Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka ʻepekema ʻAmelika (mai ke Kulanui o Buffalo) i ka noiʻi a ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo ka mea inu maikaʻi loa no ka ʻaina kakahiaka he wai ʻalani.
ʻO kahi hui o nā manawaleʻa i ka nui o 30 mau makahiki 20-40 mau makahiki i komo i ka hoʻokolohua. ʻO nā meaʻai a lākou e hāʻawi aku ai, ua like like ia: ʻuala, ham sandwich a me nā hua manu i kāwili ʻia. Akā ʻokoʻa nā mea inu. ʻEkolu mau hui o 10 mau kānaka i hoʻopau i ka wai maʻamau, ka wai momona a me ka wai ʻalani, pakahi.
Hana ʻia nā hoʻokolohua koko ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka me kahi manawa o 1,5-2 mau hola. Ua hōʻike ka poʻe i komo i inu i ka wai ʻalani i nā kiʻekiʻe o nā mea pale a me nā pae haʻahaʻa o ke kō (glucose) i nā hoʻokolohua koko. Hoʻomaopopo pū nā mea noiʻi e hoʻopili ka wai ʻalani i ka enamel o nā niho i kahi liʻiliʻi, e hoʻohana wale i kahi mauʻu ke inu ʻoe.