We Tried the Most Popular Mushroom Coffees. These Are the Best (2026)

LoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyFeatured in this articleBest OverallAtlas Coffee Club Atlas+ Latte SuperblendRead more$26 Atlas Coffee Club Best Brew for Light-Roast LoversBones Coffee Company Better Brain Mushroom CoffeeRead more$18 Amazon Smoothest Cup of Brewed CoffeeHeady Cup Mushroom Coffee Bloom Shroomery BlendRead more$33 Heady Cup Best Mushroom-Infused CoffeeShroomi Focus Mushroom CoffeeRead more$37 Shroomi The world has been addicted to caffeine for centuries, and in the year 2026, the scientific argument over whether coffee is good or bad for you remains unsettled. One might believe the lack of consensus is a Mainstream Media™ psyop to keep people scrambling for marketable solutions to a problem that’s completely made up, but the cottage industry of coffee alternatives that’s proliferated during this endless tug of war is an interesting outcome regardless of which side you’re on. This is where mushroom coffee makes its inevitable entrance. Some quick googling revealed the known players in the game, all of which offer their own riff on a common base formula of dried mushrooms–usually a combo of lion’s mane, chaga, and cordyceps—boosted with buzzy add-ons like probiotics and nootropics. I spent a week with each, including our top pick, Atlas Coffee Club’s Latte Superblend ($26), swapping out my morning coffee for each brand's recommended dose of powder and hot water. After day five I allowed myself to experiment with sweeteners and milks, which you’ll need with almost all of these to get through the entire cup without gagging. Photograph: Pete CottellSome hit like a mild cup of coffee, some were actual coffee, and others were uncanny concoctions no normal person would ever crave unless they were fully indoctrinated in the heady lifestyle this unique alt-beverage industry revolves around. I laughed, I cried, I got the runs, and I crashed on my couch in the early afternoon more times than I could count, all for science, and all so you don’t have to try this on your own. Be sure to check out our other coffee and caffeinated coverage, including the Best Coffee Subscriptions, Best Coffee Makers, Best Energy Drinks, and Best Electric Kettles. Updated June 2026: We've added new mushroom coffees from Sun Alchemy, Bones Coffee Company, and FreshCap Mushroom, moved a pick to honorable mentions, and ensured up-to-date links and prices. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistAtlas Coffee Club As its name denotes, Atlas Coffee Club is a subscription-based mail order coffee service. And a darn good one at that! It's also our top pick in our guide to the Best Coffee Subscriptions. So when it announced it was dipping its toes in the dark arts of adaptogen-infused mushroom coffees, we trusted it could deliver the goods without all the superfluous lore and manosphere cosigns that most others come bundled with. The starter kit includes a frother and a scoop and comes with your choice of Atlas’ riffs on mushroom coffee: a coffee superblend or a latte superblend. The former is a straightforward take on mushroom-infused instant coffee. The fine powder dissolves quickly, the coffee flavor is muted with a roasty aftertaste, and only the last two sips had any amount of silty residue. If this was all Atlas offered, it would do well enough in this space. The latte superblend, on the other hand, is a real treat. Upon my opening the bag, a strong whiff of toasted coconut wafts through the room. The powder emulsifies easily in hot water without any need for a frother. Lacing on the edge of the mug is minimal, and there’s almost no gunky residue or powdery finish to speak of. The flavor of the finished product has a pronounced coconut aroma up front without the requisite sweetness that’s omnipresent in tiki drinks. The swallow offers subtle notes of earthy spice and a soft acidic tang akin to a shot of espresso pulled from Kenyan or Ethiopian beans. It’s an absolute delight to drink. After three mornings of Atlas’ latte superblend standing in for my coffee, I found myself wondering if I could permanently replace my morning brew with this delicious powder. The caffeine buzz was smooth and devoid of any mind-rattling peaks, but the probiotics did a number on my stomach on the two final days of the weeklong experiment with this one. I would not pair this with a rich, fatty breakfast loaded with eggs and dairy unless you work from home by yourself all day. Intermittent rangus aside, Atlas Coffee Club struck gold here. