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Four Sigmatic Mushroom Tea Review
Four Sigmatic offers functional mushroom teas designed to promote focus and energy. Their teas are easy to prepare, featuring organic coffee, lion’s mane mushroom extract and L-theanine.
Four Sigmatic’s “Shroom Room,” the company’s small showroom for mushroom powder sales, looks like something out of a hobbit home, with red toadstool stools at its entrance and rows of powdered mushroom elixir mixes on display.
Ingredients
Reishi mushrooms, commonly referred to in China as the Mushroom of Immortality, have long been an integral component of traditional Chinese medicine. Reishi mushroom tea offers an easy and delicious way to incorporate its benefits into daily routine. With no caffeine or added sugar content – making it a healthy beverage alternative! Additionally, we sell ceremonial-grade matcha powder featuring Lion’s Mane mushrooms for increased energy and mental clarity!
Each sachet of Four Sigmatic’s loose dual-extract mushroom powder can easily be added to hot water, coffee or smoothies – perfect for vegetarian and Paleo diets alike! Each package is vegan-, gluten- and organic approved – suitable for both vegetarians and Paleo dieters alike! Founder Tero Isokauppila of Four Sigmatic was exposed to foraging wild foods on his family farm in Finland where he learned the value of including mushrooms into daily life – hence their company name Four Sigmatic; four standard deviations above other foods when it comes to quality and nutritional density!
Four Sigmatic’s organic instant tea offerings feature four products to help boost mental performance: Focus, Calm and Protect teas. Focus is intended for brain support with its blend of lion’s mane and L-theanine; Calm for relaxation with its blend of reishi, ashwagandha and chamomile; Protect as a herbal blend including chaga and turkey tail for immune support.
Benefits
Mushroom tea has emerged as an increasingly popular trend at health food stores and cafes nationwide, promising an easy, delicious superfood elixir that can be added to hot beverages, smoothies or coffee – Goop even recommends Four Sigmatic’s mushroom coffee blends to help focus, relax or strengthen immunity!
Four Sigmatic teas feature three of their main mushrooms (lion’s mane, chaga and cordyceps) along with botanicals and other ingredients for an easy tea experience. Certified organic and sugar-free with dual extracted mushroom powder for dual extraction are some of the many qualities these beverages boast, plus being Kosher and vegan-certified! Easily adaptable without tea bags- just add water or milk!
This tea contains red reishi mushrooms, which have been proven to boost immunity. Convenient single-serve packets make this tea ideal for adding it to your morning coffee or adding it as an ingredient to smoothies before bed.
Reishi mushroom has become one of the most-studied edible mushrooms, yet does not produce any psychedelic effects. Instead, it acts as an adaptogen, aiding your body to cope with stress by naturally regulating hormones and cortisol levels, helping improve sleep quality while simultaneously decreasing cortisol levels – something many use prior to stressful events or before major exams.
This blend includes extracts of reishi, cordyceps and turkey tail mushroom extracts as well as botanicals like rooibos tea, turmeric, ginger and cinnamon for optimal focus and mood support. Free of caffeine or preservatives, its powder can easily mix with hot water or milk, with additional honey or maple syrup adding additional flavor if desired. Each serving provides several grams of reishi.
Side effects
Some mushroom products can cause unpleasant side effects, including digestive discomfort or allergic reactions. If you experience any concerns before taking mushroom supplements, consult with a healthcare provider first. Mushroom supplements may interact with medications like immune-boosting drugs and anticoagulants; also avoid mixing mushrooms with stimulants as this could overstimulating your immune system leading to imbalance or an autoimmune reaction.
Reishi mushrooms (Lingzhi or Ganoderma lucidum), are fan-shaped and known by various flowery names such as “soul mushroom,” “king of mushrooms,” and “queen healer.” Renowned for their immunomodulatory properties, Reishi has been studied extensively for their ability to increase white blood cells and improve immunity function while combatting fatigue as well as helping cancer patients’ immune systems bounce back after chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
Reishi mushrooms contain beta-glucans and triterpenes, such as turkey tail and maitake, which have also been studied extensively to provide various health benefits, such as reduced inflammation and heart health support, fatigue management, depression treatment, diabetes care support and even treating obesity.
Functional mushrooms such as chaga and lion’s mane are known for promoting healthy digestion and gut microbiota, helping manage diabetes by lowering high blood sugar levels, as well as being rich in antioxidants that protect cells against free radical damage from disease-causing free radicals.
Mushrooms can be eaten either whole or made into tea. Additionally, capsules and tinctures may contain mushrooms. Making mushroom tea at home with dried mushrooms, boiling water and strainer is simple – creating different variations can easily be mixed for an enjoyable blend.
Mushroom tea should be consumed any time of day, though its best results can be achieved in the morning or afternoon. Some mushrooms such as lion’s mane and cordyceps can increase energy levels and should not be combined with other stimulating medications as doing so could result in overstimulation and cause feelings of unease and nervousness.