A crock pot makes it sooooo much easier! ......so does just leaving it in chunks. The chunks make several batches and I just cover them in clean water in a jar in the frige inbetween batches. Love my Chaga!
Drank some of this last night for the first time. I loved the slightly smokey and vanilla notes it had. I usually drink Rooibos, but this is really good too!
This is a highly revered medicine of the Indigenous peoples in the northern regions of western Canada. This is their history and cultural teaching. No Canadians would have known about this amazing medicine fungus they've been using for thousands of years. If you do buy Chaga, try to support the Indigenous suppliers of it. Respect their protocols.
Chaga is native to Europe and Asia as well as North America. It’s a folk medicine that’s been used there as well for thousands of years. It’s inmportant to preserve and respect Indiginous cultures and practices, but this isn’t exactly a region specific thing
this is quite timely as I have just ordered 2 pounds of it. I understand that you can also put chunks in a crockpot, add water and simmer for a while and simply keep adding water until you use up the chunks.
If you simmer it a long time your tea will be very strong so especially the first batch don't run it to long. Each batch after will take a little longer. Up to 5-6 times. If you make it like the host shows you'll want to dillute it. His looked way to strong to be tasty tea. It would be good cold in cranberry juice 1 to 4 mix. Don't throw away the chunks afterward either. Dry them somewhat and put them in a jar with vodka to extract the medicine water can't release. This takes a couple months but is better than wasting them. Then dry them and use them for tinder. They hold a spark for ever.
Good directions. For making a hot water extraction. That's the good stuff , but not what I would call a tea. For a simple tea don't pulverize your chaga. Small chunks are best. Simmer for 10 minutes or so first time. let it steep until cool enough to drink and enjoy. The chunks can be used 4 or 5 times then used for an alcohol extraction. Mix that ,with the stuff Tony just made and you've got a dual extract containing everthing chagas got to give. I do this tea process in a mason jar in a double boiler arrangement. Just keep the jar in the fridge until the nuggets are spent then replace and start over. This is an old video and I'm sure Tony's updated the info and learned much more about chaga by now.
How do you know if the chunks are "spent"? I've found that the tea doesn't have a strong flavor to begin with, but the color is dark even after reusing the chunks everyday for a week.
@@patriotsongs If you're just making tea they will last quite a while. When the color drops a lot you can tell. That's when I re-dry and put into alcohol to soak.
Hey Tony, what do you do with he chaga powder after you boil it? Do you just toss it? I heard you can boil it a few times to make sure you get all the beneficial compounds out. Wondering what the best way to dry it once it's been boiled to use again
timothy longmore 2 years ago If you simmer it a long time your tea will be very strong so especially the first batch don't run it to long. Each batch after will take a little longer. Up to 5-6 times. If you make it like the host shows you'll want to dillute it. His looked way to strong to be tasty tea. It would be good cold in cranberry juice 1 to 4 mix. Don't throw away the chunks afterward either. Dry them somewhat and put them in a jar with vodka to extract the medicine water can't release. This takes a couple months but is better than wasting them. Then dry them and use them for tinder. They hold a spark for ever.
I used my crock pot with chunks I let it cook on low for 48 hours then I put it in pint canning jars taste almost sweet like a strong tea or weak coffee, so simple. Just don’t know what to do with the chunks I heard they can be used again , maybe mix a couple of new chunks with the old ones .
@@timothylongmore7325 Chaga lowers blood sugar, that's why. So you should reduce the diabetes medicine when you drink chaga. If you have diabetes 1 you most likely have a device to measure your blood sugar, so just use that and see how it affects you, and reduce or increase the chaga or diabetes medicine respectively. Start with small doses of chaga and see.
@@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight Good to know. I don't have diabetes but have a friend who does. I warn people but don't offer medical advice. I forage for chaga , reishi and other medicinal mushrooms and plants to sell and use most. If I did have diabetes I would try to adjust meds. My friends health is a mess.
@@timothylongmore7325 Your friend should try to water fast for longer periods to reset his gut microbiome (That takes about 48 hours to happen). Then break the fast with foods that are good for a healthy gut microbiome to make good bacteria the new blueprint in his gut. Then they will stop craving bad foods and start craving healthy foods. Diet is everything. And fasting activates our body's natural ability to heal. That is why all animals don't eat when they are sick. They instinctively know this. Tell your friend to check out Mind Pelz and Jason Fung to learn more about fasting. I am fasting as I write this. 41 hours into a 72-hour fast. Start small,16 hours and do that for a couple of weeks, then one day of 24 hours fast, then a week or two later 32 hours, then later 36 hours, then 40 etc... The body will get more and more used to it. The first two days are always worst, then the hunger goes away and energy comes back, at least when the body gets used to it.
