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There are two big groups of kava cultivars: noble and two-day (tudei) kavas. Traditionally only noble kavas have been used for recreational or daily drinking due to their far more pleasant effects and few (if any?) significant side-effects. Two-day kavas have been used in black magic practices or in some ceremonial contexts, but they are widely considered to be inferior cultivars as they rarely bring the nice kava "euphoria", sense of well-being and calm alertness followed by deep relaxation and peaceful sleep. Instead, they "kick you", make you lethargic, bring nausea and cause next-day hangovers. The problem is that tudei kavas grow much faster and are much more resistant to pests than noble varieties, so many farmers have been growing them for export to kava bars and wholesalers who then serve them to unsuspecting customers. Most kava scientists have been criticising this practice as they consider tudei kava to be potentially implicated in the rare reports about kava toxicity. In the recent years the tudei kava's bad rep has been spreading around the world so it's become more difficult to push pure tudei to customers, so what often happens is that exporters spike their standard kava mixes with a bit (or quite a bit) of tudei to lower the costs. Fortunately, we now have reliable scientific methods for detecting such practices and hence more and more vendors regularly test their kava to make sure it's noble AND that it only contains roots. Another common practice has been mixing leaves and stems with roots to increase weight. These parts of the plant are actually toxic and have never been traditionally consumed. Again, fortunately they can easily be detected through kava testing.
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