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistBones Coffee Company Since coffee’s so-called “third wave” kicked off sometime in the early aughts, the world of light roast coffee has become a wonderland of flavor profiles and tasting notes. Conventional wisdom had adjusted accordingly, with modern consensus dictating that over-roasting beans leads to less dynamic cups that are only enjoyed by Starbucks stans, chain smokers, and gruff tradesmen. Mushroom coffee of the actual coffee variety typically lands in the medium-roast bracket for whatever reason, and on its packaging, Bones Better Brain advertises itself as such. Through some sort of unholy magic, this does not taste like a medium or dark roast in any capacity, and I mean this as a form of high praise. Gone are the common flavors of smoky bitterness and whiffs of cheap composite wood furniture on a bonfire. In their place are notes of lemongrass, citrus and port wine, all of which you’d hope to find a pourover crafted from a small-batch bean from Africa or Central America. The exact milligrams of caffeine are nowhere to be found, but a 12-ounce cup of this had me tapdancing under my desk during a busy morning filled with a four-hour block of back-to-back meetings. I brewed a smaller cup in the late afternoon before spending an hour intently watching a YouTube tutorial on a $2,700 drum machine I’m testing for another piece, and my brain processed and retained more expertise from the video—which is 3.5 hours long—than it had in any session prior. This is a wonderful beverage that I will return to even if this grand experiment comes to an end at some point. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistHeady Cup Specialty coffee roasters are finally entering the mushroom coffee arena, and we absolutely love to see it. No shade to the supplement and snake oil purveyors who initially shined a light on the product, but this is supposed to be coffee after all. And the addition of Heady Cup Coffee Roaster’s Mushroom Coffee to the burgeoning field of mushroom-infused ground coffee—not instant coffee substitutes like most of the other entries in this list—is cause for celebration among coffee snobs who just want a nice, smooth cup of black coffee in the morning. Heady Cup ships preground as a “medium coarse” grind, which the brand recommends extracting with a French press or a pour-over. I don’t have time to babysit my coffee while it blooms and swirls in some low-tech vessel that’s not plugged into the wall, so I brewed it with the Guided Brew mode in my trusty Fellow Aiden. The result was a smooth, gentle cup with light notes of grapefruit pith and Burgundy wine, with just a hint of savory mushroom flavors on the finish. It was a joy to drink black, and I’m delighted to find that Heady Cup will grind your beans to your preference, which means you can order a bag that’s ready for espresso if you have a machine you like at home. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistShroomi Shroomi’s simplistic approach to mushroom coffee is a breath of fresh air in a space that’s quite crowded with brands that wrap fantastical claims in yassified millennial aesthetics. The brand's pre-ground mushroom-infused coffee arrives in colorful, unobtrusive packaging that’s simple to read and irresistible for coffee heads who miss the ’90s. The Mexico Chiapas Light Roast we sampled is a bright and bouncy cup replete with piquant notes of red wine, citrus, and just a wee hint of smoke on the finish. Just three sips of a fresh cup brewed with my trusty Fellow Aiden had me shaking off my post-lunch slump and bounding out the door to run off the pile of leftover pizza I had inhaled less than an hour prior. This is a tasty, approachable, and magical brew you can sneak into any coffee lover's rotation without worrying about offending them with bizarre off notes from the mushroom enhancements. