In every category we launch a product in, we aim to create the absolute best-in-class – a reigning gold medal champion. As a company, we pride in using only the highest quality ingredients available anywhere and will travel to the ends of the world to source them. Finally, all our products are formulated using ingredients that deliver on their promise, in the dosages required to do so.

Nandaka is no exception, and once again, a new standard of excellence is defined. We believe the data below speaks for itself.

The ingredient table below is printed on every box of product disclosing quantities, types of mushrooms (fruiting body, not mycelium) and the concentration of extracts used. As you can see, not only do we use many extracts in high concentrations, we use them in higher volume than fruiting body powders in all cases but reishi. The reason? To provide the requisite phytocompounds that deliver the health benefits promised.

If you have been led to believe that functional mushrooms are inexpensive to consume in the dosages required to experience sustained health benefits, you may have been misled. A cursory look at the prices of functional mushroom products in markets like Japan, Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) or Korea where they are properly regulated will quickly prove otherwise.

The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, popularly known as Proposition 65, is a California law intended to protect California residents from chemicals and compounds known to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm and to inform California residents about exposures to such chemicals. One such compound is lead, which may be present in tea, herbs, plants, and fungi including the products sold by Pique. Lead and other heavy metals are naturally occurring compounds found in soil and can often be found in tea, herbs, plants, and fungi. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not determined that the low levels of lead naturally found in tea, herbs, plants, and fungi have any public health impact. Your personal cancer risk is affected by a wide variety of factors. For more information on lead, please consult the FDA’s website at fda.gov. For more information about both lead and Proposition 65, please visit www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65.html.

Please rest assured that we use the most stringent possible standards to both source the highest quality ingredients available and screen them for heavy metals, falling under the accepted levels for Prop 65 whenever possible. We make every possible effort to find the ingredients with the absolute lowest levels of lead. However, every formula differs and it could be a single, unique, and irreplaceable ingredient or a combination of ingredients that added together contain levels of lead that exceed Prop 65 levels and necessitate this label for California residents.

Nandaka is slightly sweet because of a small amount of Lucuma powder, a fruit nicknamed “gold of the Incas” due to its array of vitamins and minerals. Lucuma is high in fiber and low in sugar, resulting in zero added sugars, while still providing a subtly sweet taste.

Cacao*, Lucuma*, Lion's Mane Extract And Powder*, Cordyceps Extract And Powder*, Pu'er Fermented Black Tea*, Pu'er Fermented Green Tea*, Chaga Extract And Powder*, Reishi Extract And Powder*, Warming Spices Blend* (Ginger*, Cardamon*, Cinnamon*, Nutmeg* Cloves*, Liquorice Root*, Black Pepper*). *Organic.

Nandaka has a rich, artisanal taste – effortlessly smooth, creamy and full-bodied, Nandaka delivers flavor you’ll wake up craving every morning. Experience a rich, earthy base of ceremonial cacao with notes of lychee, wild flower, cherry, creme, coffee, and spice.

Consume 1-2 sachets daily. Mix one sachet with 10-12 oz of hot water. Add product first, then water after. Froth with the Pique Frother or stir to mix. Ideal hot water temperature is 180-200°F. Allow whole ground plants to settle before drinking and discard sediment at the bottom of the cup.

Yes. Cocoa is generally highly processed and packed with sugar and milk powders to strip it of any bitterness and add a sweet, traditionally-hot cocoa taste. Cacao, on the other hand, is naturally one of the richest sources of polyphenols in the human diet and has the highest flavonoid content per-weight than any other food. As a true unprocessed whole food, your body can easily recognize and assimilate precious vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

The mushroom powders and extracts in Nandaka are considered functional mushrooms distinct from psychoactive mushrooms and have incredible medicinal properties that support everything from metabolic and cognitive support to hormone regulation and immune support. None of our mushrooms have psychedelic properties and they will never make you “trip.”

As with all teas and supplements, we recommend always consulting with your physician or other medical expert before use.

We use both the powder and concentrated extracts of only the fruiting bodies of proven functional mushrooms known to modulate the stress response to support hormone balance, and support immune function and longevity. As a result, Nandaka is completely free of mycelium and myceliated growth substrates and grains. Nandaka over-indexes on the most precious of functional mushrooms, reishi, and includes one of its most powerful compounds – reishi spore powder.