There is a new type of tea popping up at health food stores and cafes: mushroom tea! Fungi are offering some incredible health benefits that could make this wellness ritual all the more worthwhile.

Mushrooms are powerful medicinal herbs, and when consumed as tea they’re better absorbed by your body. Chaga mushroom contains lots of vitamin D as well as vanillin – an antioxidant found in vanilla beans – for an earthy woody flavor; Reishi mushroom serves as an adaptogen known for regulating stress hormone levels while cordyceps has energy-enhancing qualities.

Most mushroom teas contain some combination of these fungi to produce an additive effect on body and mind. Reishi and lion’s mane are often combined together for optimal energy boost and mental clarity benefits; other popular pairings include chaga with cordyceps to offer its energetic boost with oxygenating effects of cordyceps.

With an abundance of mushroom tea blends to choose from, finding one to suit your mood or desired effects should not be difficult. Just beware that adding more water reduces its potency; therefore it is advisable to follow a tea-making guide in order to consume an appropriate dose of mushrooms in your liquid form.

Tea has the added advantage of being more pleasing on the stomach than raw form of magic mushrooms, since much of their psilocybin is bound up by chitin which can more readily break down and absorb into our digestive tract when heated.

Mushroom teas offer an ideal solution for anyone trying to wean themselves off caffeine. Most mushroom tea varieties typically contain less than the average cup of coffee and provide an energy boost without the jitters or crashes associated with caffeine consumption. There are now numerous independent tea brands such as Moon Juice, Buddha Teas, Four Sigma Foods, Terrasoul Superfoods and Sun Potion offering mushroom tea as a beverage of choice.

Tea can provide essential nutrition and medicinal fungi. Furthermore, making tea is also an uplifting ritual that can help ground yourself in mindfulness and start your day right. So when feeling overwhelmed or frazzled take a sip of warm mushroom tea and take time to appreciate its effects – you might just be amazed at how much difference it makes in your mood!