Panda Tea Super Coffee review: ingredients and dosages compared
By the Mush n Go editorial team - 09 October 2026
By the Mush n Go editorial teamPublished on 9 October 202610 min read
Panda Tea review
Super Coffee is the mushroom coffee from Panda Tea, a French brand of teas and herbal infusions: instant coffee, three mushroom extracts, ashwagandha, fennel, nine vitamins and 72.4 mg of caffeine per dose. The product joined the brand's catalogue in February 2026, alongside more than two hundred other products. Brainstoorm comes from a company whose trade is mushrooms: no coffee, 20 mg of caffeine, and a written dose for every ingredient. Here are the two recipes, line by line.
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Who is writing: Mush n Go makes Brainstoorm, a direct competitor of Panda Tea. This page compares what each brand states on its website and, for Brainstoorm, the technical data sheet from our contract manufacturer. Figures recorded on 7 October 2026. We have no connection with Panda Tea.
Brainstoorm coffee flavour
Lion's mane, cordyceps and chaga from the fruiting body, maca, ashwagandha and roasted chicory. The taste of coffee, without the jitters.
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More extracts and more caffeine, or a light, fully documented cup.
On paper, Super Coffee lists more mushroom extracts than Brainstoorm: 1,293 mg versus 370 mg. It also lists three to four times more caffeine, a higher price as a one-off purchase, and a 60-day guarantee that only applies to an unopened pouch. Brainstoorm bets on something else: very little caffeine, the part of the mushroom and the ratio of each extract set out in writing, and the right to taste before deciding.
- Brainstoorm is for you if you want to cut caffeine right down (20 mg), know where each extract comes from and at what ratio, and be able to open the pouch before deciding whether to keep it.
- Super Coffee is for you if you are looking for a high weight of extracts, the caffeine of a real coffee, a cocktail of vitamins, and if you are already a customer of the brand for its teas.
- On price, Brainstoorm is cheaper as a one-off purchase: €1.42 per cup versus €2.00 per dose. On subscription, the two come closer: €1.00 versus €1.40 for one pouch, first order.
What is Panda Tea
Mushroom coffee, from a tea brand.
Panda Tea is the brand of Panda SAS, a Paris-based company. It is known for its organic teas and herbal infusions in cotton tea bags, sold online and in pharmacies. Super Coffee is its first mushroom drink, sold as a food supplement; a Super Cacao version, advertised as caffeine-free, uses the same actives.
The ingredients in detail
What is in one dose of Super Coffee.
Panda Tea publishes a table of actives per dose, extract by extract: that is a point in its favour. It does not say, however, which part of the mushroom the extracts come from, or at what ratio they are concentrated, and the full list of ingredients is not displayed.
| For one 5.5 g dose | Stated amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Lion's mane extract | 636 mg | ratio and part of the mushroom not stated |
| Reishi extract | 477 mg | ratio and part of the mushroom not stated |
| Cordyceps extract | 180 mg | ratio and part of the mushroom not stated |
| Total mushrooms | 1,293 mg | our own total |
| Ashwagandha extract | 50 mg | withanolide content not stated |
| Fennel extract | 128 mg | |
| Instant coffee | 1,126 mg | of which 37.4 mg caffeine |
| Added caffeine | 35 mg | source not specified |
| B vitamins and vitamin C | 30% of the reference intake | 9 vitamins |
| Chicory, maize and acacia fibre | no figures given |
Source: “Actifs” table and “Super Coffee” product page on pandatea.fr, recorded on 7 October 2026. The product page sells a pouch of 28 doses; the pouch photographed in the gallery shows 21 doses. Organic status is mentioned on the product's presentation page, not on its product page.
Extract or equivalent
Two numbers for the same mushroom: how to read them.
On a mushroom coffee label, the same ingredient can appear with two very different weights. Both are correct; they simply do not measure the same thing. Panda Tea shows weights of extract, with no ratio; Brainstoorm shows dried-plant equivalents and, on its technical data sheet, the actual weight and the ratio of each extract. We give both figures on the Brainstoorm side.
The extract is what is in the cup
An extract is a concentrate. With a 10:1 ratio, it took 10 g of dried mushroom to obtain 1 g of powder.
The equivalent is the starting weight
“1,000 mg dry equivalent” with a 10:1 ratio means 100 mg of extract in the cup.
The part of the mushroom matters
The fruiting body is the mushroom itself; the mycelium is its network of filaments. Both are used, and a clear label says which.
The rule for comparing
Always the same column on both sides: extract against extract, equivalent against equivalent. That is what the following table does.
Dosages compared
Brainstoorm and Panda Tea, line by line.