Hi, I've been looking for ways to extract the goodness from chaga without alcohol. I've come across fermentation and glycerin. While glycerin seems to work, I lean towards fermentation as I do towards everything natural. But I couldn't find any more information online on the fermentation method, apart from 2 studies on rats in Asia. Could you share anything you might know on this? Thanks a lot)
I put 4 tsp of powdered chaga into a non-woven teabag and put that into a quart mason jar filled with hot water then put it in the oven at 170 F for about an hour, stirring the bag a few times. Hopefully that's getting a lot of goodies out of it.
@@pattymorrissey2532 Sounds like a good way to make tea but you probably won't get all the water soluble compounds out. The chitin ( cell walls) need higher heat to break them down. I'd preheat some water to boiling then combine with the chaga in a heat resistant container , like mason jar then steep at 180 or slightly less for ten minutes or so , first time , then slightly longer next time.
The difference is tea vs hot water extraction. I know they sound like the same thing but they're not. Chaga tea would be made like regular black tea. Steep a little tea bag for a couple minutes. What the host demonstrated is a hot water extraction like you would use as a tincture. It will be very strong and not what you'd want to drink as a tea. I have some I use as a wood stain,lol. The host, Tony , is a mushroom genius , but I think when this video was produced he may have been new to chaga. Most say bring it up to a boil then reduce heat. Crock-pots work great for this.
Try to avoid the bitter taste by keeping water temperature around 70-80 degrees. It's the same with green tea, classic mistake to boil water and add the green tea straight away, because you end up with really bitter tea.. The real taste (or the taste I prefer) comes from the 70-80 degrees water.
@@man58652 once it hits the ~80 degrees I stop heating it and then add my chaga or green tea or reishi powder or even ashwagandha powder. I don't cook the things, I just add them immediately, stir with a spoon and start enjoying it slowly 🙏 hope that helps
Hey guys, quick question I am hoping someone can answer: For Chaga "Sayan Siberian Pure Raw Chaga Mushroom Chunks", the directions for preparing are as follows, "Pour warm water (no hotter than 122º F) over 4 to 5 teaspoons of raw chaga chunks, and let steep for 50-60 minutes. Chaga pieces can reused a couple of times before discarding." I notice some people "boil" which is almost 100 degrees over the recommended "warm" water of 122ºF. Which is correct - Boiling 212ºF, or warm at 112ºF? Boiling it would kill anything "living" which I don't think is ideal, and why the recommended temp is 112ºF. Someone educate me please.
The video here is direction on how to make a hot water extraction ( HWE) such as for tinctures. I don't think the host knows that . Maybe by now he does. Follow your package directions if you want tea. I go a little hotter 180 or so. Mason jar w/ chunks in a pan of boiling water. When the water gets to a boil I turn it down to simmer. I sell chaga ready to use pieces for $22 per lb. FYI , I hope your not paying a lot more than that.
@@timothylongmore7325 It comes from Siberia, right? Is that what you're refering to? Me, I buy from a local guy, but I don't see what the problem is from buying Sayan chaga. Supporting the Russian people is not the same as supporting their government.
@@patriotsongs Putin is a crime boss. He gets a piece of everything. He is the richest man on the planet. Do you really trust the oligart whos in charge of chaga exports. It's great you buy local. Everyone should if possible. I swap with other foragers whenever possible.
Good idea! I have never tried that. Chaga is so tough, i went straight to the hammer and mortar and pestle. I have also seen people use a rasp or other kind of grinder.
No grinding necessary. Just about a golf ball size chunk in about a quart size crock pot heat on high and as it starts to darken lower the pot to warm. add water as you need and when the tea starts to lighten change the chaga chunk. I keep a crock going all winter.
You make not correctly that boil chaga it is necessary to brew to 70 degrees Celsius and not above, and boiling water in 100 degrees Celsius kills almost all minerals and vitamins in chaga mushroom.
yes you can and it grows on all birch trees and it does take years to grow. You need live micyllium to start and live birch tree for host ... so it's not easy to grow. Yellow birch are worth more for timber than the value of a chaga conk. I get $12 per pound. A huge conk weighs 15 or 20 pounds and the tree could be worth a thousand or more.
