As more people search for caffeine-free ways to boost energy and focus, functional mushrooms like reishi, chaga and lion’s mane offer promising solutions. These adaptogenic mushrooms help support healthy stress response, immunity boosting and cognitive function enhancement; additionally they offer antioxidant protection, support the liver kidneys as well as being antidiabetics antihypertensives hepatoprotectives.

Mushroom coffee can be found commercially, but you can make it at home using just a blender and a few ingredients: cashew butter (my personal preference is cashew tahini), dates, cardamom, cinnamon and herbal coffee – plus some reishi mushroom powder! This delicious treat features creamy texture thanks to nut butters that give a richness more commonly associated with regular decaffeinated drinks than your average decaf. Plus it is low sugar vegan friendly so makes an ideal morning drink option!

Mushroom coffee contains water-soluble compounds known as beta-d glucans which are normally contained within the tough cell walls of mushrooms, but hot-water extraction breaks them down and releases these beneficial molecules for easy absorption by your body. These beneficial molecules provide immune boosting benefits and can be customized depending on your needs and tailored specifically to reishi, turkey tail or cordyceps for instance to enhance specific benefits; to determine your own needs best consult a natural health practitioner who will recommend an extract blend suited specifically for you.