Canadian Chaga Mushroom
Annanda Chaga mushrooms are wild harvested from the forests of Northern Canada.
We practice sustainable harvesting by only taking larger mushrooms and ensuring the host tree is not damaged in any way.
Annanda Canadian chaga is 3rd party lab tested safe from pesticides and heavy metals.
We offer premium quality chaga chunks, tea and health Canada approved chaga extract.
Support Local + Canadian + Family Owned Since 2012
A Family owned and operated Canadian company, Heather & Blair are dedicated to organic and fair trade real mushroom products.
We are a proud member of Ontario Made and Foodland Ontario Organics in partnership with the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
Certified Organic by Ecocert Canada
Annanda Organics is an Canadian Organic crop producer of Medicinal mushrooms.
Grown on natural organic substrate native to each species. Producing the highest quality and potent mushroom herbal tea blends and mushroom extracts.
Mushroom products include hot water extract mushroom teas, mushroom extracts, mushroom coffee and all natural mushroom skin care.
What is Chaga?
The medicinal mushroom Inonotus obliquus is an ancient folk remedy that has been valued for its beneficial effects for centuries.
What Does Chaga Taste Like?
Chaga mushrooms contain vanillin which occurs naturally in the vanilla bean and is used to make synthetic vanilla extract. Giving it a mild earthy taste, sometimes slightly bitter with a hint of vanilla.
The taste is pleasing on its own or you can combine it with other herbs and spices, bone broth or smoothies. You can mix it with other ingredients which will not interfere with the efficacy of the mushroom. Popular ingredients are Chai spice, cinnamon, turmeric or honey which compliment mushroom tea very well.
Choose Your Chaga Grind
Once harvested chaga mushrooms are air dried and broken into chunks or ground into a tea, or powder for future use.
The cellular structure of the mushroom is protected by chitin making extraction necessary before our body can utilize its benefits.
Traditional means of extraction are hot water steeping to make Mushroom Tea or using alcohol to make a potent Chaga Extract.
Heat is needed to dissolve chitin making Chaga tea the most popular choice.
Chaga Mushroom Powder can be consumed directly as food. Added to soups, stews, smoothies etc. for a nutritional boost to everyday meals.
Learn about the different grinds of chaga mushrooms and the many ways you can use this incredible mushroom!
How to Brew
Making mushroom tea can be fun and enjoyable for the whole family.
The health benefits are well worth the time and effort. Consuming Chaga tea daily for the maintenance of good health and a strong immune system.
Discover complete Brewing Directions and how to make mushroom tea in a variety of ways with our complete brewing guide.
Tincture or Tea?
Learn the truth about mushroom extracts and tinctures and how they differ from mushroom teas.
Learn more about ratios and extraction methods and what they mean.
Mushroom Dosage Guide
Enjoying Mushrooms every day can help maintain balance within the body and promote long term health.
Learn more about the side effects of chaga, possible dangers and how to use Mushroom water extracts safely.
What are the effects of chaga on blood cells and should you take chaga when on blood thinning medications?
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History of Chaga Mushrooms
Used by many cultures all around the world for centuries for prevention and cures for many types of diseases.
The first modern use of chaga was believed to be by the Khanty people of Western Siberia around the 12th century.
Shen Nung the venerated Father of Chinese medicine dubbed it the 'King of the Herbs'.
Immortalized by Otzi the iceman, trace its usage from 3400 BC to today's commercial exploitation of mushroom supplements.
The Balance of Nature™
Almost every part of the Birch tree has healing properties. For thousands of years ancient peoples have use the Birch for medicinal use.
The conscious relationship between these two incredible natural wonders is truly magical.
"Everything on the Earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence." - Morning Dove (Christine Quintasket )
Mushrooms are a part of this natural cycle and must be respected and used with reverence.
The Birch tree has a unique symbiotic relationship with chaga and a very specific purpose. Taking from the Birch tree vital nutrients to survive and flourish and also to extend life to its injured host.
The reproductive cycle of chaga mushroom is also very unique compared to other mushrooms. The once sterile conk grows reproductive tubular pores in the same declination as the Earth's axis to the sun. It does this to better its chances of fruiting neighboring trees.
Yet fungi like chaga mushroom have received only a small fraction of the attention they deserve.
Learn to simplify your life and return to the balance of Nature.
The Ancient Wisdom of Chaga
Our awareness is increasing everyday about the natural healing miracles to be found in the forest. One such miracle is the ancient Birch tree fungus known as Chaga.
The Birch mushroom has been dated in fossil form back to the Cretaceous period. It grows widespread over the Northern hemisphere.
Almost every part of the Birch tree has healing properties. Ancient peoples have a long history of using Birch for its medicinal properties for thousands of years.
The mushroom mycelium grows from within the heartwood of the birch. Helping to keep it's host alive while the tree keeps the fruiting body growing by sharing all its medicinal properties.
The mushroom itself is slow growing condensing an amazing amount of medicinal properties into itself from the Birch tree. The conscious relationship between these two incredible natural wonders is truly magical.
Both the host tree and the Mushroom give of their lives selflessly so that the other can live. Understanding this unique relationship becomes especially important when harvesting.
The mushroom contains betulinic acid, which is effective against cancer, inflammation, blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
Intelligence is not based on how much knowledge we have. Intelligence is awareness and mindfulness of the intention we put forward in our lives which affect the lives of others.
This is the noble truth of the The Birch fungus known as Chaga.