If you want to kick back and meet or make friends — but coffee shops and the attendant caffeine rush, and bars serving ...

Hawaiʻi lawmakers are considering regulating kratom and banning sales to minors. But kava advocates want an outright ban.

Australia’s The Calmer Co is launching ready-to-drink (RTD) kava shots into the United States this year, after having seen ...

For the uninitiated, Kava is a centuries-old drink derived from the root of the pepper plant, principally Piper methysticum, which is revered for its anti-anxiety and relaxation properties and is ...

King Charles has taken part in a traditional ritual in Samoa, drinking the ceremonial beverage kava, made from the root of a plant. He was also declared a "high chief" of the archipelago during ...

The drink, made from the roots of the Piper methysticum plant, has a long history of use in the Pacific and differing kava cultures can be found across islands in Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.