Learn how to make Reishi tea! More accurately termed a Ganoderma lucidum decoction (also, Lingzhi), this fungi known as the "Mushroom of Immortality" is highly regarded in ancient Chinese medicine and should be considered if you're looking at getting the most from mushrooms.
1 Steel Pot with Lid or glass pot with lid for boiling water
1 Tea Pot Or tea strainer of any sort
1 Cup to drink from
Ingredients
5gramsReishi mushroomdried, sliced
4cupswater
Instructions
Get your 4 cups of water heating up to a boil
While it heats up, weigh out ~5g of Reishi
Take your weight out Reishi and break it into pieces by hand into the water as it is heating up.
Once it hits the boil, lower to a simmer or as low of a boil as possible.
Put a lid on as soon as you get to your simmer and leave it for an hour, checking the water-level occasionally.
Blend with other herbs once your decoction is ready to mask bitterness. Use the decoction once done, while hot, to immediately thereafter infuse with additional herbs in your preferred method of infusing.
Enjoy! You may want to drink it fast as it's not the most pleasing beverage to consume.
There is a chance your water is going faster than it should, and if so you'll want to lower the heat or turn it off and consume a shorter brew time decoction.
You can also add some water, depending on how long it's been and what level it's at.