The first kingdom to claim our little planet, they arrived over 70 million years before plants and built the foundation for the rest of us. They even share similar DNA to us, taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide. They break down waste, give nutrients back to the soil, and drive forest health improvements.

Wunderground uses adaptogenic mushrooms which are documented in some of the oldest surviving Chinese medical materials. Adaptogenic means that they help with how the body responds to stress, anxiety, and fatigue. Reishi was known as the most superior medicine above all other plants, earning the name "mushroom of immortality". A huge part of Eastern medicine for thousands of years, mushrooms have a pretty impressive track record for overall health, wellness and immunity. The West is just now waking up to this, though to be fair we were pretty distracted by microwave popcorn for a while.

We love mushrooms, but we don't necessarily want to taste them in our coffee. We created Wunderground because we refuse to accept the notion that you need to sacrifice taste for benefits. Our goal was to create a delicious coffee that happened to be blended with potent adaptogenic mushrooms. We gotta say, we pretty much nailed it. We started with best-in-class concentrated organic mushroom extracts. We then sourced coffees from origins that had the right flavor profile to melt away the mushroom taste. We fussed about the perfect roast curve to create the most delicious cup.

We obsessed until we got it just right. When you enjoy our products, you just taste incredibly delicious coffee. Oh hey, you're getting all the benefits of mushrooms. Pretty genius, right?

What is an adaptogen and how do adaptogens work-a plant or mushroom that helps the body adapt to stress and to exert a normalizing effect upon bodily processes.

Why are adaptogens important?
Many of us are inundated with so many different stressors. Emotional, physical and mental stress. The baby up all night crying, daily commutes to work, financial difficulty, relationship issues, stress from poor food or excess caffeine or sugar, environmental stress. Stress from social media... it all adds up. And people begin to feel daily fatigue, brain fog, difficulty sleeping... all this creates an increased need for more caffeine to get us through the day!

Adaptogens may not give you that initial jolt of energy that caffeine (or sugar) might provide. Instead, adaptogens are working behind the scenes to ensure a balanced, healthy functioning body-without the jitters! It's called homeostasis, and it's a beautiful combination with the brain-boosting. antioxidant rich cup of coffee!