Lion's mane fruiting body: from the mushroom to your cup

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A lion's mane mushroom cut in half beside a whole one and a mound of pale extract powder

Lion's mane is an edible mushroom with long, soft white spines.

It has been eaten in East Asia for centuries. In your cup, it's the mushroom itself, as an extract you can drink every day.

Three fresh lion's mane mushrooms on handmade paper
1,000mglion's mane extract in every Focus cup
10:1from about 10 g of fresh fruiting body
100%fruiting body. No mycelium, no grain.
Finlandwhere our extract comes from

The mushroom, not the roots

The part you'd recognize as a mushroom is the fruiting body. Below it, fine threads called mycelium spread through the wood it grows on.

A whole fresh lion's mane mushroom

Fruiting body

The mushroom itself, and the part used in the human studies we cite.

Grain bound together by white mushroom mycelium

Mycelium on grain

Root-like threads, often grown on grain and sold with the grain in it.

Ours is the fruiting body only.

How it's made

A pile of fresh lion's mane pieces beside one small spoon of extract powder
10 g → 1 gAbout 10 g of fresh fruiting body makes 1 g of extract.
  1. Thin dried slices of lion's maneDryFruiting body only
  2. Coarsely milled dried lion's maneMillInto a coarse powder
  3. A glass beaker of amber mushroom extractExtractOpens the tough cell walls
  4. A ceramic dish of fine pale extract powderDryInto a fine extract powder

A mushroom's cell walls are tough, and the body can barely digest them. Extraction opens them. Tested as a finished product. See the lab results

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How to drink it

Have one cup a day of any Focus blend, hot or iced.

Latte blends 1 tbsp to 5 fl oz of water, hot or cold, or 6 fl oz of milk. Stir until smooth and creamy.
Unsweetened About 2 tsp to 7–9 fl oz of milk. Whisk until smooth.

If you're pregnant or breastfeeding, or you take prescription medication, check with your doctor first. If you have a mushroom allergy, avoid it.

What it does

Quicker reactions, clearer thinking.

Supports memory and cognition.

Faster reactions after 1,000 mg of lion's mane extract.

La Monica et al., 2023 · Nutrients · randomized, placebo-controlled · doi:10.3390/nu15245018

Better scores on a memory-and-thinking test after 12 weeks.

Saitsu et al., 2019 · Biomedical Research · randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled · doi:10.2220/biomedres.40.125

Studies of the ingredients, not of this cup.

What three human studies found, in more detail → Lion's mane benefits: what three human studies found

In these cups

Focus Mushroom Matcha pouchFocus Mushroom MatchaFocus Mushroom Hot Cacao pouchFocus Mushroom Hot CacaoFocus Mushroom Matcha (Unsweetened) pouchFocus Mushroom Matcha (Unsweetened)Focus Mushroom Hot Cacao (Unsweetened) pouchFocus Mushroom Hot Cacao (Unsweetened)

Why 1,000 mg → Why we make it this way

Sources
  • Sokół et al. · Acta Mycologica · biology, cultivation and food use of Hericium erinaceus · doi:10.5586/am.1069
  • La Monica et al., 2023 · Saitsu et al., 2019 (above)