Kava Shell vs Cup: What Difference Does It Make?
Kava Shell vs Cup: What Difference Does It Make? By Chester Takau · October 2026 On the kava shell vs cup what difference question, the short answer is that a "shell" is two things: the half-coconut vessel kava is traditionally drunk from, and a loose serving size that US kava bars use on their menus. A "cup" is either any generic vessel or, by one New Zealand kava group's rule of thumb, about two shells. Nothing standardizes the shell. Bar menus range from 3 oz to 6 oz for a single shell, so "how many shells did you have?" can mean very different amounts of liquid. 🥥 Shell Size Converter Pick a shell size and how many you had. See the total volume and what it equals in other bars' shells. Shell size 3 oz (forum report of a bar shell) 4 oz (KavaClub, Richmond) 5 oz (Bugga Strong) 6 oz (Ohana single shell) 12 oz (Ohana double shell) About 110 ml (Kava ...