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistLucid A cursory scan of the About Us section on Lucid’s website reveals it was founded by what appears to be an extreme sports bro, a DJ, and a former marine. The trio’s aesthetic is a trippy minimalist vibe that’s aligned with the bisexual lighting most Twitch streamers use in their backgrounds, and its marketing leans on a preference for nootropics like alpha-GPC and creatine to kick things up a notch so you can rage or do push-ups all night. One tablespoon mixed with 8 ounces of hot water yields a deep-black liquid, with a slight tingle on the front of the sip and notes of toasted sesame on the finish. It’s nothing to write home about on its own, but lack of dusty mouthfeel and off notes make it supremely drinkable. A splash of Chobani Sweet Cream really brought this cup to life, and a mix of steamed oat milk and agave nectar did wonders as well. The upfront effects of Lucid were hard to discern, but the last few days with this pleasant dust were punctuated by an elevated sense of excitement for the rote tasks I carried over from one day's checklist to the next. My girlfriend and I finally cleaned out our attic to make room for some spare boxes of hardwood flooring, and then repetitive schlepping up and down three very tall floors in our 150-plus-year-old house left me invigorated and craving more small domestic victories. I organized the spice drawer after that and felt amazing while doing so. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistSun Alchemy Mushroom coffee is not easy to find in the wild, but you can find hot water and a cup just about anywhere. More and more health and wellness products are adopting the single-use sachet model for grab-and-go doses, so the idea of bringing your own mushroom coffee on a work trip or vacation seems less peculiar than it might have been a decade ago. Sun Alchemy Cognitive Coffee plays directly to the interests of busy professionals who only recently stopped using the #riseandgrind tag on their LinkedIn posts, with a greatest hits collection of buzzy adjuncts punctuating the top of its ingredient list. Fans of the bulletproof coffee craze will love the addition of MCT oil and organic coconut milk powder, while mushroomheads of all stripes will find the blend of mushrooms in the sachet to be standard and proper. The package recommends a frothing wand for stirring, but I tried whipping this up in a Wawa with hot water and a stir stick to see if it might be a good fit for a haggard road warrior like me. A fair amount of sediment remained in the bottom of the cup in both scenarios, rendering the last sip or two basically undrinkable. Until that point, this is a totally fine drink, with prominent notes of medium-roast pre-ground grocery store coffee, a light tickle of coconut on the finish, and a sharp, mildly bitter nose a newbie might dislike, but a lifelong coffee addict will find endearing. The caffeine content is respectable for a coffee product, clocking around 25 to 50 mg of caffeine less than a standard double shot of espresso. If I ever find a hot water kettle that doesn’t blow the fuse in my Mazda’s 12-volt power outlet, I may consider brewing cups of this while mobile, but until then, a cup of hot water from any truck stop will do just fine. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistLaird Superfood Laird Superfood takes its name from cofounder Laird Hamilton, an infamously aggro big-wave surfer who’s best known for being Kevin Costner’s stunt double in the 1995 clunker Waterworld. Hamilton and his wife, sand volleyball superstar Gabrielle Reece, founded Laird Superfood in 2015 with the mission of helping the wellness-curious “take something [they] do every day and make it better.” I don’t drink protein powder every day, but I do drink enough coffee to drift into space quite often and fantasize about what my life would be like if I had the cojones to get towed by jet ski into a 50-foot wave in Tahiti and hope for the best, like Hamilton did in 2000. Laird’s Functional Mushroom Focus coffee is a medium roast that gently tickles the pleasure center of clandestine dark roast freaks, with a hint of smoke on the sip and a gentle numbing tingle on the swallow. It’s a fine coffee on its own, clocking in a few clicks above your average grocery store brand preground medium roast. The added protein creamer is a special treat that’s so naughty it feels good. The suggested one-third cup dose filled almost half my trusty Ember mug when I added before the pour, per the bag's instructions, and it clocks in at a whopping 200 calories with 50 percent of your daily saturated fat intake right there. After five seconds of whisking, the off-white powder dissolved almost fully into the coffee, leaving me with a light brown brew loaded with rich notes of vanilla and coconut. The tandem of coffee-based caffeine and vegan, soy-free protein (plus 9 grams of sugar) was the kick in the pants I needed to bounce back from over a month of placebo-ing my brain into submission with kooky mushroom dust and heady nootropics. I don’t have any surfing plans on the books at present, but as soon as I do I’ll be sure to pack an Aeropress and the full Laird Superfood kit. