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GT’s Mushroom Tea – 5 Exotic Ingredients That Will Transform Your Cooking
gts mushroom tea is an invigorating drink designed to boost immunity. Containing probiotics like Bacillus Coagulans and Saccharomyces Boulardii, it offers several immune system benefits.
Your Macro-Dose of Mushroom Magicalitat ALIVE features an 1800mg daily functional dose of Reishi, Chaga and Turkey Tail mushrooms to strengthen immunity daily and balance energy. Help strengthen resistance against physical, mental and environmental stressors to promote balance, longevity and vitality for optimal wellbeing.
Adaptogenic Mushroom Elixir
AMPE (Adaptogenic Mushroom Extract) is a compound found in various species of mushrooms that is known to help balance our bodies during times of stress. AMPE’s compounds regulate immune systems, hormones, energy levels, brain function and mood – they may even improve gts mushroom tea production! These extracts may be combined with herbs, spices, tea leaves, berries or yerba mate to produce GTS mushroom tea products.
Reishi mushrooms, popularly referred to as the “mushroom of immortality”, have long been used as an effective immune and longevity tonic. Reishi has been shown to regulate hormones, improve sleep quality and decrease stress thanks to their rich content of beta glucans that support immunity.
Cordyceps, an essential ingredient of Ayurved love potions, can also serve as an anti-age adaptogen. Studies indicate that this fungus increases antioxidant powerhouses like superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase while simultaneously decreasing pro-inflammatory monoamine oxidase activity and lipid peroxidation activity.
Lion’s Mane, an all-natural nootropic, stimulates neurogenesis and enhances memory and creativity, as well as possibly helping reduce anxiety, depression, concentration and focus issues. For an extra powerful morning boost, try substituting regular coffee for Four Sigmatic’s Mushroom Coffee with Lion’s Mane before attacking your to-do list!
Pu-Erh Root
Pu-erh is an exceptional dark tea style characterized by a special process of microbial fermentation that differs significantly from that used with black tea, creating its distinct flavor profile and setting it apart from all other dark tea styles.
Pu erh is produced using tea leaves harvested in Yunnan Province of China at high elevations, giving their trees rich flavour and strong body. Yunnan’s climate offers ideal growing conditions with warm days followed by cooler evening temperatures that create ideal growing conditions for producing tea.
At the core of pu-erh production is microbiological fermentation; tea leaves are then covered in sheets to maintain humidity for proper microbe development and fermentation will begin transforming them into soft and spongy “cha-tou”.
Tea leaves are then compressed into the shape of a pizza, before being left to age in a humid environment for as much as decades or even lifetimes before consumption is possible. Collectors store pumidors that store pu-erh similarly to cigar humidors – well aged pu-erh can be worth its weight in gold to such collectors!
Guayusa Turmeric
Guayusa (pronounced ‘gwhy-you-sah”) is a naturally caffeine-rich herbal infusion made from Ilex guayusa leaves found in Ecuador’s Amazon Rainforest, indigenous people like Kichwa tribe brew Guayusa in their chakras daily to energize themselves and build community bonds. Guayusa pairs well with GT’s adaptogenic mushroom blend of Reishi, Chaga, Turkey Tail with Raw Apple Cider Vinegar Dark Amber Maple Syrup Fresh Press Ginger Juice Turmeric juice Black Pepper*and Erythritol*
Kichwa hunters and elders report that drinking guayusa gives them energy without making them anxious or restless like coffee or tea can. Before evening hunts they take it to enhance awareness while providing calmness so they remain still without becoming restless.
Guayusa leaves contain caffeine, but due to the way in which they release this energy, they do not cause side effects similar to coffee or yerba mate. Our guayusa is grown on small family farms in the Amazon rainforest where farmers have an economic incentive for conserving this fragile environment – this makes our crop sustainable!
Mate Mint
South American tea known for providing sustained energy boost and alertness. This blend combines Green Argentinian Mate with cooling spearmint leaves.
