Vegan Chocolate and “Blooming”
Another question we get asked quite often is in relation to the sometimes grayish color of our vegan chocolate chips, properly called chocolate bloom, so I thought I’d write a quick post about it to ease our customers’ minds: Have you ever purchased a chocolate candy bar from the store and had it have a grayish chalky coating on it? If so, that’s something call “blooming” in the world of chocolate. Chocolate blooming is the most common problem you will encounter, but from the start, let me offer this...
read moreDo You Use Sugar In Your Kava?
The above is a question we get quite often, so I thought I’d make a post about it! In short, IF we use sugar at all, we only use organic ECJ (Evaporated Cane Juice) – very different from the commercial white sugar. While both are the same sucrose molecule, the difference in composition between the two is that Evaporated Cane Juice has far less processing and contains many more nutrients in it. Our own brand of evaporated cane juice (ECJ) even has slightly more vitamin A, C, copper, potassium and calcium (in a 100 gram sample) than...
read moreDo You Ever Accept Visitors to Your Farm?
Aloha friends! Kona Kava Farm was in our family for generations, long before the United States entered our lands and dismantled our government, when we lived in harmony with Mother Nature, rich in cultural traditions that honored and respected the Earth. But, our farmhouse burned down several years ago, and for various reasons, we sold the property to someone who chose not to rebuild the farmhouse, or to continue using the land for farming. Below is the article we posted when we never dreamed we’d ever be without Kona Kava Farm....
read moreKava – Worldwide Legal Status
A detailed and up-to-date look on the legal status of Kava throughout the world and wordwide. Surprisingly, KAva Kava is legal in most of the world, with a few lingering countries that we feel will eventually come around as Kava gains in popularity, and they realize they’re missing out on possible revenue from Kava sales.
read moreGlutathione & Our Kava Products
We sometimes receive questions about the chemical compound that seems to be “all the rage” right now called “glutathione,” especially in relation to protecting the liver from damage. Ever since the pharmaceutical companies succeeded in falsely linking kava root with liver damage, we field many questions regarding liver damage and kava. So, below is the response I offer to those asking about glutathione, and thought it worthy of posting on the blog as well, in hopes of answering questions while dispelling myths at the...
read moreDavid: “A Blog-Worthy Scam”
We sometimes get customers who don’t find that Kava Kava is for them, they find the taste too unpleasant for their palettes, or they simply don’t feel any effects from it. What’s rare is the customer who believes that Kava is a scam. This type of dissatisfaction is truly rare, but I thought that my response to David may offer some insight for any customers who feel the same as David does. Kava has always been an integral part of my family and my culture for generations, but I can understand that Kava is not for everyone....
read moreTravel the Blue Lagoon
I recently read an essay by a student from Oxford University on her experiences traveling to the islands of Oceania in which she stated that “universal respect for the local vice of choice” – (my aside: there is that word again that I take such issue with; vice) – “the very alcoholic, somewhat hallucinogenic kava – is one of the many things that unites the islands of the South Pacific region. Indeed, despite their historical, social and political variations, these islands are remarkably alike.” While...
read moreA Little Hawaiian History…
Aloha! I’ve been reading a lot about kava in the news lately, and I’ve noticed a trend where journalists demonize kava as a “vice.” It is true that there are many who fall into the trap of looking to kava as a panacea. Others, like myself and my family and friends, simply enjoy it was a way to relax at the end of a long day. In any case, kava is a very heady brew that one must respect and it should not be taken lightly. Hawaii is home to the world’s finest kava, as well as to some of the world’s most...
read moreInternational Legal News
Recent Excerpts from Kava Legal News… Australian Police Seize Kava from TVNZ, February 05, 2009 About 60 kilograms of kava, an intoxicating drink from the Pacific Islands, has been seized by police on a flight to a remote Arnhem Land community. The flight was intercepted at Millingimbi, east of Darwin. Inside the plane, police allegedly discovering about 60 kilograms of Kava – worth about $50,000 – hidden in a number of small suitcases. They arrested a 36-year-old man and charged him with possessing a commercial quantity of...
read moreSpin The Kava!
Aloha! I hope that everyone out there had a happy Valentine’s Day. Forgive the belated nature of my well wishes to you. I’ve been so busy traveling and also with the farm, I am surprised that I have any time to write, much less a social life. Over the years, I never celebrated Valentine’s Day in the traditional, romantic way as most people do; it is my mother’s birthday. That’s why the day has always been significant and special to me. However, this year’s Valentine’s Day was indeed a very memorable...
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