Posts by Makaira

Kava Root Powder

Posted by on Mar 2, 2015 in Ask Makaira | 4 comments

Kava Root Powder

Amazingly enough, as I looked through our informative blog articles (close to 200 of them!), I was very surprised to see that I have missed a number of simple topics regarding Kava Kava root.  One of those glaring omissions is an article on Kava root powder!  Kava root powder is and will probably always be our Top Selling product here at Kona Kava Farm. We offer several cultivars of Kava root in various forms, but I will focus only on the powders for now.  In its simplest form, Kava is a root that grows both underground and along the ground.  Kava root that grows along the ground is called...

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UK Tightens Its Kava Ban

Posted by on Jan 29, 2015 in Kava News | 3 comments

UK Tightens Its Kava Ban

Dear readers, as most of you know, I have a vested interest in keeping informed of changes in kava’s worldwide legal status. Kava is my and my family’s livelihood, and it behooves us to know which countries have no problem with importing kava and which ones will stop it at the border. However, a recent upset in the United Kingdom’s laws surrounding kava has left many vendors (as well as ordinary British citizens!) confused about the legal status of kava in Britain. In a new ruling announced just this past week, the United Kingdom’s Department of Health stated it would be tightening its...

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Kava Clubs Preserving Tongan Culture!

Posted by on Jan 23, 2015 in Kava News | 0 comments

Kava Clubs Preserving Tongan Culture!

Aloha, dear readers, and welcome to what I hope will be another wonderful year of kava-related stories! I’ve gushed many times about the power of kava to strengthen community and family bonds and make strangers into friends over the kava bowl. Recently, my belief in the power of kava was directly vindicated by a study from the Auckland University of Technology which demonstrated that faikava (“kava clubs” in Tongan) have become a locus for preserving Tongan language and culture in the modern age! Conducted by master’s student Edmund Fehoko (who is of Tongan descent), the study surveyed young...

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Kava and Prescription Medication

Posted by on Dec 12, 2014 in Ask Makaira | 8 comments

Kava and Prescription Medication

We know kava, we know how it affects us personally (all people experience things differently, just like with coffee and alcohol), and we know it is safe by itself. If you have any questions about how kava might react with your prescription medication, or any medication, the very best person to talk to is the one who prescribed that medicine to you; your doctor!

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Why We Use Only the Roots

Posted by on Dec 12, 2014 in Ask Makaira | 0 comments

Why We Use Only the Roots

The health and safety of our customers is our number one priority. For that reason we only use kava roots and never incorporate leaves or stems in any of our products.

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