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For many people — 85% of the U.S. population, in fact — a cup or two of coffee in the morning is just what they need to start the day off right.1 But for those who are sensitive to caffeine, a small amount can lead to symptoms like restlessness, headaches, insomnia, anxiety, and jitteriness.2 Even if someone isn’t sensitive to the substance, they may have certain health circumstances that can require them to reduce their caffeine intake, like taking certain prescriptions or dealing with conditions such as GERD, high blood pressure, migraines, anxiety, or sleep disorders.3
In these situations, a lower-caffeine alternative could be ideal. One such product is Everyday Dose, a mushroom coffee that contains coffee bean extract, bovine collagen peptides, amino acids, and nootropic ingredients — all with half the caffeine of an ordinary cup of coffee.
In this review, we analyze the science behind Everyday Dose and detail our first-hand experience as customers to help you determine if this mushroom coffee is the right fit for your needs.
Everyday Dose offers tasty, easy-to-mix mushroom coffee, available with either matcha or traditional coffee as a base. Each serving contains 1.74g of mushrooms (a 50/50 mix of chaga and lion’s mane fruiting body extracts) and nearly 5g of amino acids from bovine collagen, plus some nootropic content. While we'd prefer to see the company take advantage of the whole mushroom’s potential and provide more transparency regarding beta-glucan standardization, our testers did experience some cognitive benefit from drinking Everyday Dose over the course of a few days. The pricing of Everyday Dose is pretty average for mushroom coffee. Subscribing has pros and cons; you have to wait 20 days after your first order to cancel your subscription, which can be frustrating, but you can save up to 40% on recurring deliveries (depending on the product) if you choose to stick with it.
Everyday Dose is available directly from the company’s website or from its page on Amazon. Amazon offers both the mushroom coffee and the mushroom matcha drink (though not other products like kits or accessories), but even if you do most of your shopping on Amazon, your best choice here is to buy directly on the Everyday Dose website. That’s because you save considerably more money, whether you want a one-time purchase or a subscription.
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For our review of Everyday Dose, we spent over 100 cumulative hours researching functional mushrooms and their potential benefits for your health and wellness. We also purchased the product and spoke at length with customer service representatives to provide you with hands-on details about the customer experience. Our testers tried Everyday Dose for about a week, taking note of their opinions and any noticeable wellness effects (on mood, focus, gut health, etc.) they noticed along the way.
Additionally, like all health-related content on this website, this review was thoroughly vetted by one or more members of our Medical Review Board for accuracy.
We evaluated Everyday Dose using the same criteria we used in our guide to the best mushroom coffees: safety, effectiveness, cost, customer experience, and taste. Our approach was similar to how we’d evaluate a supplement since many people drink mushroom coffee for some of the same reasons they take supplements — improving focus, cognition, energy, and overall wellness.
When it comes to the safety of mushroom coffees, Everyday Dose is one of the better options for a few reasons.
Something essential to know about mushrooms is that they’re heterotrophs.4 Basically, they absorb nutrients from their surroundings, typically plant or animal matter, in order to “eat.”5 This, unfortunately, puts them at risk of accumulating high levels of toxins, such as heavy metals.6 7 Therefore, we consider safety testing for contaminants to be a necessary practice for any mushroom coffee manufacturer we recommend, and you can be sure that all the products we mention in this review — Everyday Dose, RYZE, MUD\WTR, and Teeccino — test for heavy metals and other toxins.
Now, as long as the manufacturer conducts adequate testing, mushroom coffee should be safe for most healthy adults who aren’t pregnant or breastfeeding. Not enough is currently known about the possible impacts of functional mushrooms on babies, and some common botanical inclusions in mushroom coffees can have serious side effects. Ashwagandha, for example, can cause “spontaneous abortion” (miscarriage) and should be avoided entirely by those who are pregnant.8
On the topic of ingredients, the biggest risks of Everyday Dose come from its functional mushrooms, but similar risks apply to nearly every mushroom coffee on the market. The chart below offers a quick rundown of these risks, but we’ll go into more detail later on.
