St. Ember

Now that tens of thousands of people have tried our spirits, we’re confident in just one thing: everyone feels different things! On one end of the spectrum, our founder’s mom starts laughing and giggling after one sip, even though the lion’s mane is not psychoactive or intoxicating. On the other end of the spectrum, you’ve seen in our reviews that some people claim not to feel a thing. Most people land in the middle, reporting they feel a subtle, happy lift – a little bit smarter, a little bit more magnetic and a little bit more interesting.

No. We don’t like to use the word “buzz” around here because we tend to associate it with the feeling alcohol provides, and lion’s mane mushroom isn’t a 1:1 swap for alcohol. So while St. Ember and St. Juniper won’t give you a buzz, it is formulated to give you a happy lift.

We’re all chasing that feeling of being a little bit smarter, like everything you say is clicking with the other person and you’re present and in the moment. We think of that feeling as magnetism – like you’re attracting the best in yourself and another person. That’s why we included lion’s mane, a functional mushroom long revered for its association with increased cognition, focus and overall brain functioning. We’ve had Little Saints dinner parties where all our guests drink is our St. Ember and St. Juniper —and can conclusively report that people head home feeling happy, elevated, smart and in flow.

Unlike mushroom coffees, we don’t grind up mushrooms and put them in our drinks. Instead, we use ultrasound to extract the beta Glucans (the part of the mushroom with health effects and no flavor) from the lion’s mane and Reishi , and then we add that extract to our drinks.

St. Ember is a curious blend of palo santo, ginger and cardamom extracts, along with particular natural flavors added to improve the experience, including capsicum (a flavor derived from peppers to deliver that nice little burn generally associated with alcoholic spirits) and flavors derived from vanilla to balance out the spice.

As much as you want — unless your doctor has told you to limit your consumption of lion’s mane (in both spirits) or damiana (only in St. Juniper).

There are no sweeteners in our spirits. You may taste a slight sweetness in the St. Ember, which comes from the pure palo santo extract. A little known fact about palo santo is that it is within the fennel and mint family, and its oils (from which our palo santo extract is derived) have a flavor slightly reminiscent of fennel and mint.