The Kava Journal
Field notes, research, history, culture, cultivation, and observations from more than two decades working with kava.
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Drinking Kava or "Sakau" as the locals call it, is a fundamental part of daily life in Pohnpei, Micronesia....
Sitting between Indonesia and Hawaii, in the Pacific Islands, there are hundreds of small islands that make up Micronesia. There...
Kava has significance in each region of the Pacific Islands. What it means in Hawaii may be different than what...
Vanuatu is in the South Pacific Islands and has been inhabited since 500 B.C. It is comprised of islands and...
Fiji Kava, also known as Yaqona is traditionally pronounced Yan-go-na and is considered by natives to be a plant given to...
Pronounced “ah-vah”, which means bitter, awa it is known as the Hawaiian kava drink. Hawaiian awa has many different names, depending on...
What may seem like a simple wooden bowl to some, the kava bowl has deep rooted meaning in traditional kava drinking. Various...
Samoa is a group of islands in the South Pacific. Kava is called “ava” in the their culture, which varies from other islands...
Oceana, the South Pacific Islands, is an almost magical place on this Earth. It is exotic and beautiful. Just visualizing...