Kelai Kava Single Cultivar | Epi Island Vanuatu
Kelai kava is known as one of the most euphoric kava plants. When you're looking for a kava near me, always ask for a certificate of analysis like this to prove that it is quality kava
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Kelai Kava Single Cultivar | Epi Island Vanuatu

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Batch: 3

 

Tasting Notes: Very Heady - Very Potent - Little Stimulation if Any

A nice dark brown powder and a clean smell with little a earth. When prepared, the liquid is lighter than the color. It tastes very slightly earthy with hints of bananna. 

The effects took about 40 minutes to kick in, but wow they were a whopper! Everything is in the head. No stimulation what so ever. No anxiety inducing effects that some heady kavas are known for. The effects lasted about 3 hours. This is a very special kava indeed!

Everyone's tolerance is different. Because of reverse tolerance, I may have a faster, lasting experience. We can have different experiences! Please let us know how it worked for you. So if it hasn't worked for you yet, try it again. If you have any questions at all, please reach out on our Instagram or Facebook page.

About this Kava:

Kelai is a very rare cultivar outside of Vanuatu. Grown on the island of Epi, this single cultivar is prized for it's almost instant uplifting, euphoric feeling. It's almost hoarded locally so little of it is exported. 

We sourced this 100% Noble lateral and basal root mix (70%/30%) kava from the island of Epi in Vanuatu. This high quality, single cultivar, noble Kava is selected from the Kelai variety that have been grown on the island of Epi. 

Kelai has been purposefully cultivated for centuries to both concentrate the kavain and increasing the desirable effects.

Noble Lateral Root Kava powder, is derived from the smaller roots that extend from the main root-stock. These roots are higher in Kavalactones.

The basil root or stump is the root ball base of the kava plant peeled and cut into chips before pounding. This typically has a different chemotype than the lateral roots, is milder in kavalactons and more creamy in texture. 

Batch 3 CHEMOTYPE: 421653

Batch 3 TOTAL KAVALACTONE: 6.27

About the Farmer:

We source this kava from a middleman in Vanuatu. Middlemen Are vital to the supply chain in all of the South Pacific Islands. Many times the best quality kava comes from a community deep in the jungle or on an island that takes 12 hours to get to. These middlemen create relationships with these farmers. The farming communities our vendor sources from tend to not have very much technology at all and live a very different life than we do. Most or all of the income they receive in the year comes from the sale of this kava. We connected with this specific middleman because they have 1. Cultivated relationships with people that provide the absolute best quality kava available in Vanuatu (not even kidding here). 2. They make it a point to pay the farmers a fair price for their kava. Undercutting people doing hard work for a great product is just not in their playbook and we want to be a part of that team. We hope you do too!

Our vendor selects the best kava from farmers in  Central and Southern parts of the island. 

Directions:

Made as single serving: 50g in 20oz water. Blended for 4 min, strained. 

Made by the gallon: 100 to 130g. 1 gallon of room temperature water in a large bowl, bucket or a traditional tanoa bowl. Add water to the vessel. Add kava to a nut bag or cheese cloth and dip the bag into the water. Massage for about 15 to 20 minutes or until you've reached your desired potency. This will yield a much weaker kava for the purpose of sharing multiple cups with friends in longer sessions. Serve in coconut shells, glasses or store in a gallon jug chilled. Shake jug before serving. 

Note: Add 20% of the gallon of water or 4oz in your single serving of 20oz as coconut milk for a tastier end result.

Customer Reviews

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Chace
Nice and mellow

It was nice, but not as strong as I had hoped. I prepared it using traditional prep. I think I’ll use 4 min blender method next time. I find that produces a stronger drink. I’ve started using kava to replace alcohol. Trying to lose weight. This one is good but I’m still searching for the strain that is most comparable to the wonderful feeling you get from a nice beer buzz. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated 🙂

Thank you for the kind words! When you get a chance give temotu purple and temotu lateral roots a try. They're from the same plant but the lateral roots hits very strong. You can even it out with the other and can get close to what you're looking for.. bula!

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Mich
Love it

Quick and great service. The Kelai is a nice smooth kava, as good as, or better than any others I've tried. And the strainer bag I got was excellent, too

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Jenny Dang
Great Kava and Customer Service

Very impressed with the quality of their kava that feels like comfort food meets a nice buzz. Reaching out to their customer service was also great as they were so friendly and responsive- looking forward to my future orders with them!

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Joshua Nash
Love Kelai Heady Kava

Love Kelai Heady Kava - Just what I needed with my daily Kratom dosing, monthly subscriber from now on, recommend cold 2% milk with chocolate Nesquik mix for chugging, otherwise nauseated feeling for me

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Michael Sleater
excellent kava

This Kelai is some of the best kava I have tried.

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Jeff Tarola
No Effect

Wanted to try Kava for calming effects and Art of Kava
seemed to be high quality. Found it has no effect on me
even with double dose brewing.

Hey Jeff,

Thanks for giving our kava a try!

If this is your first time with kava there are a few things that will effect your experience.
Kava effects different people differently and some experience reverse tolerance.
Reverse tolerance means that you're more tolerant in the beginning and over time you become less tolerant of the effects.

There are also variables in preparation that can effect your experience. Kava isn't prepared like a tea
And the kavalactones have to be pulled out, etc.

If you would like, please connect with us so we can help me your kava experience much better!
Our email is info@artofkava.com

Bula!

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