Adaptogenic mushrooms are effective anti-ageing tools that help balance and relax the body, reduce stress levels and provide antioxidant protection from free radical damage. Our ALIVE line features these adaptogenic mushrooms in combination with stimulating tea varieties and raw apple cider vinegar – an exceptional anti-ageing combination!
ALIVE tea offers six refreshing, revitalizing flavors – Black Lemon, Cascara Spice, Matcha Vanilla, Guayusa Turmeric, Pu-erh Root and Mate Mint – each designed to bring out its best features through unique combinations of teas, ingredients and medicinal mushrooms. Each blend also comes equipped with complementary flavors to give its drinker an enjoyable experience.
GT’s ALIVE beverage contains over 50 billion probiotic bacteria to promote a healthy gut microbiome. Each bottle also features adaptogenic mushrooms reishi, chaga and turkey tail that help relieve stress as well as grade B maple syrup and raw apple cider vinegar for sweetening purposes.
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Black Lemon
Black lemons are an exotic ingredient that will add depth and complexity to any culinary creation. Commonly referred to as loomi, these small dried limes are created from fresh green lemons soaked in salt water for four days before naturally drying in the sun for six months; creating dark, rock-hard and brittle citrus with intense flavors which can add depth to soups, stews, rice dishes marinades as well as spice blends.
black lemon’s unique flavors and complex aromas make it an irresistible ingredient, ideal for adding an acidic zing to any dish or used as a replacement for traditional lemon zest in savory recipes. Yotam Ottolenghi suggests adding it whole to cooking liquid for rice and stew dishes or to adas polo (Persian savory rice dish with lentils, dates, and black lemon) to balance sweetness in dessert recipes.
GT’s Living Foods has harnessed the potency of this ancient ingredient by creating ALIVE teas. Combining three powerful mushrooms–Reishi, Chaga, and Turkey tail–with select varieties of teas, this powerful elixir promotes balance and vitality by strengthening immune systems, fighting stress and increasing energy levels naturally.
Cascara Spice
Cascara Spice is an earthy beverage with an intricate flavor profile and unique texture, featuring dark fruit rind sweetness resembling rose hips, hibiscus or mango with tobacco notes. Cascara Spice herbal brew is caffeine-light and has become an increasingly popular addition to specialty coffee menus as an exotic twist that can be served either hot or cold.
After harvesting coffee plants, their outer skin or “husk” is left to dry on trees after picking. While typically this waste would be discarded as poor fertilizer, in recent years some roasters have begun collecting and sun-drying this “husk” to sell as part of drinks or tea cherry tea ingredients.
This delicious version combines cider spices, raw apple cider vinegar and dark amber maple syrup for an invigorating, delicious drink that is both invigorating and refreshing.
Cascara Sagrada (or sacred bark), from the buckthorn genus and native to both the American Pacific Northwest and Alaska, has long been used as an effective remedy for constipation by decreasing intestinal fluid volume through phenolic compounds (specifically those belonging to hydroxyanthraquinone glycosides such as Chrysophanol, Emodin and Aloe-Emodin), helping ease symptoms through reduced water accumulation in the colon.
Matcha Vanilla
Organic ceremonial grade matcha green tea combined with sweet natural vanilla flavor creates this delectable drink, ideal for hot or iced consumption. Organic, vegan and gluten-free.
Matcha is a high-grade green tea ground into a fine powder that can be whisked directly into hot water (rather than steeping) to create a frothy beverage. As the centerpiece of Japanese tea ceremonies and popular choice in beverages like lattes or even simply enjoyed as an anytime drink! Matcha makes an excellent addition to the Japanese tea ceremony and should also be part of everyday diet!
High-quality matcha tea provides long-term energy without a caffeine crash, while also improving mental clarity and creating a calm, relaxed state. That is why so many people turn to matcha as a caffeine alternative! It makes an ideal beverage choice!
GT’s ALIVE Matcha Vanilla is made using ceremonial grade matcha to gently stimulate the spirit, while balanced by aromatic vanilla extract and raw apple cider vinegar for an additional bit of tart tang.