The way Tony made it , it'll be pretty well used up for tea. What he made was a hot water extraction , not exactly "tea". You can dry those chunks and make an alcohol extraction. That's the stuff that has the cancer fighting constituants in it. For a tea you can re-use 4-5 times and then make the alcohol extact. Mix that with the extract the host made and you've got a dual extract. no waste.
Dude, I put mine in a pressure cooker and it works great, cook at 15 psi for 1 hour, then let cool and strain, and you don't really have to grind it all that fine either, I leave it kinda chunky, cook the chunks 1 time, let them dry and cook again, usually get 2 batches out of the chaga chunks, you might get more, but it gets weaker and weaker, I do 2 and that's it.
It's high in oxalates. I've heard it can cause kidney stones. I would not drink every day. Don't take if you're on diabetes medicine either. I use chaga and reishi regularly. Not every day but 2-3 times a week generally sometimes less. I find and harvest my own chaga and reishi so it's cheap to me. I sell for much less than most outlets.
@@IamColt13 There are people growing it but unless the price seriously spikes you'll probably never see that happen. Come up to northern NY state and I'll take you out to find some. Reishi seasons coming up soon too. I sell on ebay for $14 per pound for dry conks. $22 For ready to use pieces. Just sayin. Many sell for $50 a pound or more. Just for a heads -up. Drinking a tall cold glass of chaga/cranberry juice right now. My energy drink.
sounds good tasting. I don't think you'd get much of the alcohol extracted medicine though. That calls for 3 month soak. I go 6 months to a year usually.
Boil the water, turn the element down to keep it at 180 degrees then drop the big chunks in the water. Simmer for 90 minutes then let it cool, refrigerate and consume one cup a day nice and cold. Use 25 grams of Chaga chunks to 2.5 liters of water and you have 10 days of tea for one person. Keep the chunks and use them again and again, store them in the refrigerator. DO NOT BOIL THE CHAGA! As the tea becomes lighter, use less water, eventually get more from your source, I'm lucky, I have a whole stand of Birch trees on a remote lake and they have a TON of Chaga to gift the people on the lake. If you release the dark essence gently by not boiling but simmering, it tastes just like a sweet (use the best water you can find) but not bitter cold tea. The local natives here say they have users who have cured diagnosed cancers by drinking it daily.
What your telling people to do is "How to Make A Hot Water Extraction". You can use this for tea but you'll want to dilute it. That's pretty much what this guy did as well. Most say bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer but for tea 15 minutes the ( first run) will make tea. I don't bust it up to powder for tea either. Small chunks in a mason jar. You can re-use 4-6 times then bust up fine and soak in everclear for about 3 months. Combine that with what the host made and you'll have a dual extraction. Your welcome. Oh , source. David Wolfes book , Stamets books, tedtalks and every video on youtube and chaga101 recipes. I don't use coffee filters either. Favorite drinks chaga and cranberry juice blends cold and chaga/chickory root w/ maple sugar for hot beverage.
@@sherripalmer6909 That's true and if I was doing a long simmer in a crock pot for a water extraction for tincture small would be better. For me , for tea , I use a two to three inch chunks steep for tea strength and re-use 5-6 times. I'm a chaga forager and while I don't like to waste anything I like my tea drinkable not a tar like consistancy. When making tinctures I take the used up tea chunks, redry , then grind the chunks for alcohol extraction. I dry them only because it doesn't foul up the grinder as much. If you grind them for tea its harder to re-use. Which I think is wastefull. The bigger chunks when used up and dried make great bug repellant incense too.
I find it much easier to just put my chaga chunks in the coffee machine and make like 10 chaga with it and then grind it and make 2 chaga coffee again ...why smash it with a hammer and waste energy, time grounding and all that powder flying in the air like ?? u can infuse the mushroom many time so where do you put all that wet chaga after a big mess like that ? isnt it just easier to dry like 4-5 small medium chunks on your counter ? Where do you put all that liquid in a jar ? again waste of time .. much easier in the coffee machine trust me .. ive done it .. i have enough already to bottle my kombucha cause its necessary for the Bubble .. not the chaga ive done both method and honestly i prefer the coffee machine more .. yes the chaga is less darker .. but i find it more drinkable too. sorry for my english
With tea or alcohol extract? How much did he boil, for how long, and how much did he drink every day? And if he took a alcohol extract, how did he make it and how much extract did he take every day? And for how long?
