mushroom... coffee?
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14760)
San Jose, California
November 5, 2023 12:11pm CST
As you all know, I bring home free things from work when they're being discarded from inventory. Recently I found several bags of ground coffee in the discards area, but this was no ordinary coffee -- it was organic Peruvian coffee with FUNCTIONAL MUSHROOMS.
You read that right. It was ground coffee with ground mushrooms mixed in.
Weird as that sounds, I couldn't pass up a free pound of coffee, so I got a single bag of it. Mushrooms are supposed to be great for our bodies in regards to stress and cortisol regulation, so it at least couldn't hurt to drink them in coffee form (especially since no one in the house has a mushroom allergy). I figured if I hated it, I could just throw it out and not be out any money.
As it turns out, it doesn't taste particularly mushroomy, at least not this brand. If someone had served the coffee to me without telling me it had mushrooms in it, I wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference. If anything, the mushrooms might add a bit more depth of flavor, but it still just tastes like a cup of coffee.
Have you ever had mushroom coffee? Would you try it?
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@crossbones27 (49721)
• Mojave, California
5 Nov 23
Sounds trippy. Come on that was a good one. 
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@crossbones27 (49721)
• Mojave, California
5 Nov 23
@spiderdust Sounds great, where do I sign up in world that has become boring other than trying to kill each other. lol
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
@crossbones27 Apparently the OTHER kinds of mushrooms could be legalized here... not yet, but it's being explored. 
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
I think that's the kind of coffee some of us expected it to be! 
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@much2say (56117)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Nov 23
@spiderdust Did the flavor get concentrated at all? We never have enough coffee to save . . . we make so little of it and only on weekends. I want to go find that mushroom coffee!
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
13 Nov 23
I just realized that the iced coffee I had this morning while working was leftover mushroom coffee from the weekend. Whenever we make a pot of coffee in the morning, we pour what doesn't get drunk into a mason jar in the fridge, and then I use that as iced coffee during the week. It just tastes like coffee, nothing weird at all!
Whenever we make a pot of coffee in the morning, we pour what doesn't get drunk into a mason jar in the fridge, and then I use that as iced coffee during the week. It just tastes like coffee, nothing weird at all!1 person likes this
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
15 Nov 23
@much2say It just tastes like coffee, maybe a slightly richer coffee than usual.
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@Tina30219 (82066)
• Onaway, Michigan
5 Nov 23
It is nice when you can get free things from work especially coffee as for mushroom coffee yuck I don’t like mushrooms at all.
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@Tina30219 (82066)
• Onaway, Michigan
6 Nov 23
@spiderdust That is good that it don’t . Do you use creamer in your coffee?
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
Fortunately it doesn't taste like mushrooms in the least.
@RebeccasFarm (90477)
• Arvada, Colorado
5 Nov 23
I haven't but I had been wanting to see what it tastes like.
Glad it is usable for you.
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@RebeccasFarm (90477)
• Arvada, Colorado
5 Nov 23
@spiderdust I will thanks Kelli.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
It's this brand:
I hope you get to try some at some point!
https://lairdsuperfood.com/collections/coffees
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
My thinking exactly! At $20 a package, I'm unlikely to buy it again, or at least not regularly, but it was better than I feared.
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@MarieCoyle (38768)
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5 Nov 23
My daughter received a bag for a gift. We tried it and like you, did not see a lot of difference in taste. She made the comment that she checked the price on the brand she had, and it's more than the average cost. Hey, if it's free coffee, I am always going to try it out!
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
Do you remember what brand it was? This one was made by Laird.
https://lairdsuperfood.com/collections/coffees
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
@MarieCoyle Apparently it's on sale this week for $30! That's pretty expensive coffee though, especially for instant.
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@MarieCoyle (38768)
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5 Nov 23
@spiderdust
She says it was Ryze. I remember when she looked it up to see it's benefits, etc. it was over $35 for one little bag.
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@snowy22315 (182285)
• United States
5 Nov 23
I haven't but as long as I trusted the brand, I would go for it.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
I hadn't tried this brand before, but it's the Laird brand. I guess they're known more for superfood supplements than coffee, but the coffee isn't bad at all.
https://lairdsuperfood.com/collections/coffees
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@snowy22315 (182285)
• United States
5 Nov 23
@spiderdust It's probably healthy,,,coffee is a good antioxidant anyway.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
3 Dec 23
I haven't heard of it until now. Well, I can give it a try if I find one. I like mushrooms!
@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
I expected it to be a lot weirder than it turned out to be.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
5 Nov 23
I guess it's a growing trend. There's a whole display of mushroom products on an endcap in my store right now (not including this coffee).
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@LindaOHio (181931)
• United States
6 Nov 23
I would try it. I would be curious to see how it tasted. Have a great day.
@SIDIKIMPOLE (1793)
• Eldoret, Kenya
14 Sep
Never had mushroom coffee. Would love to try. But mushroom soup is pretty good.
