The Kavas Name: Melo Melo
The Vendor: Bula Kava House… http://www.bulakavahouse.com/collections/vanuatu-kava-root/products/kava-root-melo-melo-kava-powder
Type of Kava:Root Powder
Pricing: 1/4 Kilo or .55 LB $18.00
Shipping: Includes Priority and was ordered on a Saturday and arrived on following Tuesday
Service: Excellent… emails to verify payment and emails to verify when it shipped/ with tracking
Packaging: Packaging was fine and the product comes in a sealed, resealable commercial (heavy duty) ziplock sack

Texture: Medium to fine ground well textured mix
Prep used: Mechanical blend/strain & Traditional hand/bag massage.
Color: Kind of a light beige, but when mixed was a fairly darker coffee with cream brown
Flavor: Fairly mild on the drink, with a peppery follow through and a mild amount of numbing of the tongue and throat.
This one does have a bit of a bite

Experience: This Kava is kind of underrated by other reviews in my opinion…here is one for comparison and perhaps more detail that I think describes it pretty accurately :
http://kavasseur.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-typically-work-about-80-hours-week.html

Now for me I found that it came on very fast, and the effect was very pronounced and relaxing. It didn’t bother my stomach at all and was very uplifting but way enjoyable. I was a bit pleasantly surprised by the strength of this one and music was expansive and deep. I consumed around 3 heaping Tablespoons in 16 Oz of water and that lasted me a good 6 hours with some drop off towards the end of that time. This is claimed to be the vendors (Judds) favorite Kava and I can see why. Its not one of those knock ya down kind of experiences its just super smooth and easy. As a business owner who owns a Kava bar he probably partakes while he works and this one I would think would allow for that nicely

Duration: around 6 hours from 3 tbls in 16 OZ fluid

Effect Target: Head 50% Body 50% ..Definitely a well balanced effects metric here

Would you recommend this: I absolutely would. I thinks its a decent value and exceeded my expectations