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Wth is kava and why are my hipster friends getting drunk on it
- Thread starter kristoffer
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To be fair, is there any way to REALLY be sure before you google?
But yes, in retrospect, it's funny.
I drink lots of the stuff. I think I've been drinking it for about a decade now. It's not new but it is riding the tail waves of kratom to increasing popularity.
It's somewhere around alcohol and benzos. It stimulates you in just a way that makes things like reading, writing, and coding easier and more enjoyable. Just slightly though, just slight enough to notice. I go to the kava bar to read and I drink at home to write.
Occasionally, it'll hit hard and you'll just irrationally find everything funnier. I don't like drugs or alcohol but I do like kava, but I wouldn't miss it
It's somewhere around alcohol and benzos. It stimulates you in just a way that makes things like reading, writing, and coding easier and more enjoyable. Just slightly though, just slight enough to notice. I go to the kava bar to read and I drink at home to write.
Occasionally, it'll hit hard and you'll just irrationally find everything funnier. I don't like drugs or alcohol but I do like kava, but I wouldn't miss it
Lot of people jump from this to Kratom. Kava is known to be addictive over time, Kratom is very addictive over time and a favorite for heroine/opioid users.
Not to derail, but careful with Kratom. I went through hell trying to recover from my addiction and people swore left and right how it wasn't addictive, blah blah.
Not to derail, but careful with Kratom. I went through hell trying to recover from my addiction and people swore left and right how it wasn't addictive, blah blah.
Phenibut is very recreational and addictive. I remember I took a large dose once and I felt hammered and I had to leave class and go home
Don't recommend
If you're interested check Bula Kava House in SE. Tried it over a year ago, not really a fan. But wouldn't mind if it was offered. My buddy from the Peace Corps is all about it though. Reminds them of their time serving in Fiji.
Grew up in Hawaii and been to plenty of Pacific nations where people had kava, many many years ago.
Yeah, it's dirt water in terms of taste. Yes, you need to drink tons of it to really feel anything. No, I'm not a fan.
Then again I don't like poi or poke or kimchi either so I guess I'm not a real Hawaiian resident.
Yeah, it's dirt water in terms of taste. Yes, you need to drink tons of it to really feel anything. No, I'm not a fan.
Then again I don't like poi or poke or kimchi either so I guess I'm not a real Hawaiian resident.
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None of my boutique avocado toast chef friends here in Los Angeles care for it.
But for real I had it a few years ago and it wasn't notable.
But for real I had it a few years ago and it wasn't notable.
There's two types of kava i think, the tourist stuff that's powdered, tastes like muddy water and isn't that strong, and then kava the proper way which is chewed up kava root that's spat (i think the saliva causes a reaction in the kava) into some material or leaves or something to be filtered and then drank(I've had the tourist stuff, i wasn't going to drink other people's spit!). I'd assume this'd be the tourist type!
It's like with absinthe. All the cool Victorian era kids were into it, thinking it's super strong and makes them super high, when really....it was just 50% alcohol. My grandpa's rakija was stronger (at 78%!!!!!).
The same hipsters who are into kava now were probably the same kids who snorted Pixie Stix in middle school. XD
The same hipsters who are into kava now were probably the same kids who snorted Pixie Stix in middle school. XD
There's a kava bar in NYC's East Village called Kavasutra that I've been to a few times with my old English professor and his friends. They sell the powdered version and the liquid version. I had a few eggshells and didn't feel anything because it's supposed to be a reverse tolerance as opposed to drinking booze. It always comes with a pineapple slice to kill the dirt taste.
Going during their happy hour makes it significantly cheaper than going during non-happy hours but the place is tiny. I thought about going back on a date someday but then again, a six pack of Trader Joe's beer is way cheaper.
Going during their happy hour makes it significantly cheaper than going during non-happy hours but the place is tiny. I thought about going back on a date someday but then again, a six pack of Trader Joe's beer is way cheaper.
and its less popular, less effective sisterthread JustSayNoEra
my gf wanted to try this stuff when we were in denver
it tastes like complete shit and did absolutely nothing to me
it tastes like complete shit and did absolutely nothing to me
Came in with a curiosity for what kava is, and left learning a ton of new technical terms and lots of drug names... Never have I felt more old and uncool in my life. (full disclosure, never done anything besides alcohol and like 10 shots of my inhaler when I was 8. Not against adults having access to most things besides meth and opiods, those straight up ruin lives, seen that first hand).
For what it's worth, Poke is awesome and is now practically everywhere in Seattle. They even sell it at Costco! And it's excellent.
I tried some Kava pills in Vegas and it made me feel like a Vegas tourist who just wasted his money on some bullshit.
None? Kava is its own thing and not something you pound to get thrashed.
If you went to a bar you might have had a drink without much kava in it. But again, it's nothing like being drunk.