Food Wellness

Four Sigmatic mushroom coffee review – elevated focus and cognition

July 11, 2023

I’m a coffee person – through and through. I have a true love affair with my morning coffee, which I load up with potions and powders like collagen and maca. I love the ritual, I love the taste. What I don’t love; that is majorly increases my anxiety! AND it sadly, just doesn’t give me that pep in my step that it used to.

So when I was on a quest to find something that was a little bit different but still gave me that morning taste of coffee I crave I stumbled across Four Sigmatic.

If you spend enough time in wellness world, you’ve likely heard of mushroom coffee or mushrooms in general, used for their adaptogenic benefits. (read more about adaptogens here). This is coffee that combines traditional coffee beans with medicinal mushrooms like lion’s mane and chaga to bring benefits that you don’t get with regular coffee, such as increased mental clarity and physical energy.

While trying to find the best mushroom coffee, I tried a lot of options, including Om, La Republica, Rasa, and Ryze. My favorite ended up being one of the most popular brands (and the only brand focused on mushrooms and in biz the longest): Four Sigmatic’s Think Organic Coffee.

Let me break it down for you:

Normal coffee = for me, makes my anxiety sore, and then there is the crash, plus you have to deal with acidity and toxins

Solution: Mushroom coffee. I feel an even boost and just more focus and creativity overall!

Believe me, I was skeptical. But it’s actually delicious and it works. I was blown away how good it is.

Four Sigmatic’s Think Organic Coffee benefits…

Four Sigmatic’s Think Organic Coffee will wake you up and help you focus without the typical jitteriness of a standard cup of coffee.

Contains lion’s mane, chaga, and rhodiola
Comes with 10 single-serve packets

In short, Four Sigmatic organic coffee is real coffee with mushroom extracts that, maintain the benefits of functional mushrooms.

In a 2013 study, researchers found that lion’s mane has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that potentially reduce oxidative damage, which may protect you from developing neurodegenerative diseases.

All medicinal mushrooms deliver the following benefits:

Immune system modulation – Unique sugars and fibers called mushroom polysaccharides and beta-glucans have balancing effects on the immune system. Depending on what you need, they either stimulate or calm your immune system
Adaptogenic effects – That means they support a balanced stress response and counteract some temporary negative health effects of stress.
Nutrient-dense – Mushrooms can be an excellent source of micronutrients such as selenium, magnesium, potassium, and vitamin D (if they’ve been exposed to the sun).

Now, these various mushrooms work slightly differently…

Lion’s Mane mushrooms are best known for improving brain function, memory, and BDNF levels
Chaga mushrooms are a powerful immune stimulator; more so than other mushrooms.
There’s also rhodiola, which is a supplement that may reduce symptoms of stress and fatigue.

When combined properly, these mushrooms can deliver synergistic effects or greater benefits than the sum of their parts. I believe this is one of the reasons Think Coffee is so incredible and I can feel the effects almost immediately.

In addition, you can combine their coffee with some of the other Think products, like their Think creamer and their mushroom blend for the perfect trifecta! The cognitive effects can be felt in 7 short days!

My experience on Think organic coffee

While testing this coffee, I found that it lived up to the purported benefits. I didn’t feel those typical jitters that come with a typical morning cup. And it tasted good, too, which isn’t the case with all mushroom coffees. If you’ve ever tinkered with herbs and extracts in the kitchen as I have, you’d realize that many medicinal mushrooms on their own taste awful. It’s also really hard to make mushrooms taste great.

I’ve tried a lot of different mushroom beverages, as I mentioned, but with Think, it felt like a switch was instantly on in my brain. And because of the L-Theanine and wildcrafted chaga you won’t be going up and down on a caffeine rollercoaster, you’ll feel stable and consistent energy.

A product line you can feel great about….

Four Sigmatic first launched in Finland in 2012, and landed in the U.S (in L.A., obviously) in 2015. The brand’s founder was inspired by the stories of his grandparents brewing mushrooms during World War II when they couldn’t get coffee. A “sigma” refers to how far something is from the average, and Four Sigmatic aims to live up to this definition. The brand purports that everything it sells is “four degrees beyond average” when it comes to nutrition—a claim that’s tough to verify but is definitely an admirable goal.

Four Sigmatic’s mushroom coffees are among the most highly-rated mushroom brews you can buy. I tried (and loved) the Four Sigmatic Think Organic Coffee. I was able to name it best overall largely because it tastes really damn good, contains medicinal mushrooms that have solid nutritional benefits, and is easy to brew. (I used the ground coffee but they also sell instant).

I haven’t tested other Four Sigmatic mushroom coffee brews, but you can buy them with other mushrooms like reishi, cordyceps, and chaga, plus an assortment of added vitamins. You can also opt for non-caffeinated protein and cacao drink.

Eight more reasons to love Four Sigmatic:

Four Sigmatic is the #1 mushroom coffee.
Over 35,000 5-star reviews.
Sold at Whole Foods and Target.
Comes in ground, whole bean, cold brew, instant and pods.
All organic and tastes great.
Feel the benefits in as little as 7-days.
100% money-back guarantee if not.

In my experience, the entire Think line from Four Sigmatic is worthwhile. Great taste, quality products, easy brewing, and beneficial mushrooms lead to a coffee experience that – dare I say it – far outpasses regular coffee.

So if you’re in search of a new way to start your day, get started with a trial today. You’ll get all the flavor you love and that comforts you, caffeine to support your daily routine with a side of added health benefits.