Possibly not for the taste, as a wellness trend mushroom coffee is gaining a decent following at the moment. We are not talking about adding champignons or field mushrooms into your cappuccino. It’s only certain mushrooms revered for their health giving properties like chaga, reishi, lion’s mane, and cordyceps. These are dried, ground up and added to regular coffee. It’s also possible to add them to cacao for hot chocolate.
Said to have an ‘earthy’ taste, as you might imagine, the health giving properties of the mushrooms are what makes this an appealing health boon.
One immediate benefit for those who are caffeine sensitive is that mushroom coffee contains a lower amount compared to regular coffee. And though they might be light on caffeine, the mushrooms are reported to have similar effects on alertness. Plus, that’s without the nervous, foreboding, sense that some people, myself included, experience from overdoing one’s coffee consumption.