The Long Note
Inonotus obliquus · Apothecary
Long Note - Chaga Grow Block
Slow tea. Rust chunks over months.
$41.00
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Grown for a slow tea
Chaga does not make a typical cap. You leave the bag mostly closed and wait for firm rust orange chunks, then you brew them. Grow a faster cooking block if you want dinner while you wait. The 30 day promise means it arrived alive and clean.
Mostly closed. Months. See How to grow for the brew. Do not eat the chunks.
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30 day coverage for contamination and a block that is not alive. A missing mushroom cap in 30 days is not a defect.
Living product. Start within 7 to 10 days, or keep the unopened bag in the fridge. Never the freezer.
30 day grow promise. If it does not grow, we make it right.
One kind per bag. Read the sticker before you cut. Full steps are on How to grow.
Grown for
A slow dark tea
How you use it
A slow dark cup you brew
First harvest
3 to 6 months for usable tissue
Temperature
55 to 70 F
How it fruits
Sclerotial mass. Not a typical cap
Expected yield
Woody rust orange interior for tea
Flavor
Earthy, vanilla bitter woods tea
Difficulty
Patient. A long crop
The facts
About chaga
Timeline
Usable tissue often takes 3 to 6 months. Check it now and then. Pair it with a fast cooking block if you want something to eat while you wait.
As tea
People drink chaga as a dark, almost vanilla bitter cup. Strain it. Do not eat the chunks. Not a medicine.
Worth knowing
In the forest it is years on birch. A farm block is living tissue, not a 20 year wild chunk. We will not say it is.
Food and tea. Not medicine. The FDA has not reviewed this.
See how to grow this block · Not sure which mushroom? See the guide.
Why this one
Before you add it to cart
This will not look like a grocery mushroom. That is the mushroom, not a failed bag.
Do not start this like an oyster.
The full steps for every species, including the ones that need an open top, a cold night, or a sealed bag, live on How to grow. Use this page to decide if you want this mushroom. Use that page when the box is on your counter.
See how to growFood and tea. Not medicine. The FDA has not reviewed this.
Harvest
Firm, dry, rusty orange interior. Not a soft cap. Only white growth? Keep waiting.
After you pick
Keep waiting. The 30 day promise is about a living, clean block, not a finished harvest in week one.
In the kitchen
Break dry pieces. Brew. Strain. Do not eat the chunk.
Recipe
Chaga morning pot
1. Break a small dried piece. 2. Simmer in 3 cups of water for about 40 minutes. 3. Strain. Orange peel if you like. Do not eat the chunk.
If something looks wrong
No dark conk after 30 days
Expected. We guarantee alive and clean, not a birch lookalike on day 12.
Green or black slime
Contamination. Photograph us within 30 days.
Dried to a brick
Too much air. Brief cool soak, drain, mostly closed bag.
