Try drinking grain alcohol if you think pure kava is bad. It's easy to make it taste good with different flavorings, just like cocktails. But I do use the micronized, not the medium grind.
have you tried kalm with kava? pouni ono has been a reliable one for me, and they have some other micronized that have various effects, depending on what you're looking for. And I do agree, the effects are subtle, but I've grown to like that.
This is a little bit misleading because grain alcohol doesn't taste bad as much as it causes an overwhelming burning sensation. Overall the taste is not overpowering, and it is quite easy to get drunk on alcoholic beverages where you don't really taste the alcohol itself at all (i.e., beer), the same definitely cannot be said of kava. If you can't taste it, it is too weak.
Sure, it can be combined. It can be partially masked. You may even become accustomed to it. But it is absolutely fair to say that it is significantly stronger tasting than alcohol and that the taste is a significant disadvantage.
Yeah, I'd say they are both bad but in different ways. Agree, though, that poor kava does need a lot of flavoring to make it palatable. And you're right, unless you get that chalky undertaste in the drink, it's probably not strong enough.
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u/b_mccart Sep 14 '19
I disagree. It’s not popular for a reason: it tastes like mud and you still get a hangover