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nclonghunter:
I have heard that you should not use the blackened outside edges of chaga for tea. I however use a wood rasp and run it across the chaga (red core and black outside) and make a small amount of powdered tea. Put in a coffee cup and pour hot boiled water on it. Add a little local honey and let it sit for a while. I really like the flavor and the natural health bennefits. Wish it would grow near me.
Never tried drying it after using as tea. Good idea Bob, will give it a go.
Forest_Farmer:
Thx Bob and NC, I'll do some research and give the chaga tea a try.
stickbender:
To me it tastes like a mix of tea, and coffee.
Wayne
Forest_Farmer:
Hey Guys, I was doing some quick research on chaga and polypore fungus. It turns out that there are many types of polypore fungus, Chaga is just one type.
The image I posted in this earlier in this thread is a type of polypore, but not true chaga. So I don't know if it's safe to make tea from. I attached a pic of a true chaga fungus that grows on birch trees.
It sounds like the true chaga grows up North on birch, and i'm not sure if it actually grows here in TN. If anyone has more info, please share. At this point I not going to try making tea out of the polypores that I collected, but they are still great ember extenders.
Sorry for the confusion.
BTW,
There is a ton of info on the benefits of chaga tea, so I will seek some out and try it. Just need to make sure I collect the right stuff ;)
Outbackbob48:
Forest, I don't believe you will find it in Tenn. :( I have found a few on yellow birch but have seen more on our black birchs here in NW Penna. I work with a surveyor and spend alot of time looking at empty yellow birchs, I have to travel 50 miles or so to get into the hilly black birchs country. Have fun and let us know how it goes. Bob
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