Mushrooms have quickly become one of the hottest wellness trends, and this preground coffee mix is an delicious way to incorporate them into your routine. Its flavorful pop complements my favorite roast without leaving me buzzed and anxious.

Coffee made with adaptogenic mushroom extracts like chaga, lion’s mane and cordyceps is known to contain less caffeine than its traditional counterpart. Furthermore, adaptogenic mushrooms help the body deal with stress and fatigue more effectively.

Benefits

Mushroom coffee offers one distinct advantage over its regular coffee counterpart: it typically contains less caffeine. As such, it may help people reduce their caffeine consumption or avoid experiencing jitters; many mushroom coffee brands even include ingredients to buffer its effects such as L-theanine and MCT oil to offset any adverse side effects from caffeine intake.

Mushroom coffee offers many advantages over regular coffee, including having a lower acidity level that may provide relief to people suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease or with sensitive stomachs. Chaga, Lion’s Mane and Reishi mushrooms contain prebiotics which nourish beneficial bacteria within the digestive tract – further contributing to overall gut health benefits.

Some mushroom coffee brands use single mushroom powders while others blend multiple types of mushrooms for specific wellness goals. Four Sigmatic offers products themed Brain Energy and Immune with ingredients like lion’s mane, reishi and cordyceps mushrooms – these can easily be added to your cup of joe or smoothie!

Teeccino and OM offer instant coffee mixes containing adaptogens or mushrooms in various forms – Lion’s Mane Rhodiola Rose, Reishi Eleuthero French Roast, Chaga Ashwagandha Butterscotch Cream, Turkey Tail Astragalus Toasted Maple. These mixes can be easily prepared using either an espresso maker or regular coffee machine.

When purchasing mushroom-infused coffee, it’s essential to look for organically grown and ethically harvested ingredients. The top brands offer full lists of their ingredients on their websites – be wary of companies using fillers such as rice flour to boost volume.

Good mushroom coffee should have an earthy and nutty flavor with subtle smokiness or umami (Japanese for “savory”) characteristics. Many find its taste similar to dark roast coffees; however, exact details vary according to brand.

Many mushroom coffees also possess an undertone of sweetness due to the natural sugars present in some herbs and spices used. Such flavors could include cinnamon, ginger or turmeric.

Ingredients

Ingredients of this blend include organic lion’s mane (Hericium Erinaceus) mycelial biomass and fruit body, cordyceps (Cordyceps Militaris) mycelial biomass and fruit body, coffee powder from organic beans from Purtea certified organic yerba mate as well as sea salt, xanthan gum, organic coconut sugar and oat milk powder for energy boost.

The flavor of this blend is subtle; there’s an earthy, vegetal quality to each sip that makes it taste less like mushroom powder than potato water. It pairs nicely with light roasts from Costco or Stumptown and helps tamp down their intensity, as well as soothe jitters that I usually experience after three cups of strong coffee.

Melting Forest stands out in an otherwise over-saturated market by quickly dissolving into an earthy beverage with subtle notes. Melting Forest offers an honest approach, in contrast with more extravagant brands with “yassified millennial aesthetics”. It is refreshing and makes an impactful statement about sustainability.