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Kava Canada Kava Ceremony

We love to sit in the backyard beside our fish pond and enjoy our own kava ceremony for two! What could be better than sitting in the sunshine, watching the birds flitter and chirp in the trees while we kick … Continue reading

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The Magic of Coconut Oil

Kavalactones can be better extracted when making your kava if a little fat is used. I used to put soy lecithin but since I have stopped consuming soy products I found coconut oil works fine when I don’t use coconut … Continue reading

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Rooibos Tea, The Alternative to Caffeinated Tea

  Also called red bush, the rooibos tree grows in South Africa in poor acidic soil. The fermented stems and leaves are used to make a red tea that is known to cure digestive troubles when taken orally and to … Continue reading

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Dandelion Root Tea: A Great Coffee Substitute

Dear friends, I quit drinking coffee a month ago. It was hard but it was something I had to do and it turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever took in my life along with quitting … Continue reading

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Coconut kava

Another kava recipe for you dear Kava Canadian friends: This one is so healthy and delicious! This kava recipe would make a good alternative to Bailey’s Irish Cream. Our super easy coconut kava recipe: (Yields 1 serving) 1tsp fine kava … Continue reading

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Warm Chocolate Lava Kava

Once a while we like to experiment different ways to have our kava, and today the result was a warm, mouth numbing, sweet and chocolaty kava drink. I called it “chocolate lava kava”. Here’s the recipe. Makes 1 cup 1 … Continue reading

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A Virtual Musical Trip to Kauai, Hawaii

I discovered a really cool internet music show: Live From Daryl’s House. That is Daryl from one of my all time favorite music group Daryl Hall & John Oates. It is a free website and every month Daryl has a … Continue reading

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Kava Chips

Today we got the Kona Kava Farm kava chips we ordered at the end of the year before the special ended. The package says: Lawena kava chips. A Google search didn’t return many results. It could be a typo and maybe … Continue reading

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Christmas Kava Specials

Hello kava friends, we wanted to let you know that Kona Kava Farm offers 20% off on their mahakea kava root powder and on kava chips only (chunks of kava root). Simply click here and enter the code ROOTONLY20NL at check out . As mentioned … Continue reading

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A well kept kava secret discovered!

After my discovery last night,  which was boiling whole kava roots,  I was looking forward trying another recipe from my new kava book. The recipe said to put 1 teaspoon (tsp) of powdered kava root and let it steep in hot … Continue reading

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