Many are switching from coffee to mushroom tea in their morning routine, which may seem counterintuitive at first. Yet replacing your usual caffeine fix with a pot of fungus chai will provide the same energy boost – plus more! Mushrooms such as chaga and reishi are well-known for their immune-enhancing effects, protecting against harmful bacteria, toxins and viruses which could otherwise cause illness. As functional mushrooms they also support your body’s natural processes and balance. Mushrooms are popularly used as herbal medicine remedies, and supplements contain them as ingredients. Mushroom tea can be prepared using fresh or dried mushrooms, special blends or extract powders – making the process quick and straightforward using just basic ingredients.

How Can You Prepare Mushroom Tea? While mushroom tea may come in pill form, the most popular method of consumption for medicinal mushrooms such as Reishi, Chaga, Lion’s Mane Turkey Tail and Cordyceps is as a hot herbal beverage. Reishi Chaga Lion Tail Turkey Tail Cordyceps extract powders or loose-leaf tea blends should be steeped for ten to twenty minutes at boiling temperature before steeping with boiling water or steeped separately at higher temperatures until desired temperature of desired mushroom blend/extract powder/extract powder temperature has reached desired results.

Temperature of water used for mushroom tea brewing is essential as different compounds dissolve at different temperatures. Loose-leaf blends and bagged teas require 85-90 degrees Celsius (hot to boiling) in order to unlock beneficial polysaccharides and beta-glucans present. But higher quality double extract powders like Antioxi’s standardized products remain heat stable and useful over a range of brewing temperatures.

Psilocybin mushroom tea, created by steeping psilocybin mushrooms in hot water, is used to consume mind-altering substances psilocybin and psilocin for altered states of consciousness. Before trying any mind-altering medicinal mushrooms such as Psilocybin mushroom tea or any others that might alter consciousness, it’s wise to consult a healthcare provider as misuse could have dangerous side effects.

Chaga mushroom tea is one of the more widely available varieties, boasting antioxidant and detoxification benefits by stimulating liver enzyme production of digestive bile for detoxification purposes. Chaga has also been shown to lower blood sugar levels and may even improve brain function. Rarer still is cordyceps tea made by growing parasitic mushrooms within insect caterpillar bodies until maturity; mummifying them subsequently into adults.