Melo Sparkling Kava Drink, Banana Cream, Non-Alcoholic, Sugar Free, Zero-Calorie Smooth Dessert-Inspired Beverage, 12 Pack, 12 oz Cans

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this Drink, but wow it’s a game-changer! The passion fruit, orange, and guava combo tastes like a mini tropical vacation, and it’s completely guilt-free with zero sugar and calories. After a long day, it helps me unwind without feeling sluggish or off. It’s refreshing, light, and the perfect alternative when I want to skip alcohol but still enjoy a fun, calming drink. Definitely keeping this stocked!

I’ve always enjoyed the earthy taste of kava, so the Banana Cream flavor was the perfect addition. Kava definitely has an acquired taste but the banana cream adds a smooth, mellow twist. I also love that it’s zero calories, vegan, and doesn’t feel heavy at all. It’s quickly become one of my favorite ways to sip and unwind.

I wanted to try Kava as an alcohol alternative. First time I had two of these I had eaten a little bit about two hours before. I didn't notice any effects. I read you're supposed to have a completely empty stomach. I went ten hours without eating. Still no effects.The taste isn't bad though.

The idea of a canned kava drink I love. However, this just doesn't quite do it.The flavor is fine, however this flavor with kava is not fine. Kava basically tastes like bad dirt that numbs your mouth and typically to make it tolerable you make it so strong it just instantly numbs your mouth and you don't taste it. However, then the flavor is kind of pointless? Which it is. So what do you do if you want to make a canned a canned fruity carboned kava beverage? Well, they seem to have chosen to use a highly pure extract of kava with a lot of stevia and erythritol and citrus fruit flavor to mask it. Hoping to hide the kava flavor behind sweet and fruit.Unfortunately it just doesn't work. The kava numbing effect does compound, which makes the whole things progressively take more weird as you, making you be able to taste the fruit flavor less and less, until its just extremely sweet weird flavor. One reviewing commented it tastes extremely strong of synthetic sweeteners, which is not true, the weird taste is kava numbing your mouth and changing the taste of everything, which only leaves this extremely strong sweet taste.It was just a bad call. Kava does not go with fruit flavors well. It also does not seem to go with stevia well.Also kava makes other food taste weird, so you don't even want to eat things while drinking this, but it's presented as a fruity soda which I usually want food with.There are ways to make kava flavor more managable, but it's not done by trying to minimize and hide the kava then overpower it with something else. Kava will make your mouth numb and make every which does not go with that taste terrible, you have to work with that fact, not try and fight it. Kava can naturally go better with vanilla, malt, oat, nut, dates type flavors. I wish this was like a thick oatmilk hazelnut shake with a decent amount of protein and carbohydrates in it so it was filling and you didnt feel like you needed food with. Maybe some some dates and some monkfruit for sweetener, but not too much. Maybe some vanilla, maybe a little banana or pineapple flavor might go well? But then keep the kava decently strong so it does numb your mouth quicker, but then once you have your mouth numb, some set of flavors like that would be a nice background for drinking of kava.I give it a two stars because Im glad someone tried to make a canned kava drink, and I don't think someone could have done better if you wanted it fruity and carbonated. However I dont think this approach works with kava and most will hate it, but it might find a niche that does like this.

I actually do feel something nice from this. I make it into an ice cream soda by blending hemp milk into foam, and then adding a couple of dropfulls of L Theanine and Lions Mane. It tastes lovely and decadent but has hardly any calories and is awakening yet relaxing with a subtle feeling of unhurried calm.

Received banana instead of guava. Did not care for banana taste. As far as being able to taste the intended flavor and the product being sweet enough to counter the bitterness of kava without being overly sweet, I think they did a good job. I just really do not like anything banana flavored. It’s like grape or cinnamon flavor— synthetic flavor is completely different from what it’s trying to mimic. I was so excited about the product from an anxiety perspective that I opened it so didn’t feel like it was fair to return but I’m really hoping I get the correct flavor next time ! I also noticed I could not find the percentage of kavalactones and I’m thinking a tincture may be a better way to consume . I’m not sure this does anything, but it probably doesn’t taste bad if you like fake banana flavor. I actually feel more relaxed from drinking a kombucha or kava herbal tea than drinking this .

These taste great and are very relaxing. The flavor is really nice too! These are expensive - a 6 pack for more than $30 is expensive.

This is a very nice and refreshing drink. This was my first time having kava so i didn't know what to expect. However after my second can I could notice a my body starting to relax. In terms of the flavour, the banana taste wasn't too overpowering for me. I like the blend that this one has.