A couple of months ago we shared our perfect extraction method to make chaga tea using hot water extraction. The method uses a sous vide machine. That’s what we do in the brewery when we need to make small amounts of chaga extracts for testing purposes. We are huge fans of these machines because they keep water at a …
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Adaptogens are naturally occurring substances that protect the body from stress. They do this by optimizing and stabilizing its physiological functions. The term adaptogen was first developed by the Russian toxicologist Nikolay Lazarev in 1947. He used it to describe ‘substances that increase the state of non-specific resistance’ in stress. In 1958 Soviet researchers created the …
Apart from all its other benefits, chaga naturally energizes. Unlike coffee, it does so without jitters and it also does not affect your sleep. As a result, we drink chaga whenever we need a natural boost throughout the day. Our Chaga SuperTonic makes a great substitute for coffee, but it also mixes beautifully with coldbrew for …
Chaga has been used since ancient times as an herbal remedy and tonic. But what are the benefits of chaga? It grows wild on birch trees in the boreal forests of the northern hemisphere, from Siberia to Canada, and its blessings have been known to indigenous communities around the world for a long time. It has …
When we first decided to stop drinking, it was because we found that even moderate amounts of alcohol were making us feel pretty lousy. After a night out, that included a couple of drinks, it started to take us days to recover. At the time, we just put this down to getting older, but once …
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Chaga mushrooms grow on birch trees in the boreal forests of the Northern hemisphere, including Canada. They have been utilized for medicinal and ceremonial purposes for centuries, possibly millennia, by the native populations of North America, Siberia and Northern Finland. By absorbing nutrients from the host tree over a long time, Chaga mushrooms are an extremely …
Chaga mushrooms (Inonotus obliquus) have been used for medicinal, ritual and recreational purposes for centuries all over the Northern hemisphere, from Russia to modern-day Canada. Chaga was even used to predict the future. Chaga use in Russia and Siberia In Russia and western Siberia, the Khanty people have used Chaga as part of their natural medicine chest …
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1. Weight Loss Cutting back on alcohol can help you lose weight. Alcohol delivers more calories than most people realize; it provides a whopping seven calories per gram. A pint of beer can easily add as many calories as a large slice of pizza; a large glass of white wine is about the same as ice …
It’s simple really. Identifying as sober curious means that you’ve come to the realization that alcohol just doesn’t make you feel all that great. Perhaps it was one lost Sunday too many, or waking up full of anxiety after a drunken night out. Or you noticed that you didn’t sleep well even after moderate drinking. …