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Volume 2 (2026)

  1. 008

    Methods Article

    Hybrid Aeroponic Propagation of Tissue Culture-Derived Soft-Stem Micro-Cuttings of Piper methysticum

    Tyler Blythe, Jeffrey Bowman, Matthew Masifilo

    Three runs of 96 tissue-culture-derived soft-stem micro-cuttings in a modified aeroponic chamber: 96.2% rooted within 20 days, every rooted plant branched after a defined root-conditioning sequence, and second-generation cuttings rooted at 95.1% on a 60-day cycle.

    October 2026Vol. 2, Art. 008
  2. 009

    Monograph

    The Organoleptic Spectrum of Kava: From Aversion to Appreciation in Comparative Beverage History

    Tyler Blythe, Douglas LaRose, Jeffrey Bowman

    A monograph on historical sensory descriptions of kava, set against the reception histories of coffee and chocolate, with a proposed seven-family flavor framework. 152 references.

    October 2026Vol. 2, Art. 009

Volume 1 (2026)

  1. 001

    Research Article

    Soft-stem propagation of Piper methysticum in peat-based cubes and an aeroponic cloner: a greenhouse proof-of-concept study

    Tyler Blythe, Jeffrey Bowman, Matthew Masifilo

    Rooting and 30-day nursery establishment of 172 soft-stem cuttings from Kali-ISA and Kali-Hiwa in peat-based cubes and an aeroponic cloner, across two greenhouse runs. Nine figures, two tables.

    October 2026Vol. 1, Art. 001
  2. 002

    Research Article

    Quantitative Mass-Balance Determination of Kavalactone Transfer, Partitioning, and Chemotype Behavior in American-Grown Piper methysticum Beverages

    Tyler Blythe, Jeffrey Bowman, Matthew Masifilo

    A full mass balance of kavalactone transfer from root powder into beverage and spent marc by short warm-water extraction, across American-grown cultivars. Ten tables, three charts, thirty-four references; analysis by Flora Research Laboratories (J25-0930-H).

    October 2026Vol. 1, Art. 002
  3. 004

    Research Article

    Outdoor Nursery Propagation of Kava (Piper methysticum) by Air Layering

    Tyler Blythe, Jeffrey Bowman, Brianna McDonnell

    Air layering trialled outdoors without environmental control across three seasonal replicates at the Kali Kava research nursery in Boca Raton. Eight figures, two charts, seven tables, sixteen references.

    October 2026Vol. 1, Art. 004
  4. 005

    Research Article

    Standardized Preparation and Extraction Efficiency of Traditional Aqueous Kava Beverages

    Tyler Blythe, Jeffrey Bowman

    A mass balance of every kavalactone across three American and one Papua New Guinea variety prepared with the Alu Bottle Shaker®, from fifteen HPLC-UV reports by Flora Research Laboratories. About nine parts in ten of the kavalactone delivered to the cup travels on suspended particles.

    October 2026Vol. 1, Art. 005
  5. 019

    Essay · Reprint

    Kava, Culture, and Commerce: Tradition, Exchange, and the Evolution of Global Kava Cultures

    Douglas La Rose

    Exchange value is not money: sevusevu creates obligation where purchase extinguishes it. An argument that commercial kava long predates American kava bars, that there are kava cultures rather than one kava culture, and that commerce can create culture.

    October 2026Vol. 1, Art. 019