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What is Mushroom Coffee?
One thing it isn’t, is coffee with a few mushrooms thrown in! It is a blend of ground mushrooms and coffee beans combined to make a dark and nutty coffee. Usually, chaga, Turkey’s tail, Lion’s Mane, reishi and Cordyceps mushrooms are used. This coffee can be in the forms of instant, ground and coffee pods, just like regular coffee.
Mushrooms have been used in Chinese medicine for hundreds of years.
This type of coffee isn’t a new concept. During World War 2, mushrooms were used as a coffee substitute in Finland when the beans weren’t available.
Is Drinking Mushroom CoFfee Good for You?
This coffee has been studied since the 1970s but the research has been mainly conducted on animals. As both mushrooms and coffee have health benefits, it’s hard to ascertain which of them are providing them. And, it will depend on which type of mushrooms have been used.
So, mushroom coffee may:-
- Reduce inflammation which can support your immune system. Also, both coffee and mushrooms are high in antioxidants which helps to balance your immune system.
- Help cancer patients undergoing treatment to fight nausea and vomiting.
- Help to fight ulcers. A study on rats showed that in particular, chaga mushrooms have antiulcer properties.
- Suppress the activity of immune cells responsible for an allergic response to some foods.
- Reduce your risk of getting heart disease. Reishi extracts show potential for reducing cholesterol.
- Ease stress. In particular, the Lion’s mane mushrooms.
- Help with boosting your energy, focus and concentration.
Mushroom coffee has typically half the caffeine content of regular coffee, which is helpful if you are sensitive to the effects of it.
If I have piqued your interest enough for you to try it, then click here to look at Grateful Earth’s mushroom coffee with added nootropics of turmeric, cinnamon, L-theanine and black pepper. These ingredients have too been studied for their health benefits.
Sources: heathline.com, health.clevelandandclinic.org, forbes.com, shape.com
I’m not a fan of mushrooms, so I’m not sure if I could handle a cup of this type of coffee. It’s an interesting idea though!
I keep hearing about mushroom coffee and it is a really interesting idea to try out. I do love my coffee and am okay with mushrooms so I may have to give it a go, especially as it seems to have some great benefits!
I had no idea such a product existed, although I don’t drink tea or coffee, so it’s not something I would be aware of anyway. I’m surprised the two go together to make a nice tasting drink