Instant Kava Recipes

While recipes using a traditional kava preparation as a base are an essential part of offering an authentic kava experience, new innovative products can be used to achieve similar results. Kava bars are using different methods to save time and meet the demand of their clients.

Instant Kava is one of those shortcuts that can create kava drinks in a fraction of the time or with minimal preparation.

What is Instant Kava?

Instant kava is made from kava root in the same way a traditional kava prearation is made, and than the mix is dehydrated to leave you with a fine powder mix that can be used to add to any liquid.

This method is time consuming to create the finished product, but it definitely will save time for any drink preparation. Today, time is of importance since any kava bar owner can tell you that payroll is one of the biggest business expense.

Standardisation with Instant Kava

As the saying goes: Not all things are created equal. And this holds for any kava business and kava bar owner. One of the key success elements of a business is to provide a consistent experience for their customer, which can be challenging when working with natural ingredients.

Using Fresh Kava root vs Instant Kava

Advantages:

1. Authenticity: It is as authentic as you can provide to your customer regarding taste, effect, and cultural experience.

2. Variety: There is a large selection to choose from, offering a variety of cultivars to your clients.

3. Price: Unprocessed kava root powder is more affordable per gram than instant kava.

Disadvantages:

1. Quality: Even if you have the best supplier, quality changes from batch to batch.

2. Consistency: Kavalactones and taste profiles change from batch to batch.

3. Potency: The brew can depend on the employee: It isn't easy to control the time and amount of energy they spend kneading.

4. Water temperature: Even something as small as changing your water temperature to knead the kava can affect the resulting brew.

5. Time: Using instant kava will save you time, which will let you achieve the same results with less staff.

Instant Kava Powder & Instant Kava Liquid

Instant Kava Powder

Instant kava powder is simply a dehydrated kava brew with no special flavors.

Instant Kava Liquid Concentrates

These come in different flavors, are already emulsified, and were designed for beverages.