Hi Paul,

I think it does need to be refrigerated. At least, everything that I have read has said to do so. During the winter, I store the extra chug in the garage. I am going to have to powder a bunch again before I leave for Canada in a couple weeks.

Bob

next time im out in that area i'll take a good inventory of the chaga... i would be happy to send you some. I must say that is a beautiful fish in your avatar picture!! Im about to go do some trout fishing/shrooming in Seneca Rocks, WV in a couple of weeks. I am a spin cast fisherman, but i want to learn how to fly fish... little intimidated i must say every time i try i get caught up in anything near me haha

If you get into it, fly fishing is addicting. I fly fish for everything in fresh or saltwater. My late brother Ray commercial fished out of Key West, Florida. I would go down and help him out for a week or two every year. I would always have a couple fly rods rigged on the back of the boat. I had a ball. These days I spent most of my time lake fly fishing for trout. I learned to fly fish at the age of 10. I was a river rat most of my life and I did not start lake fly fishing until about 1978. You may be surprised to learn that my first attempt at lake fly fishing was on Lake Huron on the thumb at Harbor Beach. If you want to read some more about what I do these days, go to dakotaflyfishers.com and click on newsletters.

Bob

I would actually like to try some of this tea, is it tasty or is it like any other teas, just add sugar?

add sugar!! lol

Some people like it just as it is. Most add some sugar. I use the chaga tea as a base and add an Earl Grey tea and use stevia to sweeten it. I just finished a cup. I will drink 2 to 3 more before the day is out. You have to make a commitment to drinking it to get any of the benefits. My shoulders are a testiment to the fact that it works. It is not like I have been babying them all winter. I have been playing carpenter, plumber, painter, electrician and doing dry wall. There is a small energy boost that goes along with it. It is hard to believe that I saw a surgeon in November about the left shoulder and that my right shoulder was almost as bad. My problem turned out to be arthritis and tendonitis.

Bob

Hey Bob, I found some more chaga the other day just walking about, i did not get a chance to check out the area to see how much more there was but it was a large chunk, so i have a couple spots to go inventory and i'll get back to you about sending you some when i get the chance to do so

Thank you Blake! I found some but it was 20 feet up a tree on private property.

I leave again for Manitoba on Wednesday for 2 weeks. I just came home Wednesday night because the weather was going to be nasty for 5 days. It is going to snow tonight and tomorrow night.

Bob

Okay, another question for the chaga experts, is it any birch or just paper/white birch that they are good from. I found some on a yellow birch today and took it home. From reading on the interwebs it seems that it should be a go for medicinal properties.

I'll update with an image whenever I get the images uploaded to my photobucket.

The pic you sent me seems good to go Mike!! Roadkil found his first this weekend also... Got to post a pic of that one it looks like a rhino horn it it's you!!

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