Functional fungi: UK embraces mushroom coffee as latest ‘healthy’ food trend

Mushrooms turning up in hot drinks and supplements as demand grows for ‘health products you don’t need’Sipping mushroom coffee sounds like a weird camping trip anecdote but more Britons are embracing this alternative morning pick-me-up as “mushroom mania” sweeps the high street.With the food industry eager to cash in on demand for “functional foods” that promise extra health benefits, medicinal mushrooms – not the button kind you put in a stew &nda