Chaga | Lion’s mane | |
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Lower blood sugar | ||
Reduce blood pressure | ||
Inhibit blood clotting | ||
Potential kidney damage at high doses | ||
May increase risk of transplant rejection |
Other than mushrooms, Everyday Dose contains bovine collagen peptides, amino acids, and either coffee or matcha. The only potentially iffy ingredient here is bovine collagen, but it’s mainly a concern for those on specific diets (like vegetarian or vegan diets) and isn’t really a safety hazard. Additionally, Everyday Dose’s products are gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free, and non-GMO.
As you can see, Everyday Dose excludes common allergens and botanicals that could interfere with medications or health conditions. In comparison, RYZE and MUD\WTR do contain these types of ingredients; RYZE has coconut allergens, while MUD\WTR’s botanical inclusions in some of its products (like turmeric,9 ashwagandha,8 and Rhodiola,10 for starters) can interfere with prescription drugs or lead to adverse side effects when used by someone with certain medical concerns.
As with RYZE and MUD\WTR, our testers did experience some cognitive benefit from drinking Everyday Dose consistently over the course of a few days. The nootropic content isn’t nearly as robust as you’d find in an actual nootropic supplement, but the L-theanine, amino acids, and caffeine did provide an energy and focus boost similar to traditional coffee but without the jitters or anxiety.
Personal impressions aside, we do have a few issues with Everyday Dose’s formulation. First, the company claims a mushroom's fruiting bodies are the only beneficial part, which simply doesn’t appear true based on current research.11 Lion’s mane, for example, appears to work best in promoting nerve growth factor (NGF) production when both the fruiting body and the mycelium are used,12 and some studies claim the mycelium may even outperform the fruiting body in this regard.13
Everyday Dose is far from the only mushroom coffee manufacturer to suggest that mycelium is a low-quality, cheap ingredient used by competitors solely for cost-cutting purposes. However, we do hope the company one day expands its horizons and includes whole mushrooms, as RYZE and MUD\WTR do.
The other issue we have is with the product’s “standardized” beta-glucan content. We’ll delve into more detail later on in this review, but there currently isn’t a widely accepted, standard method used by experts for determining (or measuring) beta-glucan content in mushrooms. Even one of the most popular options for testing beta-glucan content,14 the Megazyme β-Glucan Assay Kit, states in the instruction booklet that “no quantitative enzymic procedure has been described for measurement of β-glucan in mushroom fruiting bodies or mycelium.”15 We feel that this is likely why most competing products (including RYZE, MUD\WTR, and Teeccino) don’t mention any standardized content.
With a lack of standard procedure among experts and a lack of beta-glucan testing results on the Everyday Dose website (the “Lab Reports” page is currently incomplete), we aren’t very confident that the company could accurately — and consistently — standardize its product to over 15% beta-glucans at this time.
In terms of up-front cost, mushroom coffees are almost always on the expensive side. A 30-day supply of mushroom coffee will typically run you about $40-$50, on average. Outside of subscriptions, Everyday Dose falls right into that range — and the same goes for RYZE and MUD\WTR. Subscribing, however, can save you quite a bit of money, both immediately and over time, if you enjoy the product.
The chart below compares the costs of 30-serving bags of Everyday Dose, RYZE, MUD\WTR, and Teeccino (our budget mushroom coffee pick).
Standard price | Standard cost per serving | Subscription discount | Subscription cost per serving | |
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Everyday Dose | $45 | $1.50 | $36 (20% off) | $1.20 |
RYZE Mushroom Coffee | $45 | $1.50 | $36 (20% off) | $1.20 |
MUD\WTR | $50 | $1.67 | $40 (20% off) | $1.33 |
Teeccino Mushroom Herbal Coffee | $17 | $0.61 | $14.44 (15% off) | $0.52 |
It’s worth noting that Teeccino is inexpensive for a reason; each serving only gives you 500mg of a single mushroom. Everyday Dose offers 1.74g of mushrooms per serving, RYZE has 2g, and MUD\WTR’s products range from 1.8-3g. Teeccino uses whole mushrooms in a majority of its flavors, however, which makes us more forgiving of the low dose, especially considering the cost-effective pricing.
Something unique about Everyday Dose compared to our other favorite mushroom coffees is that you may be able to pay for it using your HSA/FSA. Everyday Dose uses the service Trumed to provide a letter of medical necessity for those who need one.
