Best Overall
Pella Nutrition Mushroom Coffee
Key details
- Sugar
- 0 g
- Calories
- 6 per cup
- Servings
- 60 cups
- Mushroom Blend
- 7 mushrooms
Six calories and zero sugar is the headline, and for once the headline is the right place to start. Pella's instant coffee blends seven mushrooms, including lion's mane, chaga, and reishi, into a medium-roast cup you can drink black without spending your morning calorie budget. The 60-cup bag is big enough to make it a habit rather than a sampler.
We like the 3-gram scoop because it gives you a consistent starting point. A level scoop also makes it easier to compare the cup to the 6-calorie figure on the bag. If the cup tastes thin, add a little more powder rather than reaching for sugar; the medium roast has enough body to stand up to unsweetened milk. The listed regular caffeine is the one thing to watch. If you're sensitive, treat it like a normal cup of coffee and keep it out of the late afternoon.
The flavor is clean and coffee-forward, with the mushrooms reading more as body than as an earthy note. Mix it with hot water first, then add cold milk or ice; the powder dissolves quickly enough that you don't need a blender. It's the pick we reach for when the goal is a repeatable daily cup, not a project.
Pros
- Six calories and zero sugar per cup
- 60 servings make daily use practical
- Seven mushrooms in a coffee-forward instant
- Mixes quickly in hot or cold water
Cons
- Digestibility is mixed for some drinkers
Pella is our top pick for a weight-loss routine because a 6-calorie, zero-sugar cup with 60 servings makes the daily habit easy to count and repeat.