He noted that the roots of the kava plant, a type of pepper tree, were chewed into pulp by people, who then spat the mixture into a bowl of water or coconut water. The concoction was strained ...

It's made from the powdered root of a pepper tree called piper methysticum strained through a wooden bowl full of water. Kava is always accompanied by a ceremony where people gather around the ...

You'd think with our year-round growing season, there would be year-round farmers' markets, but many Florida markets are seasonal. Yellow-Green Farmers Market is one of the few permanent, year-round ...

In 2009, Laurent Olivier opened his second kava bar, Bula Kafe, in St. Petersburg, Fla., which is still open today. After ...

I wrote extensively on how Sobolo could be developed to improve heart health and also generate revenue for Ghana ...

Kava, also known as Piper methysticum, is a perennial shrub with large, heart-shaped leaves. Its fibrous root, when crushed and steeped in water and massaged to release its essence, produces a cloudy, ...

Sacred Root’s kava drink was made by steeping the root of the kava plant in water. Kava, a shrub native to the South Pacific, has been used by Pacific Islanders to promote physical relaxation ...