Kava Time is a bar at 189 Commerce Street in Frankton, Hamilton, with a perfect 5.0 Google rating and its own website.
A kava bar runs on a different rhythm from a drinking bar. Kava is made from the root of a pepper-family plant, ground and kneaded with water into an earthy, mildly peppery drink that is entirely non-alcoholic. Across the Pacific it is prized for the calm, sociable ease it brings while the head stays clear, and a good kava bar reflects that: kava strained fresh, poured into half-shells or small cups, and taken slowly over talk rather than rounds. Regulars know to pace themselves and to keep kava clear of alcohol, which tradition discourages mixing.
On Commerce Street in Frankton, Kava Time gives Hamilton a place to settle into one of the Pacific's most unhurried rituals.