If you’ve heard the word “7‑hydroxymitragynine” (or “7‑OH”) recently, chances are it came up in a headline or cautionary tale. This compound is often mentioned in conversations about kratom,...
The Top 7 Alcohol Alternatives for 2025 If there’s one clear trend halfway through 2025, it’s this: alcohol consumption is declining while innovative alternatives are booming. Recent reports reveal...
Meet Your Kavatender Episode 6 Featuring ALEXANDRA This episode we checked in with Alexandra – for meet your kava tender episode 6! We asked some questions we think people...
Meet Your Kavatender Episode 5 With Brooke This time for Meet Your Kavatender, we checked in with Brooke who is the newest member of the Ohana Kava Bar team,...
Dry January 2025 – Behind This Growing Trend Sober Curious and Intermittent Sobriety Movements The “Sober Curious” and “Intermittent Sobriety” movements are redefining societal attitudes toward alcohol, particularly among...
Meet Your Kavatender Ep. 4 We interviewed our kavatenders to ask them some questions to let everyone get to know them better. This time around for episode 4 the...
Kilimanjaro’s Summit: A Journey of Family, Spirit, and Near-Death By Matt Clark, CEO of Ohana Kava Bar How many of you have ever dreamed of hiking one of the seven...
Meet Your Kavatender Ep. 3 We sat down with our kavatenders to help you get to know the faces behind the bar and learn more about what makes Ohana...
Meet Your Kavatender Ep. 2 We asked our kavatenders some questions for everyone to get to know them more. Get to know who is behind the bar and discover...
Meet Your Kavatender Ep. 1 We asked our kavatenders some questions for everyone to get to know them more. Get to know who is behind the bar and discover...
Kava Stories – Ep. 2 Name Morgan Deegan When and how did you discover kava? I knew of kava for a while, and had started to see more content...
Kava Stories – Ep. 1 When and how did you discover kava? I was doing research about 14 years ago on different plants and their effects and came across...
Kava’s appearance in movies often reflects its cultural origins and the social practices of the Pacific Islands. Films that incorporate kava typically do so to add authenticity to the...
Kava's roots can be traced back to the islands of Vanuatu, where it is believed to have originated. Vanuatu, an archipelago in the South Pacific, is often considered the...
The Kava Culture of Samoa In the central South Pacific, there is a group of islands known as Samoa, comprised of two countries, American Samoa, and the Independent State...
The medicinal and recreational drink known and loved as kava has been nurtured within a wide range of traditional cultures in the Pacific Ocean. One of these is Micronesia,...
Religion and psychoactive substances, in the minds of most Westerners, do not belong in the same sentence. The closest most Westerners come to making that connection is drinking a...
When you think of Hawaii, what immediately comes to mind? Coconuts? Palm trees? Outsiders to Hawaii most often think of this group of islands as a tourist destination, not...
Hawaii, like many Polynesian islands, has a long history of using kava—traditionally called “awa” by the native population. This state is home to several strains that even seasoned kava...
Americans are well acquainted with beer, but that can of Budweiser you’re drinking right now probably doesn’t have its traditional uses—or legends. But there is an archipelago, called Tonga,...
The traditional Polynesian drink known as kava is thought to have originated either in Papua New Guinea or the Vanuatu archipelago over three thousand years ago. But today, many...
Have you ever wondered where that shell of kava in your hand originally came from? There is one small island in the South Pacific with a unique culture that...
Stressed out? Kava is like taking a vacation to Fiji in liquid form. Surf boards and coconuts aren’t the only things that the South Pacific islands export. There is...
Ohana Kava Bar has been slinging delicious Kava drinks and other healthy beverages in Colorado Springs since November 2015. Opening the first Kava Bar in Colorado Springs, our chill...