Medicinal mushrooms keep getting more and more popular. They are promoted as an alternative to the daily cup of coffee. Many brands have created delicious hot drink mixes that include medicinal mushrooms in their ingredients, as well as products that can easily be added to a hot drink or smoothie.
Coffee and caffeine’s potential adverse side effects has become a popular topic. While caffeine is proven to increase alertness, overuse of caffeine might negatively impact one’s energy levels, hormones, and possibly contribute to ‘adrenal fatigue’ symptoms. Some people say that too much caffeine can disrupt sleep, increase anxiety, and contribute to burn out.
Alternative energy giving and immune boosting adaptogen and mushroom drink mixes could be a good way to balance coffee consumption, especially when it feels like no matter how much coffee one drinks – it just isn’t enough. Just by adding mushrooms and/or adaptogens to enhance your daily coffee could help give an extra boost of energy support.
Below is a list of some of the amazing products that contain mushrooms and, in some cases, adaptogens. Each store location will have a slightly different variety, but every store has some of these products.
OM and Host Defense
Mushroom Powders
These two brands have single mushroom and mushroom blend powders that combine multiple types of mushrooms. Blends have themes such as Brain Energy and Immune. These powders are ideal to add to your existing cup of coffee or tea, or even appropriate for smoothies and breakfast bowls.
Four Sigmatic
Four sigmatic creates products in four themes: Think, Chill, Perform and Defend which correlate with Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Cordyceps and Chaga respectively.
Ground Coffee
These products are organic, fair trade, single origin ground coffee with medicinal mushrooms added in for a balanced cup of coffee.
Mixes
There are straight Instant Coffee Mixes enhanced with adaptogens or mushrooms. Latte mixes come in coffee latte, matcha latte, chai latte and golden latte flavors. These mixes are dairy free. The chai and golden latte mixes are caffeine free. Elixir mixes are caffeine free - available in the themed Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Cordyceps and Chaga options.
Teeccino
Teeccino makes a plethora of herbal coffee alternatives.
Herbal Coffee
These products come in a form that emulates ground coffee. They are brewed just like coffee in a drip coffee maker, French press or even espresso machines. Mushroom-adaptogen varieties are available in Chaga Ashwagandha Butterscotch Cream and Turkey Tail Astragalus Toasted Maple.
Teas
This product comes in tea bag form. Flavors include Reishi Eleuthero French Roast, Chaga Ashwaganda Butterscotch Cream, Cordyceps Schisandra Cinnamon Berry, Turkey Tail Astragalus Toasted Maple, and Lion’s Mane Rhodiola Rose.
Laird
"With every combination of our roasts and mushroom-infusions, you aren’t just brewing a morning cup of coffee—you are brewing up a better version of yourself."
Functional Coffee
This coffee is enhanced with olive leaf and medicinal mushrooms.
MUD/WTR
"Our blends are made with organic herbs, spices and mushrooms, with no-to-low caffeine. They help you :rise in the morning, :balance throughout the day and :rest in the evening."
Mixes
These coffee-free blends drink mixes are full of superfoods and medicinal mushrooms to keep you performing at your best. Available in Matcha, Turmeric, Masala Chai, and Rooibos Chai.
OM
OM creates mushroom products that use organic oats as the base substrate for mushroom mycelium.
Mixes
In addition to pure mushroom powders, OM has a Mushroom Coffee Latte Blend (Focus, Immunity, Energy) and Mushroom Hot Chocolate Blend (Focus, Immunity, De-Stress).
Grab n' Go Drinks
Brands of grab n’ go drinks to consider are Odyssey, Rebbl, and Lively Up enhanced kombuchas.
Conclusion
It has become easy to find medicinal mushrooms and incorporate them as a lifestyle routine. If you’d like to keep your drink routine the same but add the benefits of mushrooms, you can always opt for a mushroom supplement in capsule or spray form. Want to learn more about specific medicinal mushrooms and their uses? Here is a blog post on mushrooms that you can actually find in Michigan and their benefits.
The information provided on this site is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified healthcare provider. Please consult your healthcare provider with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your condition.