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistNeubrain When mushroom coffee first hit the scene, it was pitched as a mild alternative to coffee for folks who want a hot cup of something in the morning without the caffeine-induced mania. The pendulum seems to be swinging back toward caffeine-maxing, and us hopeless caffeine addicts are absolutely here for it. A prime example of this vibe shift is Neubrain, which ditches the sleek hippie-lite aesthetics of the scene's original purveyors for clean lines, sciencey branding, and an expansive ingredient list that’s bookended by collagen peptides—the hot new neuro-nutrient the internet loves to argue about. Boasting just north of 100 grams of caffeine, Neubrain’s Smart Coffee Blend is an excellent substitute for that early-afternoon cup or tallboy of sugary brain goop. It’s not quite the kick in the pants I crave in the morning, but the slow burn of its nutrient stack alongside a mild caffeine and an agreeable, mildly savory flavor did wonders in keeping my daily 3 pm craving for a power nap in check. I quickly forgot I was drinking a coffee substitute after the first two sips–which tasted a bit like a fuzzy memory of watery mushroom soup–and the gentle boost of the mushroom cocktail and nootropics within helped me power through a quick yoga sesh and a 30-minute job on my walking pad. I would not reach for Neubrain in a caffeine emergency like a long overnight drive or a pregame before a busy night out, but it’s a great option for a comfy hit of caffeine with a long enough tail to keep the afternoon sleepies at bay. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistQuince Quince functions as a modern millennial’s answer to J.Crew, with a wide variety of urbane, unflashy fashions for sale in its utilitarian web store. Offering its own mushroom coffee–which is currently available via a wait list—is a logical gambit for a web-based “everything store” that seems marketed squarely at the type of childless creative directors who’ve been bullied by the Wellness Industrial Complex into thinking drip coffee is the brutish pastime of crude populists. Quince has done quite well in concocting a charming, understated magic powder that gathers all of the sensory pleasures of a brisk fall afternoon and swirls them around in a smooth and mildly savory cup. Notes of cardamom and cinnamon tickle the nostrils as the powder easily dissolves into hot water or milk, and a faint hit of light roast coffee and umami punctuates the top of the sip. The sip concludes with a gentle tingle of acidity and a barely noticeable shock of numbing spice that’s too subtle to give even the meekest decaf tea enthusiast pause. The low caffeine content makes Quince’s brew a poor choice for turbo-charged mornings that demand a stronger hit of energy, but it’s a great afternoon or early-evening brew that’s well-suited to offer a gentle kick in the cropped stovepipe trousers without pummeling your psyche into white-knuckled submission. As a hopeless caffeine junkie, I plan to keep this in the cupboard well into the winter for a nice post-dinner cuppa to keep cozy while I watch my programs with my pets in my quiet, child-free home. Quince Certified Organic Mushroom Coffee is currently out of stock, but you can join the wait list at the link. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistFidus Have you tried the coffee at your local Sheetz or Love’s recently? Gas station coffee still gets a bad rap these days, but the bar has been raised exponentially since the era of a murky Bunn pot next to the hot dog rollers being your last resort for caffeine on the road beyond the realm of sugary, chemical-laden tallboys. I’ll be the first to admit it’s usually a bit watered-down for my needs, but the infinite options of free add-ins on the counter more than make up for it. My current truck-stop coffee kink is the tallest cup I can find, filled halfway with a medium-roast drip and the other half with the French vanilla “latte” dispensed by a machine that hums like a Weedwacker when you turn it on. The fragrance alone is enough to goose my serotonin levels, which brings me to Fidus Mushrooms Focus Coffee. The first whiff of the freshly opened bag smelled exactly like this glorious liquid nourishment, which felt odd when contrasted with the actual flavor of this earthy