In the village where I live in southern Ethiopia, people
like to wind down the day by visiting a T’ejj Bet (Honey Wine House) on the way
home. The drink is the color of orange juice but tastes like lightly fermented
beer thickened and accented by the universally-loved flavor of honey. Last
week, I brought along a jar of Paradise Kava’s “Honey Lemon” Kava extract to
the honey bar to enhance my experience. I was meeting my friend Talowen there
for a couple bottles of honey wine and wanted to see what his reaction to Paradise
Kava’s newest creation would be. After some hesitancy and persuasion he decided
to give it a shot. He was the first person I’ve ever seen “get” Kava the first
time. His whole face lit up and he
started expressing how amazing his mouth and throat felt. Two pea-sized drops
later he was commenting on how supremely relaxed he felt. I, too, had taken a
few generous globs of Paradise Kava’s 5th Generation Extract but
decided to hide the jar away lest curious onlookers try to scrape into my
stash. I don’t know much, but I do know that I am the first person to ever
introduce Kava extract to someone in a honey bar in the highlands of southern
Ethiopia. From the South Pacific to the Great Rift Valley – it doesn’t get any
more international than that! It’s great that Kava is being presented in new
and innovative ways and it is fairly obvious that Paradise Kava’s newest
invention is the strongest, best-value product that Kavasseurs can hope for.
The newest incarnation of the Premium Kava extract series
brings a whole new level of perfection to these miraculous elixirs. Paradise
Kava’s latest extract innovation packs a whopping 150 mg of kava per gram,
opposed to the much lower concentrations of 50 mg and 75 mg in the previous
manifestations. The newest extract is creamier, balmier, and packs more of a mouth-numbing
punch than its predecessors did. It has
strong medicinal undertones to it, which Adil has done his best to neutralize
with stronger honey and lemon flavors. In the Coconut Vanilla flavor, the
result is a perfectly-proportioned treat that tastes so much like delicious
candy that you might find yourself too krunked too fast. The same goes for the
Chocolate Orange. My preference is the Honey Lemon, which is easier to moderate
and has enough of that bright Kava flavor that you know when you’re approaching
a good place before you slab another glob of innovation onto your tongue. Hats
off to Adil here for continuing to use unprocessed Hawaiian-grown honey and
lemon, as well as organic chocolate, vanilla, orange, and coconut in the other
two extracts. Paradise Kava’s commitment to excellence is there in every dose
of the newest extracts.
Now, when can we expect new flavors? The Kavasseur is
ever-excited to see where this goes next.
Bula!
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