UPDATE:
Okay, firstly I'm now not buying from
http://www.nakamalathome.com/ because the postage from the USA to the UK is far too expensive unless you want to buy in bulk.
I aint tried Kava yet so it wouldnt be wise for me to spend so much money on it, the postage makes it even less appealing. But let me tell you, that site is the MOST HELPFUL SITE I HAVE EVER COMEACROSS in all INTERNET surfing for me. The guy is soooo helpful and honest its unreal. Email him with any quesitons regarding kava and he'll respond, he's a decent man who runs a booming kava site and kava bar. His prices are great and he sells good quality PNG grade kava, which is the strongest and comes under Cheif kava at his site and is only for those who have already been usded to kava. He told me you dont always feel the effects on your first go, and if the kava isnt fresh than you wont feel anything, it must be fresh and you must work your way up the strenghs of kava. He said that Vanuatu kava is amongst the best, but Papua new gunea 'PNG' is the most potent, but for veterna drinkers. Hawai kava is also good he said. Didnt comment in Fiji kava or anyothers. He sells the kava at a great price aswell but the postage is too much for me, if you live in the USA or near to it than I say GO FOR HIS SITE, because its sooooo helpful, cheap and honest. He also sells the cups and cloths plus other bits 'n bobs. He also told me that he's working on getting a European branch of his trade setup within 12 months, so I told him I will buy than, the postage will be allot cheaper for me.
Now what I'm going to do is order from
http://www.plot55.com/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=kava which is based in WALES and its legal for them to sell Kava in the UK.
200G of the PNG grade [very potent] costs £16 and the postage is around £1.50p.
I'm going with that but will drink it in small amounts for my first 3-4 times until my body gets used to it, like advised by the guy in the USA at the previous website.
I will than see how it goes. Anyone who is in the USA should IGNORE this site because its nowhere near as cheap as the US guy. EVERYTHING in the UK is more expensive than anywhere else, so why not the fuckin Kava. £9 for 250G at the US site, and its the same potent PNG stuff [Cheif kava] but anyways thats life living here. I will buy that and see how it goes and report back. The site dont sell the cups or the prep cloths, so I will need to look about for alternatives on them.
I have also emailed the guy at
http://www.shamanspalace.com//product_info.php?products_id=276 about his 90% kavalectone kava paste and he says its from Hawai and only a dose the size of a pea is needed. I would be interested in buying from him once I adjust to the PNG kava from wales, because at 90% its kinda like a whiskey for kava and very potent and dangerous if abused, infact its such concentrates which caised the whole liver scare with regards to Kava. I also emailed the honest guy at the first site about that paste and heres his reply
The paste is strong. I will give you that.If it is CO2 extract of kava it should contain only kavalactones.They take kava root and put it in liquid CO2 under high pressure to extract the kavalactones. CO2 is an inert gas that will not react with anything unlike the other substances they use like ethanol or acetone.I personally believe that CO2 extract is safe in theory. I myself have had this stuff from Hawaii and it definitely will do the trick.
What I do have a problem with is the concentration. I shouldn't tell you this but I am going to.Please don't think I am saying this to sway your decision. I took some of that extract paste and I felt the effects of kava but it was imbalanced to me.Not the same as from drinking kava. Also when I took this paste it made me have a hard time urinating and gave me some pains in my kidneys while urinating. I personally will never eat this stuff again. Also, they say 28 grams is a lot and I don't think so.I bough 28 grams of this stuff and it went pretty quick just me trying it out.
Now I don't know if you know what caused the liver scare in Europe but it was from companies selling kava extracts that were 90% pure kavalactones. Almost all of the cases of liver problems to this date that started this problem were based on people that were taking these potent extracts which Merck and Pfizer stopped selling immediately. The full report on this problem is below along with another article about it. I have plenty more if you are interested.
http://www.analyze-realize.com/Publications/Kava.en.html
http://www.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=2147
Kava root itself has a concentration of kavalactones around 8-12% on average. The strongest kava in the world that I have ever seen has around 20% kavalactone content.This is our kava from Papua New Guinea we sell as Chiefs kava. Making kava more concentrated than it comes in nature is what caused the kava mess in the first place. I'll just stick to drinking kava which so far has been deemed safe.
I am not knocking the competitors products. I bought mine from http://www.konakavafarm.com/price.html they have a 70% kavalactone paste that I know works.I have also tried this companies products http://www.ethnobotanicals.com/Kava-kava.html That was the one that gave me the problems. The first one I mentioned kona kava farm did not make my kidneys hurt but I did still notice a small problem urinating. That is really gross I know but you want the truth you get it here.
I would have to say that your chances of getting that through customs in the UK will be less than getting raw kava root from what I know. Concentrates and extracts are medicines and raw kava root which is unprocessed is not as far I can tell.
Your welcome to try it and if you decide you want some kava root let me know, my offer will always stand with you
So this stuff is just for NOW and AGAIN, once in a blue moon because its not the natural potency for kava and is VERY STRONG SHIT.
The guy at the Shamans Palace is alright, doesnt answer very quick but he gets their in the end. I currently asked him about the whole custom issue, what if the paste gets seized at UK customs, where do I stand with regards to my product and cash.
Also asked about postage fees from the US to the UK for the paste.
I will update on this when it arrives.
So I will soon be buying 200G of PNG kava from
http://www.plot55.com/shop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=kava for a total of £17.74 including postage and packing from Wales to England.
If I like it and it likes me than I will keep doing some buisness and in time I will buy the paste from the shamans palace. Hopefully once the guy at
http://www.nakamalathome.com/ gets shop setup in europe I will order from him.
Regards