Bula Kava House News

If you’ve tried buying kava online over the last year, you may have noticed that kava supplies are painfully low. At Bula Kava House, we’ve had to search the world over to find our customers the type of quality kava they’ve come to expect from our online store and at our Portland kava bar. To find kava that meets our high standards for quality, we’ve looked to the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and a few other lesser-known kava growing regions to find some truly hidden gems that have both delighted and surprised our customers with their flavor and complexity. The reason...

What helps separate the exceptional kavas produced in Vanuatu from other areas of the world is the long and honored tradition kava cultivation plays in Vanuatuan culture. Often passed down from one generation to the next, Ni-Vanuatu have developed and refined growing techniques that enable farmers to produce hearty crops of potent kava year after year. Recently, Bula’s own Judd Rench had the opportunity to discuss kava cultivation with Ni-Vanuatu farmer Nickson Tosu, a 27-year-old farmer from the village of Fanafo on the island Espiritu Santo. Judd: How much land do you farm? Nickson: I farm two to three hectares...

While summer officially starts a few weeks earlier, for many people the Fourth of July marks the beginning of the season. Fireworks, festivals, and live music provide all of the motivation many people need to get out of the house, enjoy the weather, and have some much needed fun. July has the reputation as a month of celebration here in the U.S., but other countries have their own ways of celebrating the season. In Fiji, the summer season offers a few notable festivals that are local to the island nation which serve to highlight Fijian culture through the celebration of...

Kava plays such an important role in so many different cultures around the world. By drinking kava, you can experience some small part of those cultures in places far removed from where the kava originated. Yet despite whatever the distance, the effort, care, and craft that goes into cultivating kava remains. This provides kava enthusiasts with the opportunity to gain new appreciation and respect for those cultures that take such enormous pride in creating some of the world’s greatest kavas with each drink. At Bula Kava House, we love having the opportunity to present new and exciting kavas to our...