You can buy it in its traditional tea form, as a supplement in capsule form or as a powder. In more recent years, the popular world of natural remedies has spotlighted this intriguing ingredient as the next big superfood. In fact, these little mushrooms have been used as an overall health aid in Siberia and other Asian countries for centuries.
It looks a bit like a lump of charcoal but, once you get past the black crumbly exterior, you’ll find a soft orange core.Ĭhagas have a long history of usage in European traditional medicines, where it was made into a fine powder, then brewed into tea. A Chaga is a variety of mushroom, which grows on birch tree bark across the northern hemisphere. In this article, we’ll be covering all things chaga - we’ll talk about its history, health benefits, and provide a recipe that you can use to incorporate this herbal superfood into your next iced coffee. Seems strange to add mushrooms to your coffee, right? We thought so too at first, but all will be revealed below. So, first things first, what is it? A chagaccino is a sweet drink (that you can take with or without coffee) that is made using, amongst other natural flavourings, powder from the Chaga mushroom. We reckon it’s well worth exploring this particular brew in a bit more detail. Now, you may well have read the title to this blog and thought: ‘What, on earth, are they on about?’.Īlthough it may sound a bit like a cross between a Star Wars character and the latest silly trendy fad to temporarily feature on the drinks menu, actually, the chagaccino is a fairly singular beverage.
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