If you do wish to go the HSA/FSA route, we recommend tempering your expectations a little bit beforehand. We’re unsure what medical conditions could be feasibly treated with mushroom coffee, so the letter may or may not be accepted by your plan. Additionally, the IRS recently issued a warning about supplement companies “misrepresenting nutrition, wellness, and general health expenses as medical care,” which could mean HSA/FSA providers may soon start becoming more strict about what they’re willing to accept.16
Everyday Dose offers customers an adequate user experience most of the time. The purchasing process is simple and straightforward, shipping times are pretty average (our order took six days to arrive), and — in our case — customer service was friendly and worked to be as helpful as possible.
Even when customer service didn’t provide us with all the details we needed, it was obvious that the representative was doing their best with the information they had available. It felt to us like the issues we encountered stemmed from higher up the chain of command. At any rate, Everyday Dose was leaps and bounds better than MUD\WTR’s disappointing customer support, which took eight days to even get an initial response acknowledging our question.
Our biggest issue with Everyday Dose is how the company handles subscriptions. This really only applies to people who are subscribing for the first time, but it’s still frustrating. Hidden in the fine print, the company notes that you won’t be able to cancel your initial subscription until 20 days have passed since your order was originally placed. We’re unsure if we encountered some sort of glitch, but the "Cancel" button in the dashboard of our Everyday Dose account actually wouldn’t let us cancel until 22 days had gone by. In contrast, RYZE and MUD\WTR let you cancel your subscription whenever you want, without penalty.
When it comes to the product itself, Everyday Dose is easy to use. It mixes and dissolves well in hot or cold liquids, and you won’t get a bunch of mushroom coffee powder sediment at the bottom of your cup. Our experience with Four Sigmatic’s Focus Latte was the opposite — it didn’t seem to fully dissolve no matter what we tried.
One of the best parts of Everyday Dose is actually drinking its mushroom coffee. While it wasn’t our top pick for flavor — that award goes to ReNude’s Chagaccino — Everyday Dose’s mushroom coffee has a mildly earthy flavor with hints of something resembling chocolate. There isn’t any chocolate in the product at all, to be clear, but it tastes like there could be. Because of this, one of our testers discovered that mixing it with chocolate protein powder transformed the drink into what tasted like an “earthy café mocha.”
Competitor RYZE is a bit more mushroomy than Everyday Dose, but it’s still quite tasty — especially when you modify it with your add-ins of choice. For those who wish to avoid the taste of mushrooms altogether, though, we recommend Chagaccino or even Teeccino’s line of Herbal Mushroom Coffee. The latter has novel flavors like Butterscotch Cream, Rose, and Toasted Maple, which pair very well with the chicory coffee and botanical inclusions.
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Everyday Dose is a Florida-based company started in 2021 after what the founder describes as a struggle with the adverse effects of stimulant ADHD medication. The company’s mushroom coffee is intended to provide an “alternative to regular coffee and stimulants” through a proprietary blend of functional mushroom fruiting body extracts, bovine collagen, amino acids, nootropics, and a low amount of caffeine.
Insider Tip: We feel it’s very important to state that Everyday Dose should not be used as a replacement for medication prescribed to you by your doctor. If you’re having bothersome side effects from a prescription, it’s best — and safest — to have a conversation with a trusted medical professional. Stopping or altering how you take a prescription without medical guidance can be detrimental to your health.17
At the time of this review, Everyday Dose offers two mushroom coffee products, each with a different base beverage. One (Mushroom Coffee+) uses coffee bean extract, while the other (Mushroom Matcha+) contains ceremonial-grade matcha. The options have nearly identical ingredients otherwise, but Mushroom Coffee+ does have a bit more amino acid content per serving than its matcha-based counterpart. And even though it’s not listed on the ingredient label, you’ll likely get more L-theanine from Mushroom Matcha+ than the coffee option since matcha is, as described by researchers, a “theanine-rich powdered green tea.”18
There’s a pretty stark difference between the customer feedback on Everyday Dose’s Better Business Bureau (BBB) page and its Trustpilot one.
