What makes an ingredient worth discovering?
Sometimes, it is the story behind it. Sometimes, it is the way it looks, where it comes from, or the traditions that have made it part of food culture. And sometimes, it is simply because it is something you have not experienced before.
Lion’s Mane is one of those ingredients.
Known scientifically as Hericium erinaceus, this distinctive mushroom is the newest addition to the ORGANO Red Tea formula. With its unusual appearance, long culinary history and growing interest in modern food research, Lion’s Mane brings a fascinating new dimension to a familiar ORGANO tea ritual.
Meet Lion’s Mane
You may have seen Lion’s Mane before, or perhaps this is your first introduction.
Unlike the familiar cap-and-stem shape of many mushrooms, Lion’s Mane develops a distinctive white, cascading fruiting body. Its long, flowing spines are what inspired its memorable name: it can resemble the mane of a lion.
It is an unusual-looking mushroom, and that is part of its appeal.
Lion’s Mane has a long association with East Asian culinary traditions and is increasingly being discovered around the world as an ingredient in modern food and beverage products.
It has also attracted growing interest in modern food culture, particularly because of its distinctive composition, culinary history and characteristics.
For ORGANO, this combination of culinary heritage, distinctive natural character and ongoing scientific interest makes Lion’s Mane an intriguing ingredient to bring into a familiar tea ritual.
From Woodland to Modern Food Culture
Lion’s Mane naturally occurs in European and Asian woodland environments, where it can grow on trees and woody material. Its unusual fruiting body makes it immediately recognisable in nature. Over time, specialist cultivation has helped make this distinctive mushroom more accessible beyond the environments where it naturally occurs.
Today, Lion’s Mane can be found in a growing variety of culinary and food applications, giving more people the opportunity to discover an ingredient that was once unfamiliar to many.
And now, it has found its way into the new ORGANO Red Tea.
Why the Fruiting Body Matters
When it comes to mushrooms, the source of the ingredient matters.
A mushroom is more than just the visible part we see. Different mushroom ingredients can be produced from different parts of the organism, including the fruiting body or mycelium.
For the new ORGANO Red Tea, we specifically use Lion’s Mane fruiting-body extract. That distinction is important.
The Lion’s Mane used in the formula comes exclusively from the fruiting body. It is not a mycelium-based ingredient, and it is not Lion’s Mane granules.
The fruiting body is processed using water-extraction methods, without a solvent or concentration process intended to modify its natural composition.
Each 2 g tea bag contains 200 mg of Lion’s Mane fruiting-body extract.
Why Did ORGANO Choose Lion’s Mane?
Introducing a new ingredient is about more than simply finding something different. It has to make sense within the product.
With Lion’s Mane, we found an ingredient that brings a distinctive character and story to the Red Tea experience while fitting naturally alongside the other components of the formula.
The new blend combines:
- Oxidised Camellia sinensis tea leaves
- Ganoderma lucidum fruiting-body granules
- Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) fruiting-body extract
Each ingredient has its own identity. Tea provides the familiar foundation of the infusion. Ganoderma maintains an important connection to the ORGANO experience. And Lion’s Mane brings something new to discover.
Three Carefully Selected Ingredients
The new formula is made with three certified organic ingredients.
Oxidised Camellia sinensis Tea Leaves
Tea begins the story.
The tea component of ORGANO Red Tea consists of oxidised leaves from Camellia sinensis, the botanical tea plant behind many of the world’s traditional teas.
It is the familiar part of the ritual: the warmth, the aroma and the simple pleasure of preparing a cup.
Ganoderma lucidum
Ganoderma remains part of the ORGANO Red Tea formula.
It is included as Ganoderma lucidum fruiting-body granules, with 600 mg in every 2 g tea bag.
Its presence helps connect the new formula to the Red Tea experience ORGANO customers already know.
Lion’s Mane
And then there is the new ingredient.
Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus) is included as a fruiting-body extract, with 200 mg in every 2 g tea bag.
Its unusual natural form and distinctive history make it an ingredient that invites curiosity.
And sometimes, curiosity is the best reason to try something new.
Quality Begins With What Goes Into the Cup
At ORGANO, we believe that creating a good product starts with paying attention to the ingredients.
The new Red Tea is made with three certified organic ingredients:
- Certified organic oxidised tea leaves
- Certified organic Ganoderma lucidum fruiting-body granules
- Certified organic Lion’s Mane fruiting-body extract
For us, the use of certified organic ingredients reflects the care we put into selecting the raw materials that become part of our products.
It is one expression of the quality standards we strive to deliver consistently.
Because when something becomes part of an everyday ritual, the details matter.
What goes into the cup matters.
And so does the care taken to bring those ingredients together.
Bringing Lion’s Mane Into Your Tea Ritual
Ultimately, the most interesting part of any ingredient story is what happens when it becomes part of your everyday life.
And that is where the new ORGANO Red Tea comes in.
The preparation remains beautifully simple. Place one tea bag in hot water. Allow it to infuse for approximately three to five minutes. Then enjoy it your way.
Perhaps it becomes your morning cup. Perhaps it is the tea you enjoy during an afternoon pause. Perhaps it becomes part of a quiet evening ritual.
However you choose to enjoy it, there is something satisfying about knowing a little more about what is in your cup—and where it came from.
Something New to Discover
Lion’s Mane has a story that begins in nature and continues through culinary tradition, specialist cultivation and modern food culture.
Now, it has become part of the ORGANO Red Tea story.
Not as a promise of extraordinary results, but as a thoughtfully selected ingredient with a distinctive character and an interesting place in today’s world of food and beverages.
A familiar tea. A trusted ORGANO ingredient. And something new to discover.
The new ORGANO Red Tea brings tea leaves, Ganoderma lucidum and Lion’s Mane together in one distinctive infusion.
So the next time you prepare a cup, take a moment to appreciate the ingredient that makes this new formula different.
Meet Lion’s Mane.
Discover the new ORGANO Red Tea.
And make it part of your ritual.
About ORGANO
Founded in 2008 as Organo Gold, ORGANO is dedicated to bringing the benefits of the earth’s nutritional riches to people throughout the world through premium products designed for daily use as part of a balanced and active lifestyle.
