[Lotus]

Heya Lotus

I seen you mention that you put reishi powder in you morning coffee; is the most cost effective way you've found to use it?

Hi Bonny, so good to hear from you again.

Two ways I like to take Reishi, 

1. 1 scoop in daily coffee
   
2. 1 scoop in hot dark cacao (yummy) 
   

I've read people use reishi in smoothies, or tea. 

I too have a bag of reishi powder and made myself a vegetable glycerin based extraction however i personally think the commercial alcohol brand i previously used was better as (apologies if tmi) i could smell it in my urine however it got popular and therefore price has skyrocketed. Plus my hair still growing quickly and thick using my diy reishi. Our alcohol for sale here is low percentage compared with US so I'd say I'd be wasting my time hence why i  tried vegie 

I understand about skyrocketing prices. What did you use to make your vegetable glycerin with?. 0lno, 

glycerin.

Also read that you need to process the reishi to break down cell walls to make nutrients available; what's your opinion on this? 

You're referring to the chitin, this is how they break it down.

Mushroom Science 
Hot water extraction dissolves the indigestible fiber (chitin), allowing the fiber to be removed from the extract when the water is removed. This process concentrates the polysaccharides to the effective levels identified in the published research.
https://mushroomscience.com/hot-water-extracted/

And does simply putting it in a hot coffee do this?

No, it's already done by the manufacturer. 

Also normal green tea vs matcha; i liked and drank matcha however then there were supply issues so swapped to regular green tea and i feel matcha was better; opinion?

Bonny x

Matcha tea is 2-3x stronger than regular green tea. With regular green tea the quality is questionable. I agree, the matcha is better, plus you'll only consume 2-5 oz. per day because of it being stronger.