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  • Gourmet Hawaiian Kava specializes in selling Single strain Hawaiian (‘Awa) cultivars, some are rare like Papa ele ele puu puuChris Allen and others common like Mahakea.   We are a family run ‘Awa Farm on the Big Island of Hawaii.  Kava is called “‘Awa” in Hawaii.  There are 13 known strains of ‘Awa in Hawaii that were cultivated by the Islanders thousands of years ago, and our goal is to grow them all and provide them to you fresh from our farm.
  • My name is Chris Allen and I am the owner of Gourmet Hawaiian Kava. I am somewhat of a Kava expert having actively engaged in the research, study and growing of kava for well over 25 years. Kava is a beneficial botanical that has been used for centuries by Islanders for both medicinal and social uses.  And it is my pleasure to provide such fine Gourmet Hawaiian ‘Awa to you folks.  You will always get only the best Hawaiian kava grown in the USA.  Only kava grown in the USA is so fresh, never being shipped in a container over seas.  You can smell and taste the difference.
  • Kava is called ‘Awa here in Hawaii and it has been a very big part of Hawaii and the people of Hawaii.  The kava we have here in Hawaii was brought by the first seagoing Polynesian travelers, the first ones to inhabit Hawaii and they felt that ‘Awa was important enough to bring it with them on the canoe.
  • Kava is a traditional beverage that the Royalty and the priests used as well as the common people.  Some varieties were reserved only for the Royalty like the Papa ele ele sometimes called “the queens ‘Awa”.  Some Papa ele ele plants have had very high kavalactone content, as high as 20.8% as seen in the first sample of dried lateral roots tested. (see chart on page 52 of Hawaiian ‘Awa Views of an Ethnobotanical Treasure).  The variety Hiwa was said to be reserved for the Kahuna or Hawaiian Priest.  Then varieties like Mahakea and Pana ewa are said to be for the common folk.   No matter who they were in Hawaiian culture kava was a part of their life.
  • Today kava in Hawaii is still popular, there are numerous kava bars and a few great kava farms that are growing Hawaiian kava and keeping the 13 known varieties alive.  You can enjoy Hawaiian kava very easy now even if you don’t live in Hawaii, you can buy kava online here at Gourmet Hawaiian Kava.  Aloha nui loa, maikai ka hana o ka ‘awa.
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