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Your Illustrated Infographic Guide To Kava Do you know someone who wants to try kava? Maybe you have friends who are curious about kava but don't know much about it. Share this handy infographic with them! Our team at Bula Kava House created this illustrated guide to kava to educate interested beginners and to be a kava reference for our customers! This guide to kava covers a brief history of kava, explains the ingredients, lists common uses for kava, and our recommendations on how to prepare kava. Feel free to download this infographic or share this blog post to your friends...

(Updated July 2018) Watch our new step-by-step video, presented by our founder and kava expert, Judd Rench. After you've enjoyed the video, be sure to purchase your favorite kava varieties on our website. Enjoy! Kava has been enjoyed for an estimated 3,000 years in many nations throughout Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia for ceremonies, social events, and as a treatment for various physical and mental ailments.  As time has progressed, so have the techniques used to make this sacred drink. Watch Our How To Make Kava Video [su_button link="http://www.bulakavahouse.com/products/" color="white" background="orange"]Get Your Kava Today![/su_button] How To Prepare Traditional Kava Up until fairly recently...

On the volcanic island of Ambrym, in the South Pacific archipelago nation of Vanuatu, July brings about the annual yam harvest. On many of the islands in Vanuatu, the yam has special significance and plays a vital role in ceremonies like weddings and as a symbolic gift. To celebrate the yearly harvest, villages across Ambrym hold Yam & Magic festivals that include songs and stories about yams, yam displays, demonstrations of magic and men and women dancing. The most important dance performed at yam festivals is the traditional Rom Dance. A customary ceremonial dance that only involves the men of...

Around 40,000 years ago, humans started living in the areas now known as New Guinea and Australia. As time progressed, these early explorers increased their range to the southern Pacific islands. Most historians generally agree that kava, made from the Piper methysticum plant, was first grown on the islands of Vanuatu starting around 3,000 years ago; though, some have argued that its use began in Fiji or New Guinea. After its initial planting and use, the popularity and influence continued on to the east – helped along by the islanders and their sailing canoes. It then appeared in Polynesia, Fiji,...