On the BBB page, Everyday Dose has an F rating, with a 2-star customer review score out of a possible five (based on 31 reviews). The business is also not BBB accredited and has received 56 total complaints over the past three years. The vast majority of complaints and poor reviews are about difficulties canceling subscriptions. We agree that Everyday Dose doesn’t have the best subscription management policies; the requirement to wait 20 days to cancel your subscription isn’t very customer-friendly, and we docked Everyday Dose some points in the convenience criterion because of it.
Now, Everyday Dose’s Trustpilot page is a completely different story. On this website, the company’s verified profile has a 4.9 out of 5-star rating, or “Excellent” by Trustpilot’s standards. There are over 3.5k reviews at the time of this writing, and over 90% of them are 5-star. Most customers’ feedback is about their enjoyment of the product, its low caffeine content, and the health benefits they’ve seen. The few negative reviews are about difficulties with subscriptions, issues contacting customer service, and not liking the product.
Overall, most people leaving reviews for Everyday Dose have enjoyed using its mushroom coffee, but it’s important to keep the cancellation policy in mind if you plan on subscribing.
As with other mushroom coffee products, Everyday Dose is for any healthy adult — who isn’t pregnant or breastfeeding — who wants to give it a try. It’s intended to be a replacement for traditional coffee and other stimulants (like energy drinks, for example), but with around half the caffeine. Its lower caffeine could make it an ideal solution for those looking to cut back on their intake for either personal or medical reasons.
However, that doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for everyone.
Everyday Dose may not be a good choice for you if you:
When it comes to pregnancy, breastfeeding, or other medical conditions, the best thing you can do is speak with your doctor to see if mushroom coffee is suitable for you.
If you’re allergic to mushrooms, some alternatives could be nootropic supplements or other adaptogens, but always make sure to check the ingredients first. For example, our favorite nootropic supplement, Thesis, includes lion’s mane mushroom in its Clarity formula.
Those who are vegetarian, vegan, or highly sensitive to caffeine may do well with other mushroom coffees. RYZE, MUD\WTR, and Teeccino are all vegetarian- and vegan-friendly, and Teeccino is also entirely caffeine-free because of its use of chicory instead of coffee.19
Though we always recommend asking your doctor first, Everyday Dose should be generally safe to try for most healthy, nonpregnant adults who aren’t breastfeeding. It’s free of common allergens, including soy, gluten, dairy, corn, peanuts, egg, and wheat. It’s also non-GMO and suitable for keto and paleo diets. The only diets Everyday Dose isn’t suitable for are vegetarian and vegan ones because of its use of bovine collagen.
Additionally, Everyday Dose subjects its products to third-party testing for heavy metals, pesticides, mold, and other toxins. Competitors RYZE, MUD\WTR, and Teeccino conduct similar testing, but MUD\WTR goes the extra mile by DNA testing its mushrooms to confirm their identity.
For those who have certain medical conditions or who take prescription drugs, there are some risks to keep in mind:
The potential effects on blood sugar, pressure, and clotting mean that Everyday Dose may interact with antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and anticoagulant medications. So, as always, we recommend getting the all-clear from your doctor before adding mushroom coffee or any other supplemental product to your routine.
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Everyday Dose’s ingredients (the components that make it work) are contained within a 7g proprietary blend consisting of:
Proprietary blends can be tricky; you’ll often never learn how much of each ingredient is in the blend. Similar to MUD\WTR, though, Everyday Dose does list the ingredient amounts on its website. Unfortunately, when we crunched the numbers, we found the data on the website to be off by roughly 1.35g.
Reaching out to customer service helped us clarify part of this discrepancy; we learned that each serving contains 1.74g of mushrooms, divided into half chaga and half lion’s mane. Still, the revised math left us short by about 1g. Taking matters into our own hands, we tallied up the only data we had left — the amino acid content listed on the back of the bag. Finally, with this additional information, we were able to reach a much more acceptable total of 6,623mg.
Compiling all our data, we can say that each serving of Everyday Dose contains about:
But while this information can be helpful, how do these ingredients drive Everyday Dose’s potential efficacy?
The two functional — or medicinal — mushrooms used in Everyday Dose are lion’s mane and chaga. (In comparison, RYZE, our choice for the best mushroom coffee, contains six functional mushrooms: lion’s mane, reishi, cordyceps, shiitake, turkey tail, and king trumpet.)
