How easy is it to make mushroom coffee at home? Actually much easier than I thought – here's why you don't need a coffee machine to master it

Testing whether you can make mushroom coffee in a coffee machine.

Most trends (Dubai chocolate, anyone?) last a few weeks and are forgotten by the end of the year. Mushroom coffee, however, has stuck around for more than a decade.

For the uninitiated, mushroom coffee is coffee combined with a variety of so-called 'functional' mushrooms. These mushrooms are said to provide all sorts of benefits, from increased energy and focus to stress relief and a stronger immune system.