The first time I tried Kratom was in 2009. It was quite expensive, I bought like 10 grams or so and first time tried only like one gram. I remember the awful bitter taste, and no good effect (likely too small dose). That discouraged me. There wasn't a lot of information about Kratom back then.

I got back to Kratom only in 2022, from researching nootropics (even though Kratom is hardly a nootropic).