If you drank all that, you will shit your pants. Stuff is crazy powerful and it's tough to know how rich each sample of chaga is. I recommend using less and simmering it all day.
wow, all kinds of wrong advice on here ... lol ...1st) you boil the water, not the chaga, you throw in the chaga after teh water boils ... then you simmer it for 8 hours ... keep adding water ... the water should not be bubbling .. and you don't .. DON'T hammer the chaga .. lol .. kinda horrified when i seen that ... i use a cheese grater to make powder .. chaga should be dark but not black like this guys .. if its too strong you can create kidney/liver problems ...
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A crock pot makes it sooooo much easier! ......so does just leaving it in chunks. The chunks make several batches and I just cover them in clean water in a jar in the frige inbetween batches. Love my Chaga!
This is how I do mine also but then I dry the chunks out in between.
@@TheJnetnunezHow do you dry it???
Drank some of this last night for the first time. I loved the slightly smokey and vanilla notes it had. I usually drink Rooibos, but this is really good too!
Love the description. Very helpful and useful. But background music far too loud and distracting!
I love your videos almost as much as chaga itself thank you so much! I edge to your videos ❤
This is a highly revered medicine of the Indigenous peoples in the northern regions of western Canada. This is their history and cultural teaching. No Canadians would have known about this amazing medicine fungus they've been using for thousands of years. If you do buy Chaga, try to support the Indigenous suppliers of it. Respect their protocols.
Chaga is native to Europe and Asia as well as North America. It’s a folk medicine that’s been used there as well for thousands of years. It’s inmportant to preserve and respect Indiginous cultures and practices, but this isn’t exactly a region specific thing
@@kathvg It is certainly specific to the northern regions of western provinces and to the nations of those territories. Thanks.
made a tea bag with a coffee filter, steeped in boiling water right in my mug. wow, that's not bad
Use a blender works good for smaller chunks or jus use the chunks they are just as good, 👍
I recently purchased a pound of dried chaga but had no idea how to make tea with it. I'm glad I Googled it and found this video! Thank you!
How long can you keep it in the fridge?
Thank you so much. 🍄Great video and a fantastic website resource.👍🏻🤗🥰
this is quite timely as I have just ordered 2 pounds of it. I understand that you can also put chunks in a crockpot, add water and simmer for a while and simply keep adding water until you use up the chunks.
If you simmer it a long time your tea will be very strong so especially the first batch don't run it to long. Each batch after will take a little longer. Up to 5-6 times. If you make it like the host shows you'll want to dillute it. His looked way to strong to be tasty tea. It would be good cold in cranberry juice 1 to 4 mix. Don't throw away the chunks afterward either. Dry them somewhat and put them in a jar with vodka to extract the medicine water can't release. This takes a couple months but is better than wasting them. Then dry them and use them for tinder. They hold a spark for ever.
Good directions. For making a hot water extraction. That's the good stuff , but not what I would call a tea. For a simple tea don't pulverize your chaga. Small chunks are best. Simmer for 10 minutes or so first time. let it steep until cool enough to drink and enjoy. The chunks can be used 4 or 5 times then used for an alcohol extraction. Mix that ,with the stuff Tony just made and you've got a dual extract containing everthing chagas got to give. I do this tea process in a mason jar in a double boiler arrangement. Just keep the jar in the fridge until the nuggets are spent then replace and start over. This is an old video and I'm sure Tony's updated the info and learned much more about chaga by now.
How do you know if the chunks are "spent"? I've found that the tea doesn't have a strong flavor to begin with, but the color is dark even after reusing the chunks everyday for a week.
@@patriotsongs If you're just making tea they will last quite a while. When the color drops a lot you can tell. That's when I re-dry and put into alcohol to soak.
@@timothylongmore7325 I suspect I've been overly cautious, then. Good. I can carry on even more. :)
@@patriotsongs you can't be to cautious. Don't waste the medicine.
I need to watch this again because this Tony guy captured all my attention and could not focus on the prep :D -
same haha. the voice though
Can i put coffee in this pot using the exact same method ?
