r/Kava • u/Hmac700 • 1d ago

How many times do you guys regrog?

Let me rephrase; how many times do you guys reuse the same kava powder?

I use an aluball, and after I use that powder, I put that into a ziplock bag and I freeze it.
I reuse that kava, thaw it out in hot tap water, and then I sift out into kava bag to knead until the water turns proper grog color.
How many times can you repeat this process until the stuff is out of significant potency?

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u/kabedardee 1d ago

I always just do two washes and combine them into one batch. I do traditional prep in a strainer bag though. I’ve never felt a third really gets much but opinions can vary.

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u/beenoneofthem 1d ago

I find 2 is good, you can get a third wash out but it's pretty weak. To maximise your extraction doing the second and third washes with half the volume of water as the first, then combining all 3 works pretty well.

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u/Hmac700 1d ago

I do combine the in a way, but in different batches and separately.
I drink the stuff way too fast lol

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u/Glum-Selection-8922 1d ago

I do two washes traditional style with a strainer bag

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u/WhiteySC 1d ago

One extra wash is good enough. I used to swear by 3 and I will still do a third if the second comes out milky and dark but usually 2 is enough.

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u/shpinglet 1d ago

After the 2nd usually try for a third, generally nowhere near as potent looking lol. Just enjoy the ritual anyway i think

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u/BaihuiHuiyin 16h ago

Use a blender with hot water and some fats and your makas will yield more than you thought

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u/Hmac700 3h ago

I found that using fats for kava yields a sub optimal grog every single time.
I notice that I experience more of a hang over, more tardive dyskinesia, more anxiety and overall a less pleasant krunk than if I just use water.
The fat also clogs up the kava bag or aluball and hinders total kavalactone percentage overall.
There’s a few studies that found that the total percentage when brewed with fat is almost 10% lower than when brewed with water alone.

I actually stopped using milk a couple months ago and never looked back.

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u/Legitimate_Ad7477 20m ago

I do it the Same. Best way !

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u/Legitimate_Ad7477 21m ago

If you tongue dont get numb anymore the alcaloids are empty. I use it two times but often also 3 times. I collect my used dried kava powder from the last three Sessions and take all of it to make me one last Drink. Because the powder got not that much kavalactones like at the first brewing. So I collect all and make a final Drink and believe me that Hits Hard. In Europe it’s to expensive to use it only one time🫠