FAQ

Edibility of our mushrooms is guaranteed by the analyzes that periodically make product, at partner laboratories from the health ministry. In addition mushrooms Espresso uses only certified mycelium.

With Mushrooms Espresso kit you can grow mushrooms in oyster species, particularly the variety Ostreatus, Djamor, cornucopiae.

Mushrooms do not absorb the caffeine from the substrate. Their flavor is typical of the fungus and does not contain caffeine.

The porcini mushroom is the only one that you can not cultivate, because it grows in symbiosis with plants.

The white part is the mycelium, which is the “root” of the fungus from which will arise once the mushrooms to light.

Our kit is ready to use. Do not simply open, pour and wait for fungi to grow.

Mushrooms are moisture lovers. So your kit should always be moist, bagnadolo two to three times a day. If you are going away for one day left in the kit a damp cloth or wet paper, in order to retain moisture for longer.

The kit produces on average 30% of its weight. Within each kit are obtained within 2 to 3 productions, at different times (flown calls), the first most abundant (about 50% of total weight) and the other two less abundant in distance of 15 days apart.

The kit loves cool and dimly lit environments, so in a cellar in the dark or in a stairwell, could be the ideal place.

The kit contains the mycelium that if kept well it can live a long time, we recommend to open the kit within one month from the date of production.

The kit can be grown all year round, because species such as oyster mushroom can grow at temperatures ranging from 15 to 25 ° C, allowing the domestic cultivation even in summer.

Light is one of the indispensable elements to grow your mushrooms. The kit does not want direct sunlight but that radiated illuminating normally a stay or a kitchen during daylight hours.

The mushrooms will grow faster. When you see that these will be well developed (after about 4/5 days from their first appearance) and their color will be tacked, and hat will be completely open, that will be the right time for harvesting.

The mushrooms should be collected by rotating around the stump and making slight force towards you, you will see that easily come off. I recommend it also exported the part of coffee grounds on the basis of the fungus to avoid subsequent contamination.

The coffee grounds may be accumulated from its production to a maximum of 3 days, after which arise the food mold making it unusable for the production of mushrooms. Due to the small amount of coffee grounds which produces at home is very difficult to produce sufficient quantities to a kit, in just 3 days.