Annanda Chaga Tea | Organic Canadian Chaga Mushroom Tea

Wild Harvested Canadian 
Chaga Tea |  Lab Tested  | Organic 227g

Chaga Tea Benefits - How to Make Chaga Tea 

Mushroom Tea

Annanda Chaga tea is premium quality and is available for sale in a variety of sizes and grinds.  Refer to our chaga grind selector page for help in choosing between tea, powder or chunks.  You can buy mushroom tea in different sizes Annanda also offer a trini-tea starter bundle so you can try all three grinds.  

Size 

227g / 8oz

Ingredients

Organic* Inonotus Obliquus (Organic* Chaga)

Allergy Alert 

May contain trace amounts of bark from the Birch tree.  

Cautions & Warnings

Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, using blood thinning medication or herbal products, or are allergic to Birch trees. 

What is Chaga Mushroom?

Chaga Mushrooms can be found on Birch trees in cold climates throughout North America, Russia and the Northern hemisphere. Chaga mushroom inonotus obliquus looks like burnt charcoal or a encrusted black formation on birch trees.

What is Chaga Tea good for?

A research study showed that medicinal mushrooms can improve the immune system and lower high blood sugar levels.

The chaga mushroom inonotus obliquus stimulates the creation of healthy blood cells which are essential to fighting off bacteria and viruses. Mushroom tea offers good health by helping to reduce inflammation, relieve pain, reduce oxidative stress and help in fighting cancer. This also helps with controlling high blood pressure and can act as a natural blood thinner and help with chronic inflammation and prevent heart disease. 

Studies show that chaga beneficial effects of inonotus obliquus boast some of the highest antioxidant activities ( Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity ) O.R.A.C. levels on Earth. helping to flush toxins, radiation, heavy metals and other free radicals out of our body. 

Chaga is rich in beta glucans and an enzyme called Superoxide Dismutase which helps to destroy cancer cells.

The benefits of chaga mushrooms have been know to help reduce bad cholesterol and improve cholesterol levels.  The medicinal properties are known for their anti-inflammatory properties and are high in antioxidants.  Enjoy this tea and all the potential health benefits of chaga mushrooms.

You can explore the benefits of chaga on our chaga benefits page for more details.

What does Chaga Tea taste like?

Chaga mushrooms contain vanillin which occurs naturally in the vanilla bean and is used to make synthetic vanilla extract.  Giving it a mild earthy taste, sometimes slightly bitter with a hint of vanilla.

The taste is pleasing on its own or you can combine it with other herbs and spices, bone broth or smoothies. You can mix it with other ingredients which will not interfere with the efficacy of the mushroom.

Popular ingredients are Chai spice, cinnamon, turmeric, honey or lemon juice which compliment chaga tea very well.

If you are or currently consuming Chaga that tastes extremely bitter or disgusting you need to question what species of tree it came from, was it a living tree and was the Chaga safely and properly dried and prepared.  

Can you eat Chaga?

You can consume raw chaga if desired as it has little to no taste, however, the mushroom must be extracted before you can access the health benefits. The cell walls are protected by chitin making hot water necessary to release the nutrients within. 

Indigenous tribes used to suck on pieces of chaga to help with toothaches or headaches.

The mushroom is very hard and is not recommended for chewing.  

The powder can be added to soups, stews, smoothies or sprinkled on food adding a boost of nutrition.

Health Canada recommends to limit your daily intake of raw mushroom to 3.6g per day. 

More information about chaga dosage and warnings can be found on our website. 

Can you take too much Chaga?

Taking too much daily over an extended period can overburden the liver and kidneys due to the rich mineral content. Choose quality over quantity is the best way to manage your dosage.

How much Chaga Tea per day?

Best to consider any medicinal mushroom as a medicinal tonic to be enjoyed daily. A maximum of two cups daily is recommended. Drinking chaga in the morning and a second late afternoon around dinner time.

Rich in Birch tree sterols, drinking mushroom tea daily provides a boost energy and vitality. A good reason to should avoid drinking the tea too close before bed time otherwise it may affect your sleep.

