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Chaga

Inonotus obliquus

A charcoal-like birch canker simmered as a deep, vanilla-earth tonic — harvest with restraint.

Flavor

Vanilla-earth, birch bark, and faint smoke.

Symptoms

fatigue, indigestion, inflammation

In favor

Distinctive, warming brew

Against

Overharvest

Grow lab

No — habitat / law only

Days to harvest

12–24 months on a living or standing birch — not a first-season crop

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