Mushroom tea

Mushroom tea is an infusion of mushrooms in water, made by using edible/medicinal mushrooms or psychedelic mushrooms. The active ingredient in psychedelic mushroom teas is psilocybin, while the active ingredients in medicinal mushroom teas are quite variable.

Korea

In Korea, mushroom teas known as beoseot-cha are made from edible mushrooms such as black hoof mushroom, lingzhi mushroom, oyster mushroom, scaly hedgehog, and shiitake mushroom.

Neungi-cha – scaly hedgehog tea
Neutari-cha – oyster mushroom tea
Pyogo-cha – shiitake mushroom tea
Sanghwang-cha – black hoof mushroom tea
Yeongji-cha – lingzhi mushroom tea