Before diving into the deep end of the existing research, let’s quickly go over what Everyday Dose states its product can do for you and compare those claims to current scientific research. The purported benefits include:
Now, let’s see how lion’s mane and chaga mushrooms stack up to the claims based on relevant research.
(Note: The vast majority of studies on functional mushrooms have been done on animals, cells, or small groups of humans. More large-scale human studies and trials are needed, but the current data is still promising.)
Studies on lion’s mane for focus and memory have been mixed; some have seen positive outcomes (using a 1g dose), but others have resulted in some “null and limited negative findings” (at 1.8g).28 29 This mushroom has performed better in studies on mood, though, with two separate studies — one on menopausal women and the other on patients with overweight or obesity — both seeing reductions in feelings of depression and anxiety.30 31 The amount of lion’s mane used in the women’s study is undefined, but the other study’s participants took 1.2g of mycelium and 300mg of fruiting bodies per day for two months.
Lion’s mane mushroom also has the potential to reduce levels of certain harmful gut bacteria and promote the synthesis of NGF,12 32 which is vital for the creation and maintenance of various sympathetic and sensory neurons.33
Chaga hasn’t been studied all too much for cognition, but the studies that do exist have found encouraging results in mice at doses equivalent to about 350-700mg for a 190lb human. This benefit has mainly been attributed to the mushroom’s effects on oxidative stress.34 The ability to reduce oxidative stress (which can wreak havoc on your long-term health) is also a key factor in many of chaga’s potential benefits.35
Based on animal research, experts have found that chaga may be an effective “immune enhancer” for chemotherapy patients.36 It also appears to be beneficial for energy and endurance, having improved the length of time that mice could swim or exercise in other ways before becoming exhausted.37 38 The doses of chaga used in the swimming and exercise studies would be equivalent to about 2.1g and 5.7-17.2g, respectively, for a 190lb human.
Overall, Everyday Dose isn’t too far off about the potential benefits its mushrooms can provide. Of course, the mushroom doses used in animal studies are much higher than what you get out of a serving of Everyday Dose, and more studies on humans are needed before we can say the benefits are “confirmed,” but the results that exist are promising thus far.
In addition to the functional mushrooms, Everyday Dose’s caffeine content also brings the potential for benefits. It’s well known that caffeine can boost your energy, but when paired with L-theanine, the duo has demonstrated the ability to improve focus and mood in multiple studies.39 40 Also, like chaga, coffee (and its caffeine content) may be able to reduce your body’s levels of oxidative stress.41
It’s worth mentioning that the amino acids in Everyday Dose are derived from the product’s bovine collagen content — they’re one and the same. Many of the nootropic ingredients are also these same amino acids (with the exception of the L-theanine content). It can be a little confusing at first, based on how the company presents the ingredients on the back of the packaging (the amino acids are listed in an area separate from the Supplement Facts label), so we wanted to clarify this before moving on.
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The bovine collagen in Everyday Dose provides 18 amino acids (despite the bag erroneously saying 19):
Everyday Dose mentions that collagen benefits hair, skin, and nails, but there isn’t much high-quality evidence that supplemental collagen actually does any such thing.42 There’s some early evidence that hydrolyzed collagen (which Everyday Dose uses) may benefit joint health, but more research is needed.43
Perhaps surprisingly, the collagen in Everyday Dose — or, more accurately, its amino acid content — may actually be more beneficial for cognition instead. A relatively recent study found that when 105 healthy older adults supplemented with seven essential amino acids over the course of three months, their attention, cognitive flexibility, and psychosocial functioning improved.44 Some of these amino acids are also important for the production of certain neurotransmitters, like serotonin.45
The possible cognitive benefits are part of why the amino acids in Everyday Dose fall under the nootropic ingredient umbrella. They’re not traditional nootropic ingredients, but they do have the potential to help the brain in a similar way. The only “true” nootropic ingredient in Everyday Dose is L-theanine. This amino acid, most often found in green tea, may improve sleep quality, lower stress, reduce anxiety, and help with focus and mental clarity.46
Since Everyday Dose often notes its standardized beta-glucan content (“all mushrooms standardized to over 15% beta-glucans”), we’d be remiss not to discuss this topic when detailing how the product works. Normally, we appreciate it when a product has a standardized amount of a potentially beneficial ingredient or compound, but the situation gets a bit complicated with Everyday Dose. To put it simply, the standardization may not be completely accurate.
