manufacturers and suppliers of kava have voluntarily withdrawn kava from sale here in the UK. There is not much in the way of detail available regarding the 30 cases of liver damage reported in ...

But there is no alcohol for sale here, just kava ... farming of the plant is done on an ad-hoc basis. Chris Morgan/BBC Kava root is processed by hand by lots of independent growers Dan McGarry ...

It's made from the powdered root of a pepper tree called piper methysticum strained through a wooden bowl full of water. Kava is always accompanied by a ceremony where people gather around the ...