elixir. The sugary-sweet notes were hiding in the distance on the swallow, but the relatively minimal ingredient list contains zero traces of sugar or other sweeteners. It’s a crafty magic trick that makes your brain expect an indulgence, when in reality you’re sipping on a very mild mushroom brew that’s similar to gas-station coffee in both its potency and its mouthfeel. The caffeine content of this brew is pithy at best, but no one is forcing you to include a mere 2.5 grams of powder in your cup. I tripled the dose on the third day of my week with Fidus, and the flavor and texture of the liquid were still amenable relative to the increased caffeine content. Silty residue was nonexistent even with a simple spoon for stirring, which makes this a great emergency caffeine ration to stash in the glove box of your bugout rig when you can only count on hot water and your own resilience when life on the road beckons. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistSpacegoods For generations, caffeine addicts have flocked to diners with names like Jim’s Coffee Pot, where they can wash down bacon and eggs with coffee that’s been stewing for who knows how long. This style of brew is an acquired taste, for sure, but there’s no beating it when you’re hungover and half awake. The savory finish of Spacegoods’ “coffee-flavored” Rainbow Dust hits like that first sip of coffee at your estranged uncle’s favorite greasy spoon, with a roasty, almost burnt flavor that slowly fades into a subtle umami hit that tricks your brain into thinking some hash browns might be burning on a flat top in the next room over. Clocking in at 120 mg of caffeine per 12-ounce cup, this is a nice happy medium between an energy drink and a cup of tea, making it crushable for those of us who drink cup after cup as a matter of habit rather than the means to an end. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistFreshCap Mushrooms Many powder-based mushroom supplements have a bitter, pseudo-coffee flavor up front and a savory vegetal finish. FreshCap offers the former, but not the latter. This results in a relatively clean cup that’s great to sip in the morning without overtaking the flavor of your breakfast, assuming wellness brain hasn’t gotten you off solid food in the AM entirely. This potent powder does a lot with a little, and the flavor is agreeable enough that doubling or even tripling the dose to replicate an Americano is still palatable for most. This blends easily without special tools for a low-effort gunk-free cup, which is another feather in this concoction's mild, understated hat. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistMicro Ingredients The fine brown powder that’s packed tightly into this massive bag has a faint smell of burnt coffee, sort of like that last bit of sludge that’s stuck to the bottom of a Bunn carafe after a long day at a diner. The taste is forgettable and inoffensive. A hat tip to Micro Ingredients is in order for its flawless execution of a product that’s as mid as mid can possibly get: It barely tastes like coffee or mushrooms, yet it gestures toward both and offers the same end result for the user. I started with 2 teaspoons of the powder mixed into 8 ounces of hot water with the handheld blender the folks at MUD/WTR so graciously included in its own overengineered box (see below), and it took just a few seconds to realize this level of emulsion is overkill. You won’t need more than a few turns of a common spoon to completely dissolve Micro Ingredients in your cup, and the lack of silty or gunky residue is greatly appreciated after a few sips. I gussied up subsequent cups with 4 ounces of steamed milk and 1 teaspoon of simple syrup for a slightly more gratifying sip, but it tastes fine on its own and would be a decent substitute for coffee on a camping trip or in some sort of emergency. The caffeine content is just a few clicks above a cup of decaf, which makes this a nice late-afternoon pick-me-up for folks who have to take it easy with the real stuff. