FAQs
Q: What payment methods do you accept?
We accept every major credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD, AMEX), as well as PAYPAL.
Q: How Much Is Shipping ?
Standard Post Delivery
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Q: What About “Noble” Varieties of Kava ?
There are many different varieties of kava that have been grown and safely consumed in the South Pacific and Hawaii for centuries. When you’re looking to buy kava kava online, check to see if the site you’re on specifies which strain(s) of kava they offer. “Noble” strains of kava— those that haven’t been hybridized— such as the Fu’u, Borogu, Mahakea and Boroguru strains are more predictable in their potency. Also, the effect of their kavalactones on the human body has been well-documented. Avoid less well-studied hybrid strains such as Tu Dai kava. While potent, some research has suggested Tu Dai may create unsafe combinations of lactones in the body when taken orally. A scrupulous kava vendor site should specifically list all the strains they sell. In fact, Vanuatu grows 30-70 varieties of Kava and they ONLY export “Noble” strains of Kava. That’s exactly what we do here at Kingdom of Kava Australia! Non-Noble strains, called “ignoble”, may lack potency and are not seen as generally fit for drinking and do not have the right balances of Kavalactones. Koka Kava offers only Noble strains of Kava
Q: What About Kingdom of Kava Australia ?
We come from the biggest Kava importer from New Caledonia. We import Kava from Vanuatu to Australia. We are based in Sydney and distribute Kava all over Australia land.
Q: What Is The Best Cultivar of Kava ?
Thousands of years of selective cultivation from humans has created some incredibly powerful Kava root chemotypes. There is a growing number of kava “cultivars” that can be purchased. Some of the major ones are Hawaiian, Fijian, and Vanuatu. We think that Vanuatu kava is the best out there, and we even have a little bit of science to back up our claim! There are six key kavalactones in kava that produce the pleasant effects that we feel when we work with kava. According to Alden Botanica, which offers High Performance Liquid Chromatography of the kavalactones in various types of kava, the kava Fiji grows has the lowest percentage of kavalactones kavain and dihydrokavain, while Hawaii and Vanuatu kava have the highest percentages. This is very important because these two kavalactones are essential to the anti-anxiety action of kava. Therefore, if you are looking for a more potent kava, it’s best to go with Hawaii or Vanuatu kava rather than Fiji kava. That explains it rather simply, and it’s also the exact reason we’re so proud of the Kava Root we offer here on Kava.com: We carefully chose the one variety we offer in our Kava Marketplace. We chose a supplier who would sell us Kava ground from only lateral roots, and we were only willing to accept a very specific kavalactone profile. That profile needed to have a high concentration of a lactone called “kavain”, which is believed to be most responsible for the pleasurable as well as the anti-anxiety effects of kava root, and far less of the undesirable kavalactone types that offset and cancel out the pleasurable effects of kava. This variety may be a good fit for you, but do remember that like anyone who has Kava for the first time, you may need to build a sensitivity to its effects. We recommend that first time kava drinkers take it slow until they’ve gotten acquainted with the plant’s effects on them and know what to expect. For the first few times drinking kava, you should start with one bowl and wait 20 to 30 minutes to feel the effects before taking a second bowl as a booster. In some cases, people don’t feel any effects until they’ve tried the brew a few times, due to a reverse tolerance that can sometimes occur with kava. This is especially true of our own brand of Kava since it is very high in Kavain, and can take time for your body to respond to this particular Kavalactone. The American Herbal Products Council has recommended that people limit their intake of kavalactones to no more than 300 milligrams per day, and not use kava for a continuous period of more than three months. In recent years, numerous studies on kava have been published that undermine the link between properly prepared kava root and liver damage. Therefore, we feel this is probably an artificial daily limit for a herb with such a long history of safe use in the South Pacific at far higher daily doses. However, people interested in using kava therapeutically will be happy to know that kava’s anxiolytic and sleep-promoting effects can kick in at far lower doses than are needed to produce its more pronounced sedative and euphoric effects, making kava a great herbal supplement for everyday use. Here at Kava Dot Com have passed a strict application process that involves careful evaluation by a doctor of our website as well as the specific products and services. The review process involved stringent criteria that includes fair pricing and return criteria, reasonable medical claims, easy-to-locate customer service and protection of sensitive customer data. We seek out only the highest-quality Kava suppliers on our planet Earth, and will not offer any product that doesn’t reach our strictly-set standards. We are constantly adding and updating our information in an effort to be your most complete source of kava information available.
Q: Is Kava Really Harmful to the Liver ?
hat article contains virtually all of the information about the reports of liver damage over the past few years. If you’d prefer, here are a few simple guidelines if you want to use kava but avoid incurring side effects on your liver: use a small amount of kava the first few times you try it, in order to gradually introduce the plant’s novel alkaloids into your body. Avoid combining kava with any drugs that interact with the liver or alcoholic drinks. Always consult your doctor before using kava if you have an existing liver condition or take medications that interact with the liver. Additionally, because kavalactones affect neural pathways in the brain to generate relaxing and anxiolytic effects, kava can interact in harmful ways with prescription medications that also work on these neural pathways. These include sleep medications like diazepine, anti-convulsants, anti-anxiety drugs, anti-psychotics, and levodopa to treat Parkinson’s disease. This is not a comprehensive list, but in general it’s advisable to check with your doctor about kava’s safety for you if you take any drugs that affect the central nervous system. Kava kava is one of the best documented and researched herbs for both safety and effectiveness, and has been used by native islanders and now consumers worldwide for many years with beneficial results. As a consumer, you should only buy from kava vendors that offer a guarantee that their kava products are made using root-only extracts and powders, which is exactly our vision since we seek out only the highest-quality Kava suppliers on our planet Earth, and will not offer any product that doesn’t reach our strictly-set standards.