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Tasting notes in a mushroom coffee: what pear, fudge and butterscotch tell you
Most mushroom coffee is sold on its ingredients. myco:soul is sold on its flavour, and that's a genuinely different proposition — those tasting notes on the bag aren't decoration, they're a promise about the cup. Here's how to read and get the most from them.
What tasting notes actually mean
"Pear, fudge and butterscotch" doesn't mean anything was added — those are flavours the beans naturally express when roasted well. A roaster only prints notes like that when they've treated the coffee as specialty, which tells you the base here is a real coffee, not an afterthought behind the mushrooms.
Why 90/10 is the telling ratio
This blend is 90% organic Arabica to 10% mushroom extract. That ratio keeps the coffee firmly in charge of the flavour while still delivering a proper functional dose — 1000mg of Lion's Mane is not a token amount. It's the balance point where you get real mushroom content without the earthy taste taking over.
Brewing to bring the notes out
Ground, medium-roast coffee like this rewards a gentler method:
- Pour-over or filter shows off the pear and butterscotch clarity best.
- Cafetiere gives a fuller, fudgier body.
- Avoid boiling water — just off the boil keeps the delicate notes intact.
- Try it black first, at least once, to actually taste what you paid for.
The "no fillers" quality signal
myco:soul is mycotoxin-free and free of maltodextrin and additives. In a category where cheap blends pad their weight with fillers, that means the 225g bag is coffee and mushroom — and it's part of why the flavour is as clean as it is. Brew it with a little care and it stands up as a coffee first, functional second.