The daily cup for the cold half of the year, and the afternoon coffee swap. People take it for the ritual — dark, smooth, caffeine-free — and for what is in it: the densest natural package of melanin, betulin, polyphenols and beta-glucans in the range, from a mushroom Siberia has drunk through its winters for centuries.

Coffee-lovers who run on it after two and want a way off. Winter people who want one daily to lean on from October to March. Anyone who’d rather stay ahead than catch up, and wants the strongest natural daily rather than the sweetest.

Inonotus obliquus is a sclerotium, not a cap-and-stem mushroom: a dense black mass that grows for years on living birch, golden inside. Ours is wild-harvested from birch, dual extracted in water and ethanol, concentrated 10:1 to 1,000 mg per serving, assayed at 9.9% beta-D-glucans and DNA-verified to the species.

Two capsules with lunch, or two 500 mg scoops of the powder (1 g) in hot water as the afternoon cup. Drops: 2 ml under the tongue. Follow the dosage on your jar and don’t exceed the stated daily dose.

Dark, smooth and faintly vanilla — closer to a mild coffee than to a mushroom. Most people drink it straight in hot water; some add a splash of milk. The capsules are tasteless.

None. That is the point of the afternoon cup: you get the ritual and the dark, roasted taste without anything that keeps you up.

Because chaga is not a mushroom you can farm in a tray. It forms slowly on living birch, so the only real chaga is cut from the tree. “Chaga” grown on grain is mycelium harvested with its substrate — and it is milled with the grain.

Because ours was measured. Chaga naturally carries far fewer beta-glucans than reishi or lion’s mane; a chaga figure of 30% or more is almost always a “polysaccharide” number, which counts starch. Our 9.9% is an accredited assay by ALS, published in full — open it here.

Three things, by three independent laboratories: beta-D-glucan content (ALS, accredited), species identity by DNA barcoding (InventUR, University of Rzeszów — 99.3% Inonotus obliquus) and a full safety panel on the lot — heavy metals, microbiology, PAHs, ethylene oxide and irradiation (GBA Polska, PCA-accredited). All three signed reports are published in full.

Same extract, three ways. Powder if you want the cup — it is the format most chaga customers choose. Capsules if you want no taste and no measuring. Drops if you want it under the tongue in seconds. The daily serving is the same.

A fresh jar every 30 days at 20% off, with free UK delivery. Pause, skip a delivery or cancel any time from your account — no minimum term, no questions.

Try it at home for up to 60 days. If it isn’t for you, send it back — even opened — and we’ll refund the jar.

If you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, taking prescription medication, have a history of kidney stones, or have a mushroom allergy, talk to your doctor before starting any supplement. Food supplement — keep out of reach of young children.

Orders dispatch within 1–2 working days. UK delivery is free on orders over £50 — and always free on subscription.