Coffee with Herbs

Coffee with Herbs

I am a big coffee drinker 

Coffee can be thought of as an herb in many ways. Depending on how it is grown and processed it can be crappy, or something worth taking. It will have a number of physiological effects on the body. A little may be good and there is certainly a point where you can have too much. And as with just about everything else, it works well for some but not for others.


Caffeine appears to cause both vasodilation and vasoconstriction. It also boosts the metabolism by 20%. Due to its physiological effects it may be helpful as a delivery vehicle for the herbs. In addition, the healthy fats likely support their absorption and utilization in the body.

All herbal extracts have already gone through hot water extraction, thus are great to use to add to boiling water. With something more fragile like pine pollen as it is raw, if you add it to boiling water it may degrade some of the components, so it would be better to mix in after the water has cooled down a bit. You’d still get some benefits from it being heated, but not its full effects.

Coffee has a distinct flavor that matches fairly well to a number of the more “earthy” flavored herbs including most roots, as well as shilajit. Many mushrooms would work well in the blend as well.

Note that some of the herbs will throw off the taste of your coffee turning something delicious into something that is not. I would stay away from some of the saltier tasting herbs.

Here is what I made this morning
8oz coffee

1tsp Brown Shilajit
1tsp He Shou Wu

Another option is to make a mocha. Instead of adding sugar you can just add a quality chocolate or cacao powder. If you want the sweet taste adding stevia could serve you well.
12oz coffee

1TB Raw Cacao Powder
5 drops Chocolate Flavored Stevia
1/3tsp Cinnamon

1/3tsp Bee polen
1tsp Maral Root
1tsp Cordyceps Extract (both these herbs have an almost caramel like flavor to them)

ENJOY