From there it spread with people as they traveled and settled new islands. Most Pacific Island settlers of the time carried all their possessions with them, including important food plants, when they traveling. Though kava may have been available in small quantities in health food stores near you for years, only recently has kava received national TV and Press coverage in the USA and other countries. Go to our Kava Ceremony page to learn a basic kava ceremony. Some pills and extracts have fillers, have been combined with other ingredients or have been adulterated in other ways.
Nothing is added or taken away.
We'll be honest with you - while many of our customers have told us that they have tried the pills, etc most of them have preferred the effects of our Traditional Kava Powder. The kava powder is a coarse powder, not as fine as flour, so the strainer bag filters out all the coarse kava particles while allowing the fine powder to diffuse into the water.