The reason for this is that, at the time of this writing, there isn’t an industry-wide standard for measuring beta-glucan content.14 Reading through research on analyzing mushroom beta-glucans, we came across several different methods, the top three most common being:
Out of the top three, enzymatic methods were the most common. And one brand’s kit in particular, the Megazyme β-Glucan Assay Kit, appears to be one of the most well-known options.14 This company’s various testing kits and procedures have been validated by numerous international standard organizations, such as the Association of Official Analytical Chemists and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).47 That being said, even the assay protocol booklet that researchers receive with the kit (basically the instruction manual) comes with the disclaimer that “no quantitative enzymic procedure has been described for measurement of β-glucan in mushroom fruiting bodies or mycelium.”15
A lack of a standard method in the industry means that even experts aren’t completely in agreement on the best way to measure beta-glucans or that the best approach hasn’t been discovered yet. That could very well be why standardized beta-glucan content isn’t seen all too frequently in mushroom coffee products — there doesn’t appear to be a wholly reliable method of analyzing a product's beta-glucan content.
Some brands specializing in functional mushroom supplements share this sentiment, as well. We won’t name any names, but during our research on the mushroom coffee industry, we did come across a few companies with FAQ answers noting that beta-glucan tests from various labs can all come back with different results for the same product. This, along with what we know about the lack of standard practice in the industry, is why we feel that Everyday Dose’s standardized beta-glucan content may not be entirely accurate.
We might feel a bit more confident about the purported standardization if we had access to the company’s applicable lab reports and maybe some details on the beta-glucan testing methods employed. Unfortunately, Everyday Dose’s Lab Reports webpage is filled with "Lorem ipsum" text, a common filler (or "dummy text") used on incomplete pages. And if you scroll down to “The Reports,” there are only links to the product pages with no lab reports to be found.
All of that being said, at this point in time, we don’t feel that Everyday Dose’s claims of standardized beta-glucans have enough scientific backing to be totally trustworthy. That isn’t to say you can’t or won’t benefit from the functional mushrooms in the company’s products (our testers experienced some cognitive perks), but that the benefits may not be due to any standardized beta-glucan content.
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Everyday Dose’s pricing structure is fairly uncomplicated. There are two “lines” of mushroom coffee products, and each is available as a starter kit or standalone pouch. The only complication (or variable) comes from the subscription discount for each product. Here’s how the pricing breaks down:
Standard price | Price per serving | Subscription price | Subscription price per serving | |
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Coffee+ Starter Kit (30 servings) | $60 | $2.00 | $27 | $0.90 |
Coffee+ Starter Kit (60 servings) | $80 | $1.33 | $55 | $0.92 |
Matcha+ Starter Kit (30 servings) | $60 | $2.00 | $36 | $1.20 |
30-serving coffee pouch | $45 | $1.50 | $36 | $1.20 |
30-serving matcha pouch | $50 | $1.67 | $40 | $1.33 |
90-serving coffee | $110 | $1.22 | $99 | $1.10 |
90-serving matcha | $110 | $1.22 | $99 | $1.10 |
The prices for Mushroom Coffee+ and Mushroom Matcha+ are pretty similar; the matcha runs just a few dollars higher than the coffee. In comparison, one Everyday Dose competitor, ReNude, prices its 30-serving package of matcha mushroom coffee at $10 more than the original Chagaccino variety.
Shipping from Everyday Dose is free for orders within the U.S., and your purchase is covered by a 45-day money-back guarantee.
