Has All of Your Kava Been Dried and Powdered?
Peter asked: Do you sell kava fresh, straight out of the ground, or has all of your kava been dried and powdered? Makaira says: We only sell dried and powdered root. We’ve tried to sell whole root as well as fresh root, but there has been so little demand that we lost a great deal of money from the stock we put aside to sell as fresh root each month. Our kava kava powder is sun dried and processed soon after harvest, and we have a high turnover rate, so you are sure to get extremely fresh kava kava root powder when you order from us! Aloha no,...
Read MoreDifferent Kava Products = Different Effects?
Jan asked: I have been using wine, etc. to help with stress and falling asleep. I would like to stop this habit completely. I have ordered your instant cocoa and spice kava. Do you have any other suggestions for different kava products? Would the paste or liquid caps have been a better choice? I don’t miss the wine exactly; I miss the almost instant feeling of relief it provides. Thanks for any insights. I love your website! Makaira says: We feel that the kava capsules and kava liquigels are better suited to pain management, as they don’t contain the full spectrum of plant...
Read MoreDo Kava and St. Johns Wort react together?
TY asks: Do Kava and St. John’s Wort react together? Makaria says: This is great question, and we have a very simple answer that we are required to say, by law: we are not doctors and are not allowed, by law, to offer such advice or information, sorry. Please contact your doctor and ask him/her the same question, and he/she should be able to answer it for you. I wish I could help you more, but this is all I am allowed to offer. Personally, I have used these exact two herbs together, with no noticeable side-effects, but I am certainly no doctor, so my advice cannot, in the law’s...
Read MoreDo You Sell Fresh Kava Roots?
Tali asked: Do you sell just the whole, fresh kava root? I would like to make fresh root and freeze it to drink later. Mahalo. Makaria says: We do not offer fresh kava root, sorry, only the dried root. It does not keep well as a fresh root, making shipping safely virtually impossible. The powdered root we offer has a shelf life of 2 years, so you should be just fine by using that without having to worry about freezing it to keep it fresh. We know that there is absolutely no comparison to drinks made with freshly-squeezed kava root, direct from Mother Nature, but, it’s not feasible to...
Read MoreHarvesting Kava Kava
On our farm, we have several acres of Piper methysticum flourishing year round. This shrub thrives at about 500 to 1000 feet above sea level, and we are right within the perfect range for the optimum Kava production. Our plants dwarf us, and are about 20 feet tall, with rhizomes sprawling in every direction from each plant base for about 10 feet. Some rhizomes are below the surface, and some are above the surface, but they can be traced quite easily from the base of the plant. The minimum time to take your first harvest from the shrubs without endangering the shrub is about 3 years. Any...
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