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How to Make Mushroom Tea at Home
Mushroom tea has quickly become more than just a wellness trend; it can provide health-promoting compounds directly into the body. Traditional medicine has long venerated medicinal mushrooms like chaga, reishi, turkey tail cordyceps and lion’s mane for their healing properties and ability to boost immune system functions, reduce inflammation levels, support cardiovascular health, promote mental clarity and more.
There are multiple approaches to creating mushroom tea at home, depending on your available materials and desired flavor profile. Pre-packaged mushroom tea sachets offer an easy solution for quickly making mushroom tea with hot water at any time of day or night, or you could make your own to get the full effect. But for maximum enjoyment it may be worthwhile taking it a step further by creating it from scratch yourself!
As the first step of creating homemade mushroom tea at home, choosing the appropriate mushrooms is essential. There are many choices available and it is essential that you know their benefits for you – such as how reishi tea may help relieve stress while cordyceps provides energy boost. Many also prefer mushroom extracts available from health food stores but which add a strong and bitter flavor.
Next, it is crucial that the mushrooms be properly prepared prior to boiling. This can be accomplished by chopping, grinding or mixing into a powder form; dried reishi mushrooms tend to work best as they help combat bitterness; however any type of dried or fresh mushrooms will do as long as you simmer them slowly in boiling water for around an hour – this slow extraction process ensures all their beneficial constituents have been extracted into your brew!
Once your tea is complete, straining out any mushroom pieces should be your next step before serving it to friends and family. A mesh strainer or cheesecloth are often the easiest ways of doing this. Afterward, feel free to sweeten it by adding honey or lemon juice if you wish; this can help balance out its earthy flavour while improving overall enjoyment of this brew!
Making your own mushroom tea offers immense flexibility to meet any individual taste or preference. Experiment with various combinations of herbs, spices, and natural sweeteners until you come up with something truly your own – adding in hibiscus flowers, licorice roots or even chai can add new depth and balance the earthy notes found in mushrooms – or use flavored tea bags to add even further complexity!