What is Chaga Tea made from?

Simply put, chaga tea is made from chaga mushroom that has been dried and milled into a usable form to make tea.

The different grinds of mushroom tea offer different options for brewing. Broken into pieces or chunks, ground to a course consistently similar to coffee called tea-cut, or milled into a powder.

• chunks
• Tea-cut
• Chaga Mushroom Powder
• fine powder
• Extracted Powder
• Chaga extract 

The more surface area there is the quicker hot water can extract the bio active ingredients.

Chaga Mythbusters

Are Chaga capsules or extracted chaga powder better than tea?

There is a tradeoff for convenience with extracted chaga powders and chaga supplements like chaga capsules as many of the health benefits are compromised during the manufacturing process.

The concept of extracted powder refers to the process of freeze dried mushrooms. The same techniques used to make instant coffee are applied to make an instant mushroom powders.

Can I grind Chaga with a coffee grinder?

The mushroom can be ground into tea or powder with a coffee grinder but do so with  caution. Being very dense the mushroom may chip or damage the blades in your grinder.

Is Chaga a magic mushroom?

Chaga is not a member of the psilocybe cubensis genius and are not magic psilocybin mushrooms.  Chaga is simply not a psychedelic mushrooms, a magic mushroom tea or mystical shroom tea and has no psychoactive compounds whatsoever.

Does Chaga contain caffeine? 

Prepared Chaga does not contain caffeine. The dark rich color comes from the tannins in the melanin which are released when brewing. 

Known as a vasodilator the mushroom expands the arteries and increases the pumping action of the heart improving arterial circulation. 

This simulates the effects of caffeine but without any side effects or nervousness associated with caffeine jitters.

Drinking the tea daily promotes endurance and an overall sense of well being. 

Does Chaga help you lose weight?

With the positive impact on overall energy and vitality may find that the mushroom also helps with curbing your appetite and weight gain. 

Your daily intake of tea supports the digestive process allowing for improved nutritional absorption. More efficient nutritional intake means that you feel fuller faster.

Weight loss can be compared to green tea or other herbal teas which are known to suppress your appetite and there are no calories in chaga.

Consuming the tea daily helps reduce stress and anxiety leading to lower cortisol levels which supports weight

Can I take Chaga during pregnancy?

Pregnant women can consider the mushroom as a natural prenatal super vitamin. A rich source of natural vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients which act as a natural super vitamin.  

One cup per day is recommended during pregnancy. Tincture or extract should be avoided due to the alcohol content.  

Consult with your family physician when taking natural herbs or medicinal mushrooms along with other prenatal supplements.

How long does Chaga Tea last?

Despite the fact that chaga is almost self preserving mostly because of it's high mineral content, brewed chaga will eventually ferment due to bacteria getting into your brew. 

This is why up to two weeks in the fridge is ok, but leaving brewed chaga in the fridge for over 14 days than you may be taking a health risk.  

It's best to freeze prepared mushroom tea if you are not planning on consuming it within 28 days. 

Reusing packaged chaga in tea bags is not recommended and should should be discarded after first use.

Once harvested, it is best consuming chaga mushroom within 6 months to a year to get the most benefit.

Chaga Tea Shelf Life

Like most tea's, whether your chaga is in small pieces, chunks or powder, dried Chaga can expire and lose potency if not stored properly. Chaga mushrooms lose potency when exposed to direct sunlight and constant air circulation. 

This degrades the potency of your chaga as Chaga becomes less potent as it oxidizes.

Try to avoid storing chaga in paper bags but rather keep your dried chaga in a airtight container, food grade pouch or a glass jars stored in a dark cupboard works well.

Storing chaga is important because you can extend the shelf life of chaga almost indefinitely if stored properly.

When purchasing chaga always look for a Lot # and Best Before date on the package of any brand of Chaga that you purchase. 

It is a good practice to reuse your Chaga by storing the used wet portions the freezer in between brews.

Statements made are not intended to diagnose treat, cure or prevent any disease and have not been rated by the Food and Drug Administration.

*Certified Organic by Ecocert Canada