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Chaga...Has anyone tried this?


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So, as I understand it, Chaga is a fungi type growth on birch trees.  In cold climates, it grows on the outer part of white and yellow birch.  Its supposed to have some good medicinal uses, though I didn't quite understand what exactly it does.

 

This came up at dinner tonight, as a cousin was talking about it.  We have an abundance of birch trees around here, so I was going to go hiking out in the woods with hubby, and see if we could lop a chunk off. Other than boiling it and sipping on the tea, not sure what else to do with it.  Any ideas, recommendations or warnings?

 

I thought about pressure canning it, as I am sure the high pressure and high heat would render some decently strong, potent tea.  The Chaga lumps sound like they are very hard and would require substantial preparation in order to steep any kind of tea. So....pressure canning seems like a logical method to expedite the process.

 

I'd love to hear thoughts on this...

Thanks!

Andrea

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ahhh!!!! the glories of Inonotus obliquus.....   Here is an interesting website;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inonotus_obliquus

I have had chaga tea once. I do not remember the taste, but I know I enjoyed it.

 

 

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Not my cup of tea...however after perusing the Wikipedia article, the thought of room temperature pressure extraction into an ethanol solution using nitrous oxide came to mind.

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