Hey Tony, what do you do with he chaga powder after you boil it? Do you just toss it? I heard you can boil it a few times to make sure you get all the beneficial compounds out. Wondering what the best way to dry it once it's been boiled to use again
timothy longmore
2 years ago
If you simmer it a long time your tea will be very strong so especially the first batch don't run it to long. Each batch after will take a little longer. Up to 5-6 times. If you make it like the host shows you'll want to dillute it. His looked way to strong to be tasty tea. It would be good cold in cranberry juice 1 to 4 mix. Don't throw away the chunks afterward either. Dry them somewhat and put them in a jar with vodka to extract the medicine water can't release. This takes a couple months but is better than wasting them. Then dry them and use them for tinder. They hold a spark for ever.
Yes, I have seen that also
dry food blender + Pressure cooker?
Would pressure cooker extract even more nutrients? its way faster / energy efficient too.
I keep a pot of chunks on the back of my woodstove simmering gently, adding water as I drink it. It's still coffee black after two weeks.
Good idea.
I used my crock pot with chunks I let it cook on low for 48 hours then I put it in pint canning jars taste almost sweet like a strong tea or weak coffee, so simple. Just don’t know what to do with the chunks I heard they can be used again , maybe mix a couple of new chunks with the old ones .
I find using a crock pot works really well.
hey what do you think about the oxalate content in the Chaga mushroom is it something to be worried about?
Chaga is actually diuretic..good for kidney..
I heard the oxalates could cause kidney stones. Can't remember where I heard it though. I've also heard not to take it if you're on meds for diabetes.
@@timothylongmore7325 Chaga lowers blood sugar, that's why. So you should reduce the diabetes medicine when you drink chaga. If you have diabetes 1 you most likely have a device to measure your blood sugar, so just use that and see how it affects you, and reduce or increase the chaga or diabetes medicine respectively. Start with small doses of chaga and see.
@@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight Good to know. I don't have diabetes but have a friend who does. I warn people but don't offer medical advice. I forage for chaga , reishi and other medicinal mushrooms and plants to sell and use most. If I did have diabetes I would try to adjust meds. My friends health is a mess.
@@timothylongmore7325 Your friend should try to water fast for longer periods to reset his gut microbiome (That takes about 48 hours to happen). Then break the fast with foods that are good for a healthy gut microbiome to make good bacteria the new blueprint in his gut. Then they will stop craving bad foods and start craving healthy foods. Diet is everything. And fasting activates our body's natural ability to heal. That is why all animals don't eat when they are sick. They instinctively know this. Tell your friend to check out Mind Pelz and Jason Fung to learn more about fasting. I am fasting as I write this. 41 hours into a 72-hour fast. Start small,16 hours and do that for a couple of weeks, then one day of 24 hours fast, then a week or two later 32 hours, then later 36 hours, then 40 etc... The body will get more and more used to it. The first two days are always worst, then the hunger goes away and energy comes back, at least when the body gets used to it.
How long will the tea last in the fridge? What is a good daily dose? Can you freeze the tea in jars? Great video btw
Once small chunks the vitamix blender works well.
Hi, I've been looking for ways to extract the goodness from chaga without alcohol. I've come across fermentation and glycerin. While glycerin seems to work, I lean towards fermentation as I do towards everything natural. But I couldn't find any more information online on the fermentation method, apart from 2 studies on rats in Asia. Could you share anything you might know on this? Thanks a lot)
I put 4 tsp of powdered chaga into a non-woven teabag and put that into a quart mason jar filled with hot water then put it in the oven at 170 F for about an hour, stirring the bag a few times. Hopefully that's getting a lot of goodies out of it.
That sounds like a good way to do it. You could probably use it several times.
I am going to try this method. Thanks!!
@@pattymorrissey2532 Sounds like a good way to make tea but you probably won't get all the water soluble compounds out. The chitin ( cell walls) need higher heat to break them down. I'd preheat some water to boiling then combine with the chaga in a heat resistant container , like mason jar then steep at 180 or slightly less for ten minutes or so , first time , then slightly longer next time.
Can i use coffee in with the pot for this tea using the exact same method??
So many conflicting recipes. Some say simmer the powder for 20 min, some for 2.5 hours! Which one is true?