For Brainstoorm, the table gives the actual weight of extract and then, in brackets, the dried-plant equivalent. For Super Coffee, the stated weight of extract. Brainstoorm coffee flavour: 6 g serving. Super Coffee: 5.5 g dose.
| Per cup | Brainstoorm coffee | Panda Tea Super Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Caffeine | 20 mg, microencapsulated | 72.4 mg, from instant coffee and added caffeine |
| Lion's mane | 100 mg of 10:1 extract (1,000 mg) | 636 mg of extract, ratio not stated |
| Cordyceps | 250 mg of 4:1 extract (1,000 mg) | 180 mg of extract, ratio not stated |
| Chaga | 20 mg of 50:1 extract (1,000 mg) | absent |
| Reishi | absent | 477 mg of extract, ratio not stated |
| Maca | 375 mg of extract (3,000 mg) | absent |
| Ashwagandha | 40 mg of extract, of which 0.6 mg withanolides | 50 mg of extract, content not stated |
| Vitamin B5 | 6 mg, 100% of the reference intake | 1.8 mg, 30% of the reference intake |
| Other vitamins | none | B1, B2, B3, B6, B8, B9, B12 and C, at 30% |
| Base | roasted chicory 3,500 mg, acacia 889 mg | instant coffee 1,126 mg, chicory, fibre |
| Part of the mushroom | fruiting body | not specified |
| Sweetener | xylitol | none mentioned |
Sources: Brainstoorm technical data sheets from Laboratoire FGnutra (editions of 28 January 2026 and 8 July 2025); “Super Coffee” product page and table of actives on pandatea.fr, recorded on 7 October 2026.
By weight of extract, Super Coffee is ahead on lion's mane, and Brainstoorm on cordyceps. But a weight of extract can only really be compared alongside its ratio: 100 mg of a 10:1 extract represents 1,000 mg of mushroom, and Panda Tea does not give its own. Brainstoorm writes down the ratio, specifies that its extracts come from the fruiting body, and provides 6 mg of vitamin B5, i.e. 100% of the reference intake: it contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue and to normal mental performance.
Caffeine
72.4 mg on one side, 20 mg on the other.
Super Coffee provides 72.4 mg of caffeine per dose: 37.4 mg come from the instant coffee, and 35 mg are added separately. That is almost as much as an espresso, which has around 80 mg according to the European Food Safety Authority. The brand says so itself on its visuals: one dose is equivalent to an espresso.
Brainstoorm contains no coffee. Each cup provides 20 mg of NewCaff® microencapsulated caffeine, coated so that it is released gradually, and its taste comes from roasted chicory. If you are looking for a coffee alternative in order to drink less of it, that is where the gap lies.
One cup a day
Super Coffee: 72.4 mg. Brainstoorm: 20 mg. The EFSA benchmark for an adult is 400 mg a day, from all sources combined.
With your usual coffees
Two espressos plus one Super Coffee: around 232 mg. The same two espressos plus one Brainstoorm: around 180 mg.
In the afternoon
At 20 mg, a cup of Brainstoorm after lunch weighs four times less on your evening than an espresso.
If caffeine is what matters to you, our article how many cups of coffee a day does the maths cup by cup, and coffee and anxiety sets out the signs of having too much.
The brand
A tea and herbal infusion house that came to mushroom coffee in 2026.
To place a product, it helps to know where the brand comes from. Panda Tea presents itself on its website as a brand of “wellness teas & infusions for the whole family”, founded in 2017. Its public catalogue held 245 product pages on the day we recorded it: teas, infusions, detox and slimming programmes, gift sets, accessories, hydration tablets, supplements in capsules.
245 product pages in the catalogue
Including 72 infusions, 55 teas, 49 detox products, 47 accessories and 30 slimming products, according to the catalogue's tags. A single product page can carry several tags.
2 mushroom products
Super Coffee and Super Cacao, put online in February 2026. They are the only products in the catalogue that contain mushrooms.
At Mush n Go
Mushrooms and adaptogenic plants are the company's core business: Brainstoorm in two flavours, and a range of capsules built around lion's mane, cordyceps and reishi.
Source: public catalogue and pages of the pandatea.fr website, recorded on 7 October 2026. The totals by family overlap, as one product page can belong to several families.
This is neither a strength nor a flaw: a generalist brand can make a good product, and Super Coffee's table of doses is fairly complete. It is simply a point of reference. On one side, a tea brand that adds a mushroom product to a large catalogue; on the other, a brand for which this is its trade and which writes down, for each recipe, the weight, the ratio and the origin of each extract.
Price, shipping, guarantee
The price per cup, and what the guarantee really covers.
Both brands sell in France, as a one-off purchase and on subscription. The Super Coffee product page sells a pouch of 28 doses; the Brainstoorm pouch contains 30 servings.
| In France | Brainstoorm | Panda Tea Super Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 pouch, no subscription | €42.71 for 30 servings, i.e. €1.42 per cup | €56.00 for 28 doses, i.e. €2.00 per dose |
| 3 pouches, no subscription | €99.86, i.e. €1.11 per cup | €150.00, i.e. €1.79 per dose |
| Subscription, 1 pouch | €29.90 per month, i.e. €1.00 per cup | €39.20 for the first order, i.e. €1.40 per dose |
| Best listed price | €69.90 for 3 months on subscription, i.e. €0.78 per cup | €85.80 for 3 pouches on subscription, first order, i.e. €1.02 per dose |
| Shipping | free from €59 | advertised as free on this range |
| Money-back guarantee | 60 days, even once the pouch is open | 60 days, reserved for subscribers, first order, unopened pouch |
Prices recorded on 6 October 2026 on mushngo.com and on 7 October 2026 on pandatea.fr. The Super Coffee subscription prices are those the product page shows for a first order; the price of subsequent shipments is not written there. Guarantee conditions as per Article 8 of Panda Tea's general terms and conditions of sale.