If you have an HSA/FSA plan, then you may be able to pay for your purchase with it. Everyday Dose uses the service Trumed to help eligible customers get letters of medical necessity. While it may work for you without issue, the IRS has recently started warning about companies labeling supplemental products as medical care, so HSA/FSA providers may become more strict about what they approve. All of that’s to say, we feel it may be best to temper your expectations if you go the HSA/FSA route.16
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In addition to the mushroom coffees, Everyday Dose offers a selection of accessories. The same products can also be “earned” as free monthly gifts the longer you keep your subscription active. If you wish to purchase them individually, the prices are as follows:
Our experience with Everyday Dose was generally positive; the purchasing process was simple, our order arrived in a reasonable amount of time (six days), customer service was friendly, and our testers enjoyed the product itself.
Testers liked the mushroom coffee for its mildly earthy, almost chocolatey flavor. And after drinking it for nearly a week, they noticed some improvements in focus and clarity. We tried competitors RYZE and MUD\WTR, as well, and those products offered similar benefits, though we want to note that those two are more “mushroomy” than Everyday Dose. If your goal is to reap the health benefits without noticing as much of a presence in flavor, then based on our testing experience, Everyday Dose is likely your best bet.
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The primary issue that stuck out to us was the 20-day wait to cancel a subscription (and the fact that our wait actually took 22 days before the "Cancel" button became clickable). We’d also like to see the website update its ingredient quantity information — the Everyday Dose doses, if you will — along with the incomplete test results page; we’d love to be able to read through the beta-glucan testing information sometime in the future.
Everyday Dose is far from the only mushroom coffee on the market. Maybe its formula doesn’t quite speak to you, or perhaps you’re seeking a product that uses whole mushrooms. In any case, in this section, we go over a few of our top alternatives to Everyday Dose. For even more alternatives, check out our full guide to the best mushroom coffee.
Our favorite mushroom coffee, RYZE, contains 2g of six whole, full-spectrum functional mushrooms: reishi, turkey tail, shiitake, king trumpet, cordyceps, and lion’s mane. “Full-spectrum” means the entire life cycle of the mushroom is used — sometimes even the spores. Many people believe that using the entirety of the mushroom allows you to reap more benefits in the end. According to research we’ve come across, that does appear to be true; different parts of the mushroom may offer you different benefits.11
Besides mushrooms, RYZE also contains organic instant arabica coffee, organic MCT oil, and organic coconut milk. While the inclusion of coconut does make the product unsafe for those with allergies, these ingredients do make the product smooth and creamy. Compared to Everyday Dose, RYZE tastes a bit more mushroomy, but it’s nothing that a little sweetener won’t fix.
In terms of cost, RYZE will run you nearly the same amount of money as Everyday Dose, and the company has the same free-shipping policy. RYZE also has a money-back guarantee, but it’s only 30 days versus Everyday Dose’s 45-day policy.
Teeccino is our choice for consumers on a budget. Each flavor of Teeccino’s Mushroom Herbal Coffee gives you 500mg of a whole mushroom and a varying amount of botanical ingredients. The flavors are also pretty unique in the mushroom coffee space, with options like Butterscotch Cream, Toasted Maple, Cardamom, Rose, French Roast, and Cinnamon Berry.
At its most expensive, Teeccino costs $0.80 per serving, and at its lowest, you’ll only be paying $0.41 per serving. The highest price is far less than even the lowest ones offered by the competition. Teeccino doesn’t offer free shipping, though, and there isn’t a money-back guarantee available at this time. But when you can get a month’s worth of mushroom coffee for only about $17, a guarantee may not be as much of a dealbreaker.
MUD\WTR, like RYZE, uses up to 3g of whole, full-spectrum mushrooms in its products, along with various botanical inclusions depending on the flavor. Currently, the company offers Original, Matcha, Turmeric, and Rest varieties of its mushroom coffee. Original uses a masala chai and cacao base, Matcha uses matcha chai, Turmeric uses simple turmeric, and Rest uses rooibos tea. The last product, Rest, was our choice for the best evening blend of mushroom coffee.
MUD\WTR could be a great option for those who don’t like the taste of coffee since nearly all of its products use tea bases. They’re still rather mushroomy and bitter, but some of your own creamer and sweetener (not the company’s) should mask the earthy taste fairly well.
MUD\WTR is priced similarly to RYZE and Everyday Dose, but the company charges a shipping fee of $5.00. There’s a 30-day money-back guarantee, as well; it’s the same length as RYZE’s policy but 15 days shorter than Everyday Dose’s.
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