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistRasa The aesthetic of Rasa’s packaging, which lands between the decor of a Midwestern strip mall Mediterranean café and a box of Moroccan tea from Trader Joe’s, kinda says it all with this uber-mellow mushroom beverage. Very few discernible flavors hit on the sip, but the finish has slight notes of dates and the mildest suggestion of citrus. The lack of caffeine makes Rasa somewhat of an oddity on this list, but the market for decaf drinks is substantial, and I’m sure plenty of folks who mainline herbal tea all day would relish the opportunity to try something a bit fancier and more exotic than their usual lineup of grass and flowers and essential oils and whatever else they refer to as “tea” these days. I started adding steamed oat milk and a couple drops of mint simple syrup to gussy this up toward the end of my week with this one, and I’m all aboard the Rasa train when a chill evening on the couch is what the doctor ordered. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistMax Fit The flavor of Ten Mushrooms is remarkably similar to that of Ryze (see below): smoky and savory with a sour finish and a dusty residue. A week with this did little to convince me that mushroom brew is the coffee of the future, but it didn’t offend my sensibilities or my bowels in any notable way. If I were forced to choose between Ten Mushrooms and Ryze, I would choose the former due to its bullshit-free spin on a cottage industry that’s filled with late-stage capitalist trapdoors and other forms of subscription-based chicanery. As I write this, a 142-gram bag of Ten Mushrooms is about $10 cheaper than Ryze, and you can buy it instantly on Amazon without navigating several pages of subscriptions, pop-up discount offers, and other digital shakedowns. When the economy crashes and you still need to focus your chakras and conquer your ADHD with mushroom coffee, Jeff Bezos and Ten Mushrooms will be waiting for you with open arms. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistMelting Forest When browsing the various mushroom coffees available on the web, I was surprised to find that Melting Forest is the only prominent brand that really leans into the schwilly, post-Jerry ’90s aesthetic associated with a different strain of shrooms. The packaging is a toned-down riff on something one would find in a mall kiosk that sold blacklight posters and grinders until Spencer’s Gifts rolled through and put them out of business. It’s likely the same ex-hippie who does all the design work for Philz Coffee who slapped together Melting Forest’s website. The flavor of this powdered, lightly caffeinated coffee replacement tastes exactly like what you’d imagine to be the ideal brew of a guy who flips out when the barista attempts to rinse out the handmade ceramic blob he brings into his dusty old cafe in Marin at the exact same ungodly hour every morning. The upfront taste has a light bitterness that would repel coffee noobs but endear old heads whose tastes have evolved from Folgers to Stumptown and back again. There’s very little grit in the top 80 percent of the cup, but the small bits of silt that linger at the bottom bring the funky, earthy flavor of the mushroom blend to life. Melting Forest plays nice with sweeter alternative milks like Pacific Foods coconut milk or original Silk soy milk. The energy level is a mild tickle of alertness that’s on par with a can of yerba mate or a half-caff Americano. It’s a reliable daily drinker that pairs well with long days of organizing stacks of magazines, working on a VW bus, and haranguing your local NPR affiliate about the lack of jazz fusion in its playlist. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistOm The bulk of Om’s catalog is billed as “dietary supplements,” so its Master Blend is not exactly the kind of thing you’ll want to drink on its own. I tried this for science, of course, and it wasn’t terrible! There’s a vegetal flavor on the sip that tastes like potato water, and the finish has an astringent tingle that’s akin to the tiniest dose of Sichuan peppercorns steeped in hot water. Om really shines when it’s added to a cup of coffee brewed with beans from the Global South. One teaspoon of this sand-colored dust added a savory pop that smoothed out the brightness of my favorite Colombian Supremo beans from Costco, and the requisite jitters that usually kicked in after three cups of the brew felt mellower than usual with Om mixed in. The silty residue at the bottom of the cup is best avoided, but it won’t harsh your vibe too much on the whole. Photograph: Pete CottellSave to wishlistSave to wishlistEveryday Dose Of all the contenders included in this experiment, Everyday Dose feels the most like a wellness influencer pyramid scheme. One month of this fantastical dust promises better sleep and boosted mood. Two months promises a healthy gut, and three months promises glowing skin and boosted immunity. It’s easy to acquire