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Kava shots vs kava spirits: which should I buy?

Same kava, two formats — and they're not the same strength.

Snap Packs

  • Single-serve shot
  • 250 mg kavalactones per serving
  • Unflavored or Vanilla-Hazelnut
  • Best for trying it, carrying it, taking it out

Noble Kava Spirits

  • 350 mg kavalactones per serving
  • Unflavored or Pineapple-Coconut
  • Best for home, mixing, regular use

The spirits are the stronger serving — 350 mg against 250 mg, so about 40% more kavalactones per pour. Effects are correspondingly more pronounced and last longer, since kava scales fairly predictably with dose.

Choose Snap Packs if you want to take one out with you, or you'd rather start at a lighter dose. Nothing to measure, nothing to store once opened, and 250 mg is a sensible first serving.

Choose a bottle if you're drinking at home (or a kava bar serving customers) and want to mix it into something longer. It's the stronger serving and the format that behaves like a spirit — poured, mixed, shared.

A common pattern: Snap Packs for on the go, for snapping into your morning coffee. The spirits bottle for decompressing in the evening after a hard day's work. Kava's calm is a distinct feeling that becomes easier to recognise with use, so give it a few sessions rather than judging on one.

Try it for yourself

Vanuatu noble kava. A measured dose in every serving. Tested every batch.

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