
Slowly but surely, this Oʻahu kava bar is innovating the traditional Pacific beverage
Tucked in the back end of the repurposed Waialua Sugar Mill, Ava Taesali prepares to open her kava bar by putting up her paper-made menus and prepping the traditional Pacific beverage. Her name, Ava (aw-VAH), suits her because it means kava in Samoan. From …