Mushroom Coffee
Also functional mushroom coffee, lion's mane coffee
Instant coffee cut with powdered medicinal-mushroom extracts, a 2010s wellness product. Lower in caffeine than plain coffee; health claims are the sellers', not ours.
SpecialtyServed hotFrom United States
- Volume
- 240ml8.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 62mgderived, USDA FDC
- Glass
- Mug300 ml
The build
Watch it made, step by step- instant coffee blended…240 ml100%
- Volume
- 240ml
- Caffeine
- 62mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Typically a sachet of instant coffee and mushroom extract powder in hot water; coffee content is often half that of plain instant, so caffeine is lower. Marketed health claims are not evaluated here.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 240 ml mushroom coffee
USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 174130 (Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, prepared with water) 26.0 mg/100 g x 240 ml. Scaled from USDA prepared instant coffee; products with half-coffee blends will be roughly half this.
USDA FoodData Central record 174130 · read 2026-10-26
A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.
Variants by country
1| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| chaga coffee | Finland | Finnish wartime chaga infusion as a coffee substitute (popular account). |
History
Popular accountCommercialised by US and Finnish wellness brands in the 2010s; not confirmed by a primary source.
US wellness market, 2010s; usually instant blends.
Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.
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