Who are we?

We are Sage and Jenna, a husband and wife team living our dreams to build a community space where we can share our passion for kava.

Sage moved to Hawaii Island in 2001 from California and surrendered to what the Island had in store for him. About a year later, he was brought to a business called Kanaka Kava where he met the proprietors, Zach and Johanna Gibson. After being an everyday regular for a year he ended up working for Kanaka Kava for 15 years. During that time, Sage also helped manage Zach’s Kava Farm, Pu’u’ala Farm and Ranch, for 3 years. He has seen and executed every stage of the kava production process from propagation to service and everything in between.

Jenna grew up on the Big Island. She first learned about kava through school and was introduced to it for the first time as a teen in Kona. She, too, found Zach’s Kava bar and quickly fell in love with kava. She volunteered there for 8 years and though she doesn’t have experience with farming kava, she has had relationship with, and experienced the benefits of kava for years.

Sage and Jenna met at Kanaka Kava and have dreamed of opening a Kava Bar of their own for many years. Most of their friends, family and community have been made “Around the Kava Bowl.”