I cut two mushrooms off my Lion’s Mane “grow bag,” shredded them, and boiled them down into tea.

This was my first time growing any kind of mushroom. I harvested them early because they were drying out. The yellowing mushrooms in the background mean we don’t have enough relative humidity to keep them happy.

I didn’t want to lose the ones that were growing well, so I cut them off the bag and decided to go ahead and use them.

I made soup with my first Lion’s Mane. The soup was good, but I wanted to try the tea the growers featured on their Instagram page.

I placed the shredded mushrooms into a pot with 8 cups of water, simmered for a couple ofhours, then strained.

The tea is now in our refrigerator, waiting to be used.