three months of Everyday Dose because its subscription-only model is damn near impossible to cancel. It’s difficult to drink this daily for even a week, though, but best of luck if a guy with an alpha jawline and yacht full o’ thots in Croatia told you otherwise! Unlike MUD/WTR (below), which seems to be the closest analog as far as aesthetics and cheekiness go, Everyday Dose boasts a wee bit of caffeine, which is appealing for coffee addicts like yours truly. I first mixed 1 tablespoon of the powder with 8 ounces of hot water and drank it straight up, which yielded an unappetizing liquid that tasted like a mix of Chex Mix and bong water. Some frothed oat milk and a squirt of simple syrup turned out to be the most drinkable form, but I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed any of it. By the end of the week I found myself burning off the slight hit of energy and focus this provided with a 30-minute cardio sesh in my basement followed by five to 10 minutes on the toilet, right on queue every time. People pay money for that type of “regularity,” so I guess that’s something! Photograph: Pete CottellLifeboost Mindflow for $40: The flavor of this instant powder is snappy and astringent at first, then it mellows into a warm middle ground after a few sips and a short cooling period. By the middle of the cup I forgot I was drinking something other than coffee, and the mild acidity on the finish–likely a product of the CognatiQ Coffee Fruit Extract that’s lauded on the back of Mindflow’s mylar pouch–tastes similar to a nice cup of Ethiopian or Rwandan coffee if you close your eyes and pretend for just a moment. Regarding its potency, if mushroom supplements were attendees at a state college keg party, Lifeboost would be the unremarkable guy pacing himself in the back while everyone else is getting blitzed like the world is ending. It’s unassuming yet self-assured, patiently waiting for all other entrants to crap out so it can make its move. I copped a mild buzz just a few sips in, and I felt alert and wide-eyed for a good two hours after the silty final sips of the cup were consumed. Electrolytes are uncommon in this space, which means this is a rare entry in the mushroom supplement world that purports to be a good pick if hydration is a trivial concern. Photograph: Pete CottellFour Sigmatic Organic Coffee for $20: Four Sigmatic’s Focus blend is labeled as a dark roast, but it’s missing the cigarette-butts-and-bowling-alley aftertaste that looms on the finish of similar blends. Despite my preference for lighter beans, this hit like a hug from an old friend after weeks of sipping murky silt. The caffeine buzz normalized after two days of using Think in lieu of more standard shroom-based coffee replacements, so I added a three-quarter-teaspoon hit of the powdered Focus blend to my daily cup to see what would happen. Within 10 minutes I felt an overwhelming urge to sort my finances spreadsheet in preparation for tax season, then I set up a new template in Loopy Pro to accommodate a friend who planned to join my basement jam session that evening. He bailed, but I was jacked on Genius Adaptogens so I played all the instruments myself into the wee hours of the night. North Spore Functional-5 Mushroom Coffee for $18: Most mushroom-infused ground coffee blends are filed under the “Medium Roast” category, which is typically a safe catch-all that grocery store brands and discount purveyors describe their preground product as to avoid pissing off discerning light-roast aficionados such as yours truly. Nine times out of 10 they hit like a dark roast, with an ashy taste and a healthy dose of the oil that seeps out of the beans during the elongated roasting process, shimmering and swirling around the top of your cup like a puddle in a parking lot. This coffee from North Spore, which makes our favorite mushroom-growing monotub and spray-and-grow mushroom kit, lacks all of those off notes while still retaining a sturdy, earth flavor that’s far enough removed from the citric and buttery notes I love most about classic high-end light roasts to stand up as its own unique thing. There’s a hint of mushroom flavor on the swallow if you really look for it, but you could easily swap this in for someone's morning cup of Folgers or Illy medium roast and they’d be none the wiser. Ryze Superfoods Mushroom Coffee for $65: One could consider two different approaches to how purveyors of mushroom coffee dial in the flavor profile of their product: They can go all in with