About a quarter of each bag by weight. The other three quarters is Hawaiian kava. We grow the Kali-Isa ourselves in Sacramento, and the whole blend is ground, mixed and packed in California — so every root in the bag is grown in the United States, the body of it in Hawaii.

It is beverage grade, and it drinks like a noble. Isa is its own lineage — not noble, not tudei. It followed a separate path in Papua New Guinea and carries more dihydromethysticin and dihydrokavain than either group, which is what gives the drink its body. We process it to bring the flavokavains down below what we measure in most noble root, and every lot is checked on the bench for identity, kavalactone content and flavokavains before it is blended. If you want the numbers for the lot you bought, ask us.

Calm that arrives quietly, with more body than a light noble bowl. Most people notice it fifteen to twenty minutes in: shoulders down, head still clear. Your mouth will go a little numb before that, which is normal and passes.

Two heaped tablespoons to 8 oz of cool water makes one serving. This blend runs on the stronger side, so start with one and wait twenty minutes before deciding on a second. Reseal the pouch and keep it cool and dark; ground kava is at its best inside a year.