Just scanning through these comments and noticed a lot of weird responses. People saying it's not addictive, people suggesting this or that... makes me wonder how many people have actually tried decent Kratom and how long they've been on it.
Yes - you most definitely can get physically addicted to Kratom. Regardless if it's red vein, white vein, green vein, enhanced Kratom, "normal strength" Kratom... doesn't matter. I'm not going to sit here and explain all of the science and big words but basically it interacts with your brain almost like an opioid - which is why it's a GOD SEND for people who use it to self-detox from opiate addiction (myself included -->
http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads/799069-Day-8-Still-Slight-Withdrawal-Symptoms). But its not like you're going to suddenly become addicted as long as you don't take it for prolonged periods of time, and you're not taking way more than you need (assuming you use it for staving off opiate withdrawal that is).
In my experience? It never got me "high". It did give me a nice, happy feeling whenever I took it but that euphoria feeling didn't last long and was
nowhere near any type of opiate euphoria. But again, I was taking Kratom to come off opiates... not get high.
But to answer your question, I found the best method for me was to mix it in applesauce. Scoop in a shallow/small bowl however much Kratom you want to take, dump in some applesauce (I just purchased the individual snack sized cups and would use one of those each time I took it), stir it around a minute so it's all mixed in and there's no actual powder that's not mixed in. At this point it's going to be a dark green color. After that, I'd use Gatorade to wash it down (regular Orange flavor seemed to work the best for me). Take as big of a spoon full of the applesauce mixture that you think you can swallow in 1 gulp at a time. Toss in the scoop, and then imediately sip some Gatorade - just enough to help it all go down in one big gulp - and then after you swallow, immediately chase it with a big swig of the Gatorade.
Worked wonders for me. I mean of course there was a
slight taste of the Kratom sometimes, but for the most part I didn't taste it at all as long as I gulped down the spoonful of applesauce mixture in one big swallow and then chased with a couple swigs of the Gatorade. But that's just this man's opinion. I did the toss & wash method the first couple times and just couldn't deal with it (I'd always inevidable get some powder stuck on the back of my tongue and end up gagging for 5 minutes trying to get it off). And there's no way I was going to waste time making my own pill capsules and have to choke down like 10 capsules, when the applesauce method could be over and down with in just a minute with virtually no taste issues.