The difference is tea vs hot water extraction. I know they sound like the same thing but they're not. Chaga tea would be made like regular black tea. Steep a little tea bag for a couple minutes. What the host demonstrated is a hot water extraction like you would use as a tincture. It will be very strong and not what you'd want to drink as a tea. I have some I use as a wood stain,lol. The host, Tony , is a mushroom genius , but I think when this video was produced he may have been new to chaga. Most say bring it up to a boil then reduce heat. Crock-pots work great for this.
Just made some in mu crockpot for a 24 hour low heat..so good..
Do we drink the tea hot or cold
Try to avoid the bitter taste by keeping water temperature around 70-80 degrees. It's the same with green tea, classic mistake to boil water and add the green tea straight away, because you end up with really bitter tea.. The real taste (or the taste I prefer) comes from the 70-80 degrees water.
How long you boil it
@@man58652 i don't boil it, i stop before the water starts boiling
@@orion9k but how long you keep it on 70-80 degree
@@man58652 once it hits the ~80 degrees I stop heating it and then add my chaga or green tea or reishi powder or even ashwagandha powder. I don't cook the things, I just add them immediately, stir with a spoon and start enjoying it slowly 🙏 hope that helps
@@orion9k oh okey thx, then that‘s quite quick in your way but if you taste the chaga then it‘s all right
Thanks so much.Where did you get the grinder?
Hey guys, quick question I am hoping someone can answer:
For Chaga "Sayan Siberian Pure Raw Chaga Mushroom Chunks", the directions for preparing are as follows,
"Pour warm water (no hotter than 122º F) over 4 to 5 teaspoons of raw chaga chunks, and let steep for 50-60 minutes. Chaga pieces can reused a couple of times before discarding."
I notice some people "boil" which is almost 100 degrees over the recommended "warm" water of 122ºF. Which is correct - Boiling 212ºF, or warm at 112ºF?
Boiling it would kill anything "living" which I don't think is ideal, and why the recommended temp is 112ºF. Someone educate me please.
The video here is direction on how to make a hot water extraction ( HWE) such as for tinctures. I don't think the host knows that . Maybe by now he does. Follow your package directions if you want tea. I go a little hotter 180 or so. Mason jar w/ chunks in a pan of boiling water. When the water gets to a boil I turn it down to simmer. I sell chaga ready to use pieces for $22 per lb. FYI , I hope your not paying a lot more than that.
@danny whidden yes, as a hobbiest
I hope you know where sayans chaga comes from. I sell so I'll say no more but check into that please.
@@timothylongmore7325 It comes from Siberia, right? Is that what you're refering to? Me, I buy from a local guy, but I don't see what the problem is from buying Sayan chaga. Supporting the Russian people is not the same as supporting their government.
@@patriotsongs Putin is a crime boss. He gets a piece of everything. He is the richest man on the planet. Do you really trust the oligart whos in charge of chaga exports. It's great you buy local. Everyone should if possible. I swap with other foragers whenever possible.
Inonotus obliquus, commonly known as chaga (a Latinisation of the *Russian word чага* ), is a fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae.
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!!
Can I use my Vitamix?
I used my food processor, and that worked perfectly. I think it has around 800 Watts motor.
Thank you a bundle
spice grinder would be good too!
Good idea! I have never tried that. Chaga is so tough, i went straight to the hammer and mortar and pestle. I have also seen people use a rasp or other kind of grinder.
I like attachment that comes with blenders for coffee / spices, never tried it for chaga though
No grinding necessary. Just about a golf ball size chunk in about a quart size crock pot heat on high and as it starts to darken lower the pot to warm. add water as you need and when the tea starts to lighten change the chaga chunk. I keep a crock going all winter.
I grate the chaga!
For those of us without a kitchen scale does anyone know how many dry cups 45 grams is?
4.2 grams per teaspoon.
You make not correctly that boil chaga it is necessary to brew to 70 degrees Celsius and not above, and boiling water in 100 degrees Celsius kills almost all minerals and vitamins in chaga mushroom.
Minerals are not destroyed by heat. I doubt beta glucans are either.
Can you grow chaga like other mushrooms?
No, chaga takes years to grow!
yes you can and it grows on all birch trees and it does take years to grow. You need live micyllium to start and live birch tree for host ... so it's not easy to grow. Yellow birch are worth more for timber than the value of a chaga conk. I get $12 per pound. A huge conk weighs 15 or 20 pounds and the tree could be worth a thousand or more.
