The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. If you’ve ever prepared kava at home, you know the experience can vary. One batch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whole kava root - Jantira Namwong/Shutterstock In this day and age, everyone has heard of kava. From fancy mocktails that still ...

Kava is a far-flung relative of the pepper plant that grows on the remote tropical islands of Polynesia. It’s famous for the calm, dreamy state of mind it induces, and the locals have used it for ...

Which kava teas are best? While it might be new to you, Pacific Islanders have been drinking kava tea for thousands of years. This ancient beverage, derived from the roots of the Piper methysticum ...