Mushroom coffee has emerged as an increasingly popular wellness trend that influencers and marketers tout as offering numerous health benefits, such as sharpened focus, improved immunity and calmer energy levels. Mushrooms commonly included in such drinks (Lion’s mane, cordyceps and chaga) are known for being packed with antioxidants that contribute to these claims.

However, drinking too much mushroom coffee could have serious negative side-effects such as kidney stones from its high oxalates levels and digestive sensitivities in some people.

Rooibos Tea

Rooibos tea offers a refreshing alternative to coffee. Naturally caffeine-free and packed with antioxidants, its light, sweet flavor can be enjoyed both with or without milk. Renowned for its anti-inflammatory properties and skin care applications, it has become a widely-used component in health-oriented beverages and skin care products alike. Plus it pairs beautifully with food; in fact one rooibos company even collaborated with chefs to produce a cookbook featuring recipes featuring this herb! Furthermore, its deep amber hue can even act as natural dye – in this case Easter eggs or fabric crafts projects!

Unlike some herbs, rooibos does not need to be heated during processing to maintain its quality; however, it still undergoes heat treatments in order to eliminate any organisms present in its growing environment. This process often occurs simultaneously with harvesting. The duration and amount of heat depend on client microbial specifications.

Once treated, rooibos undergoes additional processing steps such as grading, sieving, blending and sterilisation – which all take place within the same facility – ensuring its final product fulfills stringent quality requirements and meets growing market demands. This is especially critical as rooibos becomes ever more popular – increasing in both popularity and demand!

Depending on the rooibos variety, it may then be packaged for sale or further processed into an extract for use in beverages such as ready-to-drink beverages and flavoured teas. Its low tannin levels make rooibos an excellent base for creating fruit- and berry-flavoured drinks.

Rooibos can also be used to make syrup. To do so, simmer 10 grams of loose leaf rooibos with half a liter of water until thick. Once done, store in the fridge until ready for use in drinks or cakes; alternatively it makes an excellent replacement for coffee-flavored cocktails, and can even add sweetness to non-dairy milk drinks.

Matcha Tea

Matcha is a powdered green tea made from shade-grown camellia sinensis leaves, unlike the more commonly found black, white, and oolong varieties. Matcha requires more skillful processing in order to achieve its signature umami taste and vibrant green color; tea plants must be shaded during their final three to four weeks prior to harvesting in order to prevent their caffeine content from being released and ensure amino acids stay concentrated within each leaf for full-bodied flavour. This process of shading requires significant expertise as even slight variance can impact its final quality dramatically!

To produce high-quality matcha, only the highest grade leaves are used. Leaf quality can be assessed through its appearance, color, smell, and taste; for example, superior grades typically possess smooth green hues with delicate fresh flavor notes and creamy textures. Furthermore, each leaf is handpicked and sifted before hand to remove impurities – these leaves come from Japan where generations-old families have been cultivating them and handpicking and sifting techniques are utilized in order to remove any impurities that remain. Not only highly prized for their taste qualities but these premium leaves also boast numerous health benefits as well.

Matcha tea leaves are stone-ground into fine, bright green powder using traditional Japanese methods called mochizukuri. Once produced, additional steps may be undertaken to increase its quality – for instance steaming and grading of leaves called tencha are essential steps that determine its color, flavor, and overall quality of matcha.

Once tencha has been sifted and graded, it will be de-veined and de-stemmed so only the finest leaves are used to craft matcha. Any leftover stems or seeds will then be resifted out before it is stored away in cold rooms until needed for matcha production.

Final Step – Grinding Tencha into Matcha With an authentic Japanese stone mill, the tencha will be ground into matcha powder using an extensive and labor-intensive process that may take up to an hour for 40 grams. After its creation, matcha will undergo vacuum packing and storage until ready for shipping.

Mushroom Extracts

Functional mushroom extracts differ from mushroom powders by being extracted via solvents like ethanol or ethyl alcohol/water mixtures to ensure they contain more of their beneficial constituents than ground mushrooms alone. Because the body cannot digest raw or cooked mushrooms entirely due to tough cell walls made up of digestible chitin material, extracts dissolve completely when exposed to solvents like these and are more easily absorbed by human bodies than powders are.

Making a tincture is one of the easiest and most popular ways of creating mushroom extracts. To do so, fill a dark glass bottle or jar with dried and ground mushrooms made into powder using a coffee grinder; cover them with 190 proof Everclear; leave for several weeks without shaking regularly until straining the mushrooms to collect their liquid and saving for extraction; this process can either be performed using single or double extraction; depending on which compounds you want extracted (double extraction is particularly helpful when extracting triterpenes and polysaccharides while alcohol harms certain beta-glucans in double extractions).

To create our functional mushroom extract powders, we start with organic mushrooms grown and processed on-site, which we then grind into a fine powder. After mixing this with hot water and decocting at 194deg-210deg Fahrenheit for 6-8 hours, much of the liquid has been evaporated leaving behind concentrated mushroom extract powder with all its beneficial beta-glucans intact – then capsuled for easy addition into daily wellness regimens – currently we offer 6 varieties: Chaga, Cordyceps Lion Mane Maitake Reishi and Turkey Tail

Other Options

Mushroom coffee is an innovative wellness drink that combines functional mushrooms with traditional ground or instant coffee to provide a caffeine-free, healthful boost. It boasts numerous health benefits such as enhanced focus and mental clarity, immune support, stress reduction and immune boosting. When selecting mushroom coffee blends it is essential that they contain high quality non-GMO ingredients known for their adaptogenic properties – popular choices being Lion’s Mane, Chaga and Reishi.

Mushroom coffee has an earthy flavor with subtle coffee undertones, much like regular coffee. Some brands even add MCT oil for an energy boost and improved gut health; prebiotic fibers may even aid digestion! If caffeine sensitivity is an issue for you, look for decaf or caffeine-free blends with lower caffeine contents than traditional varieties.

Find mushroom coffee at health food stores, specialty coffee shops, and online retailers. Many options provide a smooth, low-acid brew that can be enjoyed hot or cold; others even provide powder that can be mixed with milk to create lattes! Look for blends made with organic ingredients; labels should indicate how much caffeine they contain.

Some brands of mushroom coffee contain more caffeine than others; for example, Everyday Dose mushroom coffee contains slightly more than other blends but still less than a traditional cup. Other products contain only trace amounts or no caffeine at all; some products even go so far as being completely caffeine-free!

Some brands of mushroom coffee offer an assortment of flavors and serving sizes. Four Sigmatic Happy Gut mushroom coffee, for instance, comes in single-serving jars as well as 30-serving pouches; it can be found both on its company website and Amazon for $15-$20 for 4.4-oz jars on both platforms, and $24-$36 for 30-serving bags on Amazon; 1-serving packets may even be found for sale at Starbucks for $1.50! Some products utilize multiple species like Reishi and turkey tail while others focus on one or two particular species for optimal results.