@S.W. B douche troll
Can u make a second brew with the Chaga? ✨♥️✨
I have heard 2 to 3 times
The way Tony made it , it'll be pretty well used up for tea. What he made was a hot water extraction , not exactly "tea". You can dry those chunks and make an alcohol extraction. That's the stuff that has the cancer fighting constituants in it. For a tea you can re-use 4-5 times and then make the alcohol extact. Mix that with the extract the host made and you've got a dual extract. no waste.
I grind mine up into a fine powder and use a reusable kcup and steep it for a bit then enjoy
nice man, very good video! Subbed
Dude, I put mine in a pressure cooker and it works great, cook at 15 psi for 1 hour, then let cool and strain, and you don't really have to grind it all that fine either, I leave it kinda chunky, cook the chunks 1 time, let them dry and cook again, usually get 2 batches out of the chaga chunks, you might get more, but it gets weaker and weaker, I do 2 and that's it.
I heard pressure and heat was the bet way. Gotta try that
Some people say you have to boil the shit out of it for 15 minutes, others say you have to keep it on low heat for days
Don’t let the chaga boil, just before the water starts to boil bring it down to a low steep :-)
Actually it should never be above 60°C. Other secrets for right preparation you can get in Russia from their native nations.
@@youtuber8443 I kept it around 65 °C for 4 hours and it had and earthy wood like taste no bitterness and strong golden brown color.
Where and how do i keep the boiled chaga tea?? Or i need do drink it all at once
Sir how much chaga u drink single day? Since how long u taking.. have noticed any side effects
It's high in oxalates. I've heard it can cause kidney stones. I would not drink every day. Don't take if you're on diabetes medicine either. I use chaga and reishi regularly. Not every day but 2-3 times a week generally sometimes less. I find and harvest my own chaga and reishi so it's cheap to me. I sell for much less than most outlets.
How many cups you cand drink daily
You can drink all you want. Probably stain your teeth worse than coffee tho.
depending on the strength, a cup ... if its too strong and you drink lots your kidneys will suffer
A coffee grinder perhaps??
Break down to pea size or even bigger. Then use (even a cheap) coffee grinder for fine powder.
Also this grows on paper brich black birch and river birch...dont take from trees till its below 32 f.
Why do you have to wait until then?
Have you done a How to Grow Chaga?
Coltyn Seifert Chaga takes over 20 years to grow.
@@FPVFM dear God seriously?! So you can only order it? Are there companies out there growing it on a mass scale ?!
@@IamColt13 you can jus walk in the woods. Just gotta know what your looking for.
@@IamColt13 There are people growing it but unless the price seriously spikes you'll probably never see that happen. Come up to northern NY state and I'll take you out to find some. Reishi seasons coming up soon too. I sell on ebay for $14 per pound for dry conks. $22 For ready to use pieces. Just sayin. Many sell for $50 a pound or more. Just for a heads -up. Drinking a tall cold glass of chaga/cranberry juice right now. My energy drink.
@@timothylongmore7325 that would be so cool to go out and hunt! What's your eBay store?
Better to pour it over with warm water
sounds good tasting. I don't think you'd get much of the alcohol extracted medicine though. That calls for 3 month soak. I go 6 months to a year usually.
Do i need to dry the chaga first? And how many can you drink a day?
Yup & i usually jus drink once a day.
I understand that the black outer part of chaga has to be removed before cooking because it is toxic to the kidney?
no
They said not to useing hot water makes go away
Boil the water, turn the element down to keep it at 180 degrees then drop the big chunks in the water. Simmer for 90 minutes then let it cool, refrigerate and consume one cup a day nice and cold. Use 25 grams of Chaga chunks to 2.5 liters of water and you have 10 days of tea for one person. Keep the chunks and use them again and again, store them in the refrigerator. DO NOT BOIL THE CHAGA! As the tea becomes lighter, use less water, eventually get more from your source, I'm lucky, I have a whole stand of Birch trees on a remote lake and they have a TON of Chaga to gift the people on the lake.
If you release the dark essence gently by not boiling but simmering, it tastes just like a sweet (use the best water you can find) but not bitter cold tea. The local natives here say they have users who have cured diagnosed cancers by drinking it daily.
I thought your not supposed to boil Chaga...you’ll boil out all the good nutrients
Never boil chaga you'll loose most of the medical benefits...keep on low for 8 to 12 hrs...use coffee filters to strain
David Ankley source?
