Kawakawa

Piper excelsum
December 28, 2020

Victoira

 

Kawakawa

 

Overall – ‘of itself’, individual. Impartial love. 

 

 

Visual

 

 

Touch

 

Smell

 

Taste

Japanese/Asian form, architectural,

Stems hold a tree-like structure. Heart shaped leaves. 

Delicate flat ‘paddles’ create more  visual interest on stems. Symmetry.

‘Patterned’ cones.

 

 Leaves – thin leathery, weathers well

 

Stems - bouncy

Leaf – peppery, savoury, lemon

 

 

Leaf - peppery savoury, sorrel

 

Fruit – first impression was buttermilk, followed quickly by mango, pawpaw, peach, pepper

 

 

Emotion

 

1st impression after fruit

Lolly-like presentation - pattern on a stick! 

Spongey, surprise, tropical, cushion. 

 

After green fruit – self-protective – too early or too much consumption is numbing. Healing if used ‘right’. Correcting.

 

2nd impression wild ferment

So delicious! (after only 5 days). 

Buttery, flowery, pepper reduced, pineapple, lemon, granadilla 

 

Fruit ball truffle

Papaya seeds, spearmint aftertaste

 

Choc balls – delicious!

Couldn’t taste much besides choc

 

 Ana

 

KAWAKAWA
Old lady bones, sweetness of an old grandma. Sense of spreading, trying to reach everyone with numerous arms. Abundance, generosity. Soft and flexible. Childish innocence, confidence in life. Sun rays in the leaf nerves. There´s something human in the smell of the leaves. Milky. 
Fruit is slightly sweet, very intense perfume, strong pepper taste. Makes me think of cocktails at a sophisticated party. 
Wild ferment has milky color, and it smells like the crunched leaves, creamy, citrus, vinegar, milk, liquid ice cream. One of the best flavours we´ve tried.
Balls didn´t taste much like the plant.
 
 

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Mamakan Oustrup Laureijs

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