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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