Yes please!! Source?
@@ANDREW-yj6ye from the og makers of it. Aboriginals.
What your telling people to do is "How to Make A Hot Water Extraction". You can use this for tea but you'll want to dilute it. That's pretty much what this guy did as well. Most say bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer but for tea 15 minutes the ( first run) will make tea. I don't bust it up to powder for tea either. Small chunks in a mason jar. You can re-use 4-6 times then bust up fine and soak in everclear for about 3 months. Combine that with what the host made and you'll have a dual extraction. Your welcome. Oh , source. David Wolfes book , Stamets books, tedtalks and every video on youtube and chaga101 recipes. I don't use coffee filters either. Favorite drinks chaga and cranberry juice blends cold and chaga/chickory root w/ maple sugar for hot beverage.
@@bradcook7694 Chaga is Siberian / Russian...
You conflict with other youtubers, that say never boil chaga, it destroys the enzymes in it. Beware of this advice.
Time stamp 2:45 will answer your problem
I've heard that you're not supposed to boil because it kills the delicate anti oxidants?
I've heard that too. On alot of videos. you don't have to grind it either like a lot of people insist. Low n slow.
@@timothylongmore7325 it's easier for the water to infuse the nutrients, if it's in smaller bits.
@@sherripalmer6909 That's true and if I was doing a long simmer in a crock pot for a water extraction for tincture small would be better. For me , for tea , I use a two to three inch chunks steep for tea strength and re-use 5-6 times. I'm a chaga forager and while I don't like to waste anything I like my tea drinkable not a tar like consistancy. When making tinctures I take the used up tea chunks, redry , then grind the chunks for alcohol extraction. I dry them only because it doesn't foul up the grinder as much. If you grind them for tea its harder to re-use. Which I think is wastefull. The bigger chunks when used up and dried make great bug repellant incense too.
I can't ever seem to get my tea that dark, like ever 🐫🤔
Chaga 😎🙏💪👍😍
TRY A MAGIC BULLET GRINDER
Not really necessary to pound it into powder, the smaller chunks you have are fine to use. And much less of a mess. Just saying.🙂✌
You seriously need a coffee grinder!
I find it much easier to just put my chaga chunks in the coffee machine and make like 10 chaga with it and then grind it and make 2 chaga coffee again ...why smash it with a hammer and waste energy, time grounding and all that powder flying in the air like ??
u can infuse the mushroom many time so where do you put all that wet chaga after a big mess like that ? isnt it just easier to dry like 4-5 small medium chunks on your counter ? Where do you put all that liquid in a jar ? again waste of time .. much easier in the coffee machine trust me .. ive done it .. i have enough already to bottle my kombucha cause its necessary for the Bubble .. not the chaga
ive done both method and honestly i prefer the coffee machine more .. yes the chaga is less darker .. but i find it more drinkable too.
sorry for my english
It cured my grandpa from sage 4 cancer
With tea or alcohol extract? How much did he boil, for how long, and how much did he drink every day? And if he took a alcohol extract, how did he make it and how much extract did he take every day? And for how long?
If you drank all that, you will shit your pants. Stuff is crazy powerful and it's tough to know how rich each sample of chaga is. I recommend using less and simmering it all day.
wow, all kinds of wrong advice on here ... lol ...1st) you boil the water, not the chaga, you throw in the chaga after teh water boils ... then you simmer it for 8 hours ... keep adding water ... the water should not be bubbling .. and you don't .. DON'T hammer the chaga .. lol .. kinda horrified when i seen that ... i use a cheese grater to make powder .. chaga should be dark but not black like this guys .. if its too strong you can create kidney/liver problems ...
Do not exceed 140 F. Never boil
Chaga helps with colitis
Can you tell me how much to drink daily?? Or is it a slow progression of building up
Been making it. Hasn't helped.
Your not suppose to boil the Chaga tea your ruining the medicinal properties , wrong way of doing it bud
Time stamp 2:45
@@christopherdery and before that he was boiling it
an electric coffee grinder is nice to have. but the mortar and pestle is immortel
homie, how to make chaga tea... whats with all the other crap?
that is a homosexual's hammer, you also have weak wrists.
I don’t think he is looking for a homosexual relationship. So keep it moving.
I don’t think he is looking for a homosexual relationship. So keep it moving.
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