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Chaga Mushroom · Dual Extract · Wild Harvested
✧ What is Chaga Mushroom?
Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) is a slow growing fungus that gathers on the trunks of birch trees in the cold forests of the Northern Hemisphere. It is dark, almost black on the outside, with a deep amber heart.
The indigenous peoples of Siberia, Korea, Mongolia and Northern Europe have steeped chaga as a tea for generations, and in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Russian folk herbalism it has long been valued for its grounding, restorative qualities. Chaga is sometimes called the king of mushrooms, though it is technically a conk rather than a true mushroom.
✧ What is a Dual Extract, and why does it matter?
Chaga's most valuable compounds sit in two different places within the conk. Water soluble polysaccharides, including the well studied beta glucans, release into hot water. Fat soluble compounds, including the triterpenes and chaga's signature dark phenolic compounds, only release into alcohol. A simple ground powder offers neither in meaningful concentration, because the chitin walls are too tough for the body to break down. Our dual extract performs both extractions and concentrates the result at a 10:1 ratio, in a form your body can actually absorb.
✧ What's in our Chaga?
Ingredients
100% Pure - Chaga Dual Extract
- 10:1 dual-extracted (water and alcohol) full spectrum extract, produced from wild-harvested Chaga (Inonotus obliquus)
- The true wild conk, never lab-grown mycelium
- Wild harvested from birch forests
- Free from fillers, preservatives, bulking agents, and humectants
Product carefully sourced from China. Click here for info on our sourcing policy. Tested for purity. View the Certificate of Analysis.
✧ Where does our Chaga come from?
Our chaga is wild harvested from the cold birch forests of the Changbai Mountains in northeastern China, on the border with North Korea, gathered in winter when its active compounds are at their richest. Only the woody, mature growths are taken, leaving the rest of the conk to continue its slow life on the host tree. This is the traditional way of gathering chaga, with care for the forest and the next harvest. We work directly with our supplier to verify origin, harvest method and batch quality.
✧ How do you take Chaga Extract?
A daily serving is one gram, roughly half a level teaspoon. Stir into warm water, plant milk or your morning coffee, or add it to a smoothie or elixir blend. As a dual extract it is best stirred into hot water; some of the fat-soluble compounds may not fully dissolve, which is normal. It can also be sprinkled into hot foods or salad. There is no brewing or steeping needed, the work has already been done in the extraction. Begin with one daily serving and adjust as you learn how your body responds.
Many enjoy chaga as a daily foundation, paired with our Reishi, Lion's Mane or Cordyceps. Explore the full range of Mushroom extracts.
Want the fuller story? Read Chaga: from the birch forest, and why a dual extract matters.
✧ What does Chaga taste like?
Chaga has a soft, earthy, gently smoky flavour with a hint of vanilla and a warmth that lingers, closer to a mild forest tea than to coffee. In warm water it produces a deep amber drink with a gentle, lightly bitter finish. Many customers find chaga blends beautifully with cacao, cinnamon or a touch of honey, and it pairs naturally with reishi and other tonic herbs. It is unsweetened, single ingredient, with no flavourings added.
New to mushroom extracts? Our guide explains how to choose a quality mushroom extract, and you will find Chaga among the eight mushrooms in our Tonic Gold M blend.
✧ Your questions, answered
› I thought Chaga came from Siberia or Scotland. Is Chaga from China genuine?
Chaga is one fungus, Inonotus obliquus, and it grows on birch across the cold forests of the Northern Hemisphere, from Siberia and Northern Europe to Korea, Mongolia and northeastern China. The country on the label does not make it a different mushroom. What matters is that it is the true wild conk gathered from birch, and that is exactly what ours is.
Our Chaga is wild harvested from the birch forests of the Changbai Mountains in northeastern China, gathered in winter. We work directly with our supplier to verify the origin, the harvest method and the quality of each batch, so you can trust that what reaches you is genuine wild chaga.
› Is your Chaga standardised to a percentage of beta-glucans or triterpenes?
No, and this is a deliberate choice. Some extracts are standardised to a fixed percentage of a single compound, such as beta-glucans or triterpenes. We take a different path. We do not standardise any of our extracts, and we do not test for the level of individual constituents.
Ours is a full-spectrum dual extract at 10:1, which keeps the wide range of the conk's naturally occurring compounds in the proportions the mushroom grew them, rather than narrowing the extract to one fraction. What we do test for is purity, so you can be sure of what is, and is not, in the jar.
› Do you test your Chaga for heavy metals, and can I see the Certificate of Analysis?
Yes. Every batch of our Chaga is tested for purity, including heavy metals and other contaminants, before it reaches you. Chaga draws its character from the birch and the wild soil around it, so testing rather than assuming feels only right.
You can view the current Certificate of Analysis whenever you would like to see the detail. If you ever need a fresh copy, just ask and we will send it over.
› Is there any alcohol left in the finished extract?
Our Chaga is a dual extract, made with both water and alcohol so that we capture the widest range of the conk's compounds, the water-soluble and the fat-soluble alike. The alcohol is part of the making, not the finished product.
Once both extractions are complete, the liquid is gently dried into the fine powder you receive, and the alcohol is driven off in that drying. What remains in the jar is a dry, full-spectrum extract powder, with nothing added back in.
› Why has my Chaga set hard in the jar, and is it still good to use?
This is normal, and it is still perfectly good to use. Because our Chaga contains no anti-caking agents or humectants, the powder is naturally hygroscopic, which simply means it draws in moisture from the air. Over time, and especially once the jar has been opened, that can make it firm up or set into a solid piece.
The extract will still dissolve readily in a hot drink. If it has set hard, chip off a piece and break it up, and a small grinder makes short work of it. Keep the jar sealed and away from steam and humidity to slow it down. You may also find a small silica sachet in the jar; this is there to absorb moisture and is meant to stay in with the powder.