Brainstoorm is cheaper in every scenario. The clearest difference lies in the guarantee. Both brands advertise 60 days, but they do not promise the same thing: at Panda Tea, the terms of sale reserve the refund for subscribers and for unopened pouches; at Mush n Go, you can open the pouch, taste it, and be refunded if it does not suit you.
Which one to choose
The caffeine of an espresso, or a cup four times lighter?
If you want to keep the caffeine of a coffee while adding mushrooms and vitamins, and you already enjoy the brand's teas, Super Coffee is a coherent option. If moving away from coffee is precisely what you are after, without the racing heart at 10 am or the slump at 3 pm, you are the person we created Brainstoorm for.
- 20 mg of caffeine per cup, released gradually: three to four times less than Super Coffee.
- Three mushrooms from the fruiting body, 1,000 mg of equivalent each, including 250 mg of cordyceps extract.
- A specialist's recipe: ratio, part of the mushroom and weight of each extract written on the technical data sheet, with 3,000 mg of maca equivalent.
- 6 mg of vitamin B5 in a single cup, i.e. 100% of the reference intake: it contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
- No mushroom taste: roasted chicory brings the roundness and bitterness of a coffee.
- 60-day money-back guarantee: you taste, you decide.
More than 50,000 people have already replaced one of their cups with Brainstoorm, and rate it 4.8 out of 5.
Before starting either one
- Both products contain caffeine and are not recommended for children or for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
- Brainstoorm is not recommended if you have a thyroid, liver or heart condition: ask your doctor for advice.
- A food supplement is not a substitute for a varied diet. Do not exceed the stated daily dose.
Your questions
All about Panda Tea.
What is in Panda Tea Super Coffee?
One 5.5 g dose contains instant coffee, 636 mg of lion's mane extract, 477 mg of reishi, 180 mg of cordyceps, ashwagandha, fennel, chicory, fibre and nine vitamins at 30% of the reference intake.
How much caffeine is in Panda Tea Super Coffee?
72.4 mg per dose according to the brand, of which 37.4 mg supplied by the instant coffee and 35 mg added. An espresso contains around 80 mg, a cup of Brainstoorm 20 mg.
Is Panda Tea Super Coffee safe?
Nothing in the information published by the brand points to any particular risk. It advises against it for children, for pregnant and breastfeeding women, and in case of allergy to plants of the fennel family. If you are on medical treatment, ask your doctor for advice.
Is Panda Tea a brand that specialises in mushrooms?
No. Panda Tea presents itself as a brand of wellness teas and infusions. Of the 245 product pages in its catalogue, two products contain mushrooms, Super Coffee and Super Cacao, put online in February 2026.
How much does Panda Tea Super Coffee cost?
€56.00 for the pouch of 28 doses, i.e. €2.00 per dose, and €150.00 for three pouches, prices recorded on 7 October 2026. On subscription, the product page shows €39.20 for the first order of one pouch.
Can you get a refund on Panda Tea Super Coffee?
The brand advertises 60 days. Its general terms and conditions reserve this guarantee for subscribers, for the first order, and for an unopened product, returned at the customer's expense. Mush n Go refunds Brainstoorm for 60 days, even once the pouch is open.
What is the difference between Super Coffee and Brainstoorm?
Super Coffee is based on instant coffee, with 72.4 mg of caffeine, three mushroom extracts including reishi, and nine vitamins. Brainstoorm contains no coffee: 20 mg of caffeine, lion's mane, cordyceps and chaga from the fruiting body, maca, ashwagandha and vitamin B5.
Is Panda Tea Super Coffee organic?
The product's presentation page mentions it, but its product page does not claim it and the pouch photographed carries no organic logo. The brand states that it is certified organic for its teas and infusions. Brainstoorm is not certified organic.
Sources
- Panda Tea. “Super Coffee” and “Super Cacao” product pages, table of actives, presentation page, public catalogue, general terms and conditions of sale and stockists page, pandatea.fr. Accessed on 7 October 2026.
- Laboratoire FGnutra. Product technical data sheet “Brainstoorm Café 180 g”, edition of 28 January 2026.
- Laboratoire FGnutra. Product technical data sheet “Café Brainstoorm V5” (chocolate hazelnut flavour), edition of 8 July 2025.
- EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (2015). Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine. EFSA Journal, 13(5):4102.
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods (vitamin B5).
Panda Tea and Super Coffee are trademarks of their owner. The information about this product is what the brand publishes; it may have changed since it was recorded. Spotted a mistake? Write to us and we will correct it.
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