Posts Tagged "kavalactone"

What Is a Pea-Sized Kava Paste Serving?

Posted by on Apr 22, 2014 in Ask Makaira | 0 comments

What Is a Pea-Sized Kava Paste Serving?

Something we get asked an awful lot here is what the heck is a “pea-sized” serving that we suggest for our Kava paste?  We understand that it’s an unconventional measuring system, and although we thought it was simple, customers seem to be having some trouble with the measure.  So, we’re here to help! How about something conventional when measuring out your Kavalactone doses?  We’ve weighed and re-reweighed product, we’ve looked at it from every angle, and it turns out that 2 pea-sized amounts of Kavalactone Paste equal almost exactly 1/8 of a teaspoon!...

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Kavalovetone – A Pleasant Herbal Blend

Posted by on Oct 16, 2012 in Ask Makaira | 2 comments

Kavalovetone – A Pleasant Herbal Blend

Aloha Everyone! Makaira here! I hope all of you are enjoying the transition into fall. Here at Kona Kava Farm, our busy harvest season is finally slowing down, giving me some time to relax and update my blog! We’ve been receiving many questions from customers about the worldwide legal status of kava recently, so I’ve taken the time to update my article on the topic. Please head on over and take a look. Please note that we’ve been having a tricky time getting our kava to Australia and Italy. If you live in one of these countries, we will ship to you, but be aware that you...

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Hot Kava Tea?

Posted by on Aug 2, 2011 in The Mind of Makaira | 15 comments

Hot Kava Tea?

Aloha everyone! Ever since I was a child, I have been drinking kava cold. Traditionally, as you may know, kava is prepared by soaking the fresh or dried root matter in cold water and straining out the plant matter when the water turns cloudy. As I got older, I began to experiment with many different ways of preparing kava – combining it with coconut milk, adding in honey and lime juice, even making kava smoothies with banana and cacao nibs, but I always thought I had to prepare these beverages cold to make them effective. It is widely published that kavalactones, the active alkaloids...

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Kava’s Tranquil Agents

Posted by on Jul 27, 2010 in The Mind of Makaira | 4 comments

Kava’s Tranquil Agents

Aloha! Anybody who consumes good kava can attest in minutes to the fact that kava produces a palpable, pleasurable and relaxing effect. This is the remarkable thing about kava. On many evenings on the islands, I have felt the relaxing “way of kava” flow through my body even before the coconut shell has left my lips. Good kava is so immediate it can surprise the new drinker. But what accounts for this? The active tranquility-promoting constituents of kava are a group of resinous compounds known as kavalactones. The kavalactones have been the objects of chemical research since the...

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What is Kaviar Kavalactone?

Posted by on Mar 30, 2008 in Ask Makaira | 2 comments

What is Kaviar Kavalactone?

Rick Wolf asked: How come I have seen pictures from two different people claiming to sell 84% kavalactone liquigels that look exactly like the ones i just received from you? They are exactly the same, the color of the gel capsule varies from yellow to milky in the picture from the wholesaler just like the ones I received from you. Do you sell your product to wholesalers? How come their kava pills looked exactly like the ones I received from you? Makaira says: We are probably not the only ones in the world who sell kavalactone liquigels, and since the product contained within the liquigels is...

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