Originally Posted by Ice

I'll definitely try this again.

Yes! Tonight!

**Ice** · 06-13-2010, 21:24

Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah

Yes! Tonight!

I just did. I used a ton of coconut milk (stuff is loaded with fat) mixed with a little bit of pineapple juice and water.

I'm letting it sit in the fridge until later tonight.