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How to Make Homemade Mushroom Tea
Mushroom tea is an enjoyable and healthy way to reap all the benefits of mushrooms. Making mushroom tea at home is simple, making this drink full of antioxidants that may reduce stress, anxiety and depression, enhance your immunity system function and even help with sleep betterment. Plus, this beverage boasts high fiber levels while low in calories and sugar content making it an ideal accompaniment to low calorie diets!
Add various herbs and spices to your mushroom tea to alter its flavor, from chai spices or cinnamon sticks, to honey for sweetening it further – as mushrooms tend to be bitter in taste, adding sweetness can help balance their bitter taste out! Some people even like adding lemon or orange juice as well!
First step to creating mushroom tea: gathering ingredients. You will require a pot or kettle, strainer/cheesecloth and tea bags; depending on desired potency you may require additional amounts of water depending on mushroom species and potency levels of brew desired. Each species of mushroom contains differing levels of psilocybin so make sure to choose an adequate combination of mushrooms and water that best meets your individual needs.
Once you have all the ingredients together, boil some water and combine it with your mushrooms. Simmer for several hours so as to allow time for cell walls of mushrooms to break down and release any beneficial compounds; longer they are cooked, stronger the tea will become.
If you find that you have more tea than you can consume in one sitting, refrigerate and store in an airtight container. It should remain fresh for several days without degrading its effectiveness; or freeze some into an ice cube tray so you can add bits of it into smoothies or other drinks as a unique flavor booster!
Medicinal mushrooms offer numerous health advantages, yet it’s essential that their preparation be handled appropriately before trying them. Most fungi can be eaten raw or cooked; however, for maximum benefits psilocybin must be decarboxylated through cooking; one effective way of doing this is through mushroom tea ingestion.
Tea is an easy and straightforward way to consume mushroom supplements at home. In order to create your own cup of mushroom tea, all that’s necessary are: