Matcha has been enjoyed for centuries for its distinctive flavor, bright green color, and naturally occurring caffeine. Lion’s Mane mushroom has become increasingly popular as people look for new ways to incorporate culinary and functional mushrooms into everyday foods and drinks.

Put the two together and you get a flavorful morning drink with a distinctly earthy, green-tea character.

Oyster mushrooms are one of the most rewarding mushrooms to grow.

They're fast, productive, and come in a variety of colors and shapes. They're also one of our favorite mushrooms to cook because they can be crispy, tender, savory, and incredibly versatile depending on how you prepare them.

Morel mushrooms are one of the most sought-after wild mushrooms in North America.

Every spring, mushroom hunters head into the woods looking for these distinctive, honeycomb-like mushrooms. For many people, finding their first morel of the season is almost as exciting as finding a big fish.

Shiitake is one of the most popular culinary mushrooms in the world, and it's a variety we grow here at Shroom-Mates.

Unlike our faster-growing Oyster mushrooms, Shiitake requires considerably more patience. Our Shiitake takes around three months from inoculation to harvest.

Chaga is one of the most unusual mushrooms you'll come across.

Unlike the soft, familiar mushrooms you might find at the grocery store, Chaga grows as a hard, dark mass on trees and has a very different appearance and texture. Because of its woody structure, Chaga is generally prepared as a tea, extract, tincture, or powder rather than cooked like an Oyster or Shiitake mushroom.

Reishi is one of the most recognizable mushrooms in the world of functional mushrooms.

Unlike mushrooms such as Oyster or Lion's Mane, which are commonly cooked and eaten fresh, Reishi has a hard, woody texture and naturally bitter flavor. Because of those characteristics, Reishi is more commonly prepared as a tea, powder, coffee blend, or mushroom extract.

If you've never cooked Lion's Mane mushroom, you're not alone.

With its unusual shape and long white spines, Lion's Mane looks very different from the mushrooms you normally find at the grocery store. But once you know how to prepare it, it's a surprisingly versatile culinary mushroom.

At Shroom-Mates, mushrooms aren't just an ingredient in our products.

We actually grow them.

Our mushroom operation started small, but we've continued expanding the varieties we grow and the ways we use our harvest. Today, we grow a variety of gourmet and functional mushrooms, including Oyster, Lion's Mane, Reishi, Shiitake, Chestnut, and Pioppino mushrooms.

If you've been exploring functional mushrooms, you've probably seen products called mushroom tinctures, mushroom extracts, or liquid mushroom extracts.

But what exactly is a mushroom tincture? And what does double extracted mean?

Have you ever eaten something and thought, “This just needs a little more flavor”?

Sometimes the answer isn't more salt, more heat, or more sweetness. What you're looking for may be umami — the savory taste that gives foods a deeper, richer flavor.

That's where umami seasoning comes in.