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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

#37,481
The_Janitor said:
Turmeric is the other big one.
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Yep, these are the pills I was taking.
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Squanch72 said:
Exactly how I feel with kava.
Never this
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always this
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Squanch, have you ever tried Kava extract? I've found thats the easiest method of kava intake, just 3 droppers full into a water bottle, shake and chug, and your all fuzzy inside. Or if your feeling frisky a dropper full under the tongue is like the equivalent of a kava brain freeze for like 10 secs.
 
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mc_muench said:
Squanch, have you ever tried Kava extract? I've found thats the easiest method of kava intake, just 3 droppers full into a water bottle, shake and chug, and your all fuzzy inside. Or if your feeling frisky a dropper full under the tongue is like the equivalent of a kava brain freeze for like 10 secs.
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Most pills and extracts are made from crappy tudei(two day) kava bought up by Chinese manufactures.
The extract I would use is Paradise Kava extract they used noble kava and used CO2 to extract it and then made a fruit or chocolate flavored gel that you just need a little bit of. But it is pricey like 10 servings for $40 shipped. This is supposed to be heady feeling kava.
Kalm with Kava makes a fruit flavored liquid concentrate that is made with noble kava. They sell pre-made bottles or just bottles of the concentrate that you add water or juice too. That is super travel friendly. Though this is more heavy kava(body relaxing) than euphoric heady kava like you like.
There is a legit company that sells liquid vaping kava E-Juice I think they are called.
You can even buy chocolate bars with kava in it.

I bought a CO2 concentrate extract from a guy that was supposed to be on the up and up because I was going on vacation. Well it was made from tudei and I felt like crap on it and felt none of the good benefits of noble kava on it. That company is called KKRUs. Skip that one.

Kava Candy is legit and pretty nice but you need a handful.

What I have learned is to stick with noble medium grind root kava and get used to straining by hand or get an Aluball for faster prep. When you travel premake some kava the night before. Just like today I woke up to a migraine and just wasn't in the mood for work. So I brought this with me in case the work day turns to shite. I call it my don't give a shite juice. Plus sometimes my coworker and I like to have the occasional nip the last hour of the day on Fridays. Got to love a kava circle at work.

I foresee a reported Squanch sighting or two in Tidewater VA 3:30pm eastern time.
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If kava is CO2 soluable, I bet you can do the extraction yourself with a heat proof nitrous whip cream charger. For culinary use only!

Just get the BB gun CO2 cartridges. Then fill the charger with kava, the liquid solvent and introduce 1-2 gas charges. Vent excess co2 and then reduce the mixture inside to a tincture level.

I assume the gel flavor means they added gelatine and flavoring to the extract. All this is assumption... And science!
 
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Blank_0101 said:
If kava is CO2 soluable, I bet you can do the extraction yourself with a heat proof nitrous whip cream charger. For culinary use only!

Just get the BB gun CO2 cartridges. Then fill the charger with kava, the liquid solvent and introduce 1-2 gas charges. Vent excess co2 and then reduce the mixture inside to a tincture level.

I assume the gel flavor means they added gelatine and flavoring to the extract. All this is assumption... And science!
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You need a huge amount of kava to do a CO2 extract, because you are just removing the kavalactone oils out of the root in the first place. So they are just binding up the kavalactones out of this huge amount of prepared kava. I think most extracts available are alcohol tinctures and you still need a lot of root for even that.
 
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Pelham Bleu said:
Another vote for "flange sounds great on a clean tone."
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Maybe someday, want a nice one I guess, and not that necessary at the moment.

currently gonna use my modded joyo tremolo for now, clean or fuzzy slow throb.

Squanch72 said:
You need a huge amount of kava to do a CO2 extract, because you are just removing the kavalactone oils out of the root in the first place. I think most extracts available are an alcohol tinctures and you still need a lot of root for even that.
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Thanks for the info! Probably will never get a chance to do it, but if the solvent is alcohol then it's very similar to many extractions herbal or otherwise. The gas of choice and pressure just enhance it.

In fact if you get whiskey, cinnamon and nitrous chargers, you can make your own fireball, or any combination of flavorants/"adulterants" and booze.
 
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