a bombastic brew filled with spices and overtones, or they can play it safe and concoct the base of a beverage that tastes more like memories of other drinks than a beverage with an identity of its own. The underwhelming flavor of Ryze falls in the latter camp. In fairness, there are plenty of folks who have no interest in savoring their morning beverage and instead need to put the liquid inside them as fast as possible so they can “adult” that day. Twenty-one-year-old Pete thought people who claimed to enjoy espresso were insane, yet here I am, two decades later wishing I could sip bitter bean water instead of this sour cup of forgettable swill that curdled the whole milk I tried to cut it with. A week with Ryze did little to boost my mood, focus, or energy. It mostly made me cranky and sad. Cuppa for $30: Like the friendly foreigner who calls his daily cup of tea or coffee his “cuppa,” this newcomer is polite, congenial, and inoffensive. The first sip brought to mind a really good cup of coffee at a nameless diner, with a light body and very mellow acidic notes on the swallow. The small dose of ruddy powder pulled from the bag with the included plastic scoop dissolved thoroughly with a few stirs, and the pristine lack of sediment in the cup was exactly as advertised. The boost of energy is also unassuming and easy to relegate to the background, which could be a welcome respite from the blast of caffeine many coffee addicts think they need right when they wake up every morning. After a week with Cuppa I started to enjoy easing into my daily brain vibrations rather than white-knuckling it off the rip at 7 am on the dot every morning. Photograph: Pete CottellMUD/WTR Original Blend for $51: The packaging of MUD/WTR isn’t quite as unhinged as a bottle of Dr. Bronner's, but it’s definitely in the same realm. The spicy dust inside the can is a maximalist circus of weirdness as well, with herbaceous stalwarts like turmeric and masala chai holding it down alongside the usual shroom suspects. It took me a few days to realize that properly emulsifying this ruddy power per the suggested instructions—1 tablespoon with ¾ cup of water, battered thoroughly with the included handheld immersion blender—is an impossible task, so I started experimenting with supplemental ingredients in hopes that some blend of milk, fat, and sugar would minimize the gritty aftertaste that overwhelms the palate. I landed on 1 tablespoon of simple syrup and 4 ounces of whole milk frothed in my trusty Subminimal NanoFoamer Pro. The final result hits somewhere between a chai latte and the kind of hot cocoa you’d order at a coffee shop with boring ’90s music, mean baristas, and a dirty bin full of stale vegan + gluten-free snacks next to the register. I didn’t hate it, but the bottom quarter of the cup is an undrinkable gunky mess. And don’t get me started on the chunky brown lacing that clings to the edge of the cup. The physical and mental effects of MUD/WTR felt more like a facsimile of a boost than a visceral kick in the pants, but a placebo high is better than nothing, right? Combine that with the amount of adjunct ingredients required to make this drinkable and I ended up with a beverage I would only drink every now and then as a treat on a chilly day rather than a daily sipper I can rely on for increased focus, energy, virility, and the million other things this product promises within the wall of text that adorns its packaging. Power up with unlimited access to WIRED. Get best-in-class reporting and exclusive subscriber content that's too important to ignore. Subscribe Today. Pete Cottell is a product reviews contributor at WIRED. He focuses on home recording gadgets, synths, geeky MIDI gear, and all things related to caffeination. Pete is a graduate of Ohio State University, where he majored in advanced service industry arts (communications). He is based in Columbus, Ohio, and daylights ... Read MoreTopicsFood and DrinkkitchenShoppinghealthcoffeeThe Best Espresso Accessories for Home BaristasA longtime pro barista’s favorite tools for dialing in the perfect shot at home.Pete CottellThis Coffee Maker Has Biodegradable Pods and a WIRED-Exclusive DiscountUse this WIRED-exclusive coupon code to get the best deal on this high-design machine and biodegradable pods.Louryn StrampeEveryPlate Shows the Key to a Truly Low-Cost Meal Kit Turns Out to Be SimplicityEveryPlate is an actual budget meal kit whose plates taste delicious. 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