Hi everyone, here are some pictures of the 100% foolproof solvent test.
This test has proven to be 100% accurate in showing if the kava is tudei or not, but I wanted to see what it would show if I tested noble kava that was spiked with tudei kava. In this case it was spiked with Isa.
I tested 3 different noble kava's and then I did a 50/50 mix of noble and Isa, then the 1/4 Isa to 3/4 noble and then 1/8 isa to 7/8 noble.
Here are the results.
The first picture is of 7 samples, starting with the left side and going right the first 3 are the noble kava.
The next picture is 4 different samples next to each other, starting on the left the first is pure noble, 2nd is 1/8 isa to 7/8, 3rd is 1/4 isa to 3/4, the 4th is 100% isa.
The next picture is 3 different noble kava's
This picture is of the sample that is 1/8 isa to 7/8 noble kava.
The next picture shows 2 samples, the one on the left is the 1/4 isa and 3/4 noble, the one on the right is 50/50.
The last picture is of the 100% isa, tudei kava.
This picture is of the stalks of the kava plant, there is more of a brown color and not as dark or orange so this is not the reason for the orange color in Tudei solvent tests.
This picture is of the kava leaves, and like I expected it would be green from the chloraphyl in the leaves, nice green color, again not the reason for the orange color in the tudei kava.
This picture is of my CO2 extract, a nice golden color typical of the noble kava. It seems to be more of a light golden color, more so than the powdered root of the noble kava, this is probably because it is very close to being pure kavalactones and the powdered root has all the other stuff in there to. I do not have any of the powdered extract, like the 30% and other extracts that are coming out of China, a lot if not all of them were made with tudei kava, I think this extract will show the orange color in the solvent test.
This is a picture of my CO2 extract, this is the nice yellow color of the noble kava. This is actually from Hawaiian Moi.
This is a picture of the resin that oozes out of the Isa stalks. The solvent could not desolve this and the color remained clear, it did not even soften the resin. I wonder what is in this resin, the stalks and the leaves of the kava contain 2 kavalactoned, the DHK and DHM. Maybe this resin is concentrated DHK and DHM, any volunteers to try this.
Notice that even with the small 1/8 amount of Tudei kava you can still see that small change in color. Your noble kava should be nice and golden as you can see in the picture of the 3 golden noble kava tests.
If it looks a bit darker almost cloudy then it is spiked, and as you can see the other concentrations of the Isa to the noble are clearly evident in the color, it is not that light golden color.
For instructions on how to do this solvent test see the post by infraredz here----http://www.kavaforums.com/forum/thr...-tudei-please-read-if-youre-new-to-kava.2451/
Aloha nui loa.
Chris
This test has proven to be 100% accurate in showing if the kava is tudei or not, but I wanted to see what it would show if I tested noble kava that was spiked with tudei kava. In this case it was spiked with Isa.
I tested 3 different noble kava's and then I did a 50/50 mix of noble and Isa, then the 1/4 Isa to 3/4 noble and then 1/8 isa to 7/8 noble.
Here are the results.
The first picture is of 7 samples, starting with the left side and going right the first 3 are the noble kava.
The next picture is 4 different samples next to each other, starting on the left the first is pure noble, 2nd is 1/8 isa to 7/8, 3rd is 1/4 isa to 3/4, the 4th is 100% isa.
The next picture is 3 different noble kava's
This picture is of the sample that is 1/8 isa to 7/8 noble kava.
The next picture shows 2 samples, the one on the left is the 1/4 isa and 3/4 noble, the one on the right is 50/50.
The last picture is of the 100% isa, tudei kava.
This picture is of the stalks of the kava plant, there is more of a brown color and not as dark or orange so this is not the reason for the orange color in Tudei solvent tests.
This picture is of the kava leaves, and like I expected it would be green from the chloraphyl in the leaves, nice green color, again not the reason for the orange color in the tudei kava.
This picture is of my CO2 extract, a nice golden color typical of the noble kava. It seems to be more of a light golden color, more so than the powdered root of the noble kava, this is probably because it is very close to being pure kavalactones and the powdered root has all the other stuff in there to. I do not have any of the powdered extract, like the 30% and other extracts that are coming out of China, a lot if not all of them were made with tudei kava, I think this extract will show the orange color in the solvent test.
This is a picture of my CO2 extract, this is the nice yellow color of the noble kava. This is actually from Hawaiian Moi.
This is a picture of the resin that oozes out of the Isa stalks. The solvent could not desolve this and the color remained clear, it did not even soften the resin. I wonder what is in this resin, the stalks and the leaves of the kava contain 2 kavalactoned, the DHK and DHM. Maybe this resin is concentrated DHK and DHM, any volunteers to try this.
Notice that even with the small 1/8 amount of Tudei kava you can still see that small change in color. Your noble kava should be nice and golden as you can see in the picture of the 3 golden noble kava tests.
If it looks a bit darker almost cloudy then it is spiked, and as you can see the other concentrations of the Isa to the noble are clearly evident in the color, it is not that light golden color.
For instructions on how to do this solvent test see the post by infraredz here----http://www.kavaforums.com/forum/thr...-tudei-please-read-if-youre-new-to-kava.2451/
Aloha nui loa.
Chris
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