I guess I'll share my Tongan Pride experience for any curious readers that may come along. First off , my body chemistry has never quite reacted the same to kava (and other things) as it does for the majority of people..so this seems to be more of an A-typical report. A lot reviews of this strain mention it being almost an 'upper' kava...lively, energetic, better suited for going out or to a party. This wasn't the case for me at all (not that I had high expectations in this dept.)...the only way I could say this is true (in my case), was that it was mild enough that I could have still gone out to do stuff if need be. So, it didn't really give me any extra energy or inspiration. It was just less inebriating than some other strains can be. (and sometimes this is a good thing) I've also seen people mention getting more of a 'kavain' 'head buzz' from it and I definitely didn't notice much, if any, of that. I've tried other high kavain strains from Hawai'i and they reacted similarly with me. Tongan Pride actually reminded me a lot of Hawai'ian Mo'i. Both have a relatively good flavor that's kind of nutty or buttery and both seemed mild in effects. I would say Tongan Pride is more potent than the Mo'i I had though. As for dosages, I typically ranged from 5 tablespoons to 8 tablespoons and water could vary from 1.5 cups to 2.5 cups. Strength didn't seem to affect the experience much. A perk was that it was much less nauseating than other strains can be on me...so what this kava ended up being great for was mixing it with my Fiji kava that was very quick to make me heavy, groggy and nauseated. 2 parts Tongan : 1 part Fiji was pretty good. When it came to sleep, it was exactly like all other kava's to me...sleep was usually deep with crazy dreams...when i wake up to pee, it's easy to fall quickly back to sleep (which isn't normal for me). Sometimes sleep could be a bit sketchy too...like being caught in limbo between consciousness and dreaming. But this has been the case with all kava's in my experience.
So in summary: if you have weird body/brain chemistry like me. You'll probably find this strain to be a nice flavored, mild 'drinking kava' that's good enough to take 'the edge' off and usually help you sleep quick and deep. Similar to Hawai'ian strains.