Little About Chaga: Chaga’s proven health benefits stem from the highest antioxidant concentration. Chaga is a non-toxic mushroom that has numerous medicinal qualities. It is one of the highest food antioxidants in the world and it has the highest level of superoxide dismutase or (SOD) detected in any food or herb. The two most beneficial ways to consume the properties of Chaga are grinding it into a powder and brewing it as a tea. Chaga has naturally occurring vanillin, the same content found in vanilla bean, therefore it takes on a slight hint of vanilla flavor when prepared as a tea – it tastes nothing like a mushroom at all. The most valued property in Chaga is betulinic acid, however, in order for Chaga to be effective, it’s imperative that Chaga is harvested from only birch trees. Birch trees are the only trees that contain betulinic acid from which Chaga grows on. Chaga Earth harvest fresh Chaga only from birch trees.