This page explains the cocoa tube we write about and the headlines we would run next to it. The tube is Cacao Bliss Mushroom Hot Chocolate from Cheerful Buddha Limited, a British company that ships from England. Nothing here is medical advice.
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The single tube is 150 grams, about 20 servings at one teaspoon per cup, at £13.99 as read on the seller's page November 9, 2026. The seller prints 250 mg of lion's mane and 250 mg of reishi per serving, both fruiting body. No study has tested this blend. The seller does not print a vitamin D or B12 amount per serving, so we do not print one either.
| The headline as you saw it | What is actually behind it |
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| The 9 P.M. Mug That Isn't Coffee | Partly true It is a cocoa, not a coffee, and the seller does not print a caffeine figure. The evening-mug frame is our story, not a trial result against this tube. |
| 250 mg lion's mane and 250 mg reishi per cup, £13.99 | Broadly supported Printed on the seller's product page on November 9, 2026, per one-teaspoon serving. The price is in pounds sterling. Shipping to the United States is not priced on the product page. |
| Lion's mane improves memory | Our headline was wrong We do not run that line. A 2019 trial used 3.2 grams a day of a fruiting-body preparation in 31 adults. One score moved. A visual memory test did not. One teaspoon of this cocoa holds 250 mg, about one-thirteenth of that dose. |
| Cocoa is proven to sharpen memory | Partly true A one-year trial of 3,562 adults aged 60 and over used a standardized cocoa flavanol supplement. A secondary list-learning score improved modestly. The primary endpoint did not reach significance, and a two-year companion trial found no difference. This tube does not print a flavanol amount. |
| 30-day money-back | Withdrawn The seller's window is 14 days from receipt, for unopened tubes. We will not print a seal the seller did not print. |
The seller's refund policy says returns cost nothing within 14 days of receiving the order, and that items must be unopened and in saleable condition. A return has to be requested by email and approved, and the seller then sends a link to organize it. You cannot taste a cocoa and return it.
The delivery page lists UK deliveries by Royal Mail Tracked 48 with a waived charge over £30, EU deliveries by a tracked service with the same threshold, and Rest of World by a tracked air service without a printed cost. The United States is not named. An American order from the seller's site falls under Rest of World, with the shipping cost shown at checkout and whatever customs handling applies to a small food parcel. The same tube is also listed on Amazon US and on GoSupps with international shipping; we have not checked those prices.
Cheerful Buddha Limited is registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 30 Bear Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 7DD, England. Email [email protected]. Telephone +44 20 3376 8910.
Lion's mane and reishi are the two named mushrooms, 250 mg each per serving. A 12-week trial in 31 adults used 3.2 grams a day of a lion's mane fruiting-body preparation. That is not this teaspoon. Reishi has no memory or attention trial in healthy older adults on file. Raw cacao is listed first with no flavanol figure. Lucuma, cinnamon, turmeric, and an organic shiitake blend are on the label with no amounts. We do not assign them a result.
The seller's list, with no milligrams added by us: raw cacao, lucuma, lion's mane (250 mg, fruiting body), reishi (250 mg, fruiting body), cinnamon, turmeric, and an organic shiitake blend the seller calls BIOVIT and describes as a source of vitamin D and B12. The tube is described as vegan, with no refined sugar, in a plastic-free tube.
The fermented, dried seed of the cacao tree, ground without roasting or alkalizing; the raw material of chocolate, rich in flavanols and a source of a little caffeine and theobromine.
Traditional and everyday use. Drunk as a bitter beverage in Mesoamerica for millennia; in a drinking powder it is the body of the cup and a source of flavanols.
What the research says. In the COSMOS-Web trial, a randomized, placebo-controlled study of 3,562 adults aged 60 and over, daily cocoa flavanol supplementation for one year was associated with modestly improved performance on a list-learning task in the prespecified secondary analysis. The primary endpoint did not reach significance in the full cohort, and a companion trial of 2,226 adults over two years found no difference on a composite cognition score.[2] That trial measured a standardized flavanol extract. A teaspoon of raw cacao powder in hot milk is a different thing with an unknown flavanol content.
Amount per serving in Cacao Bliss. not stated (listed first; grams per teaspoon not printed)
Good to know. Safe as a food. It carries a trace of caffeine and theobromine; the seller does not print a caffeine figure for this tube.
A fruit of the Andes, dried and ground into a sweet, maple-like powder. It is listed second on this label, which suggests it is doing part of the sweetening in place of refined sugar.
What the research says. No trial of this ingredient on memory or attention in healthy older adults is on file. Descriptive only.
Amount per serving in Cacao Bliss. not stated
An edible mushroom with long, white, downward-hanging spines that grows on older beech and oak trees in temperate forests across the Northern Hemisphere. It is eaten as food, especially in East Asia and the United States, with a texture often compared to crab or lobster.
Traditional and everyday use. Known as yamabushitake in Japan and houtougu in China, it has a long history of use as a food and in East Asian and Native American traditions.
What the research says. In a 12-week placebo-controlled trial of 31 healthy adults over 50, a daily lion's mane fruiting-body preparation (3.2 g/day) was associated with higher scores on a standard mental-status test compared with placebo.[1] A visual-retention test in the same trial did not change, and the dose was far larger than most blends deliver. In a separate pilot trial in 41 healthy adults aged 18 to 45, a single 1.8 g dose was associated with faster performance on the Stroop task an hour later, while 28 days of it produced only a non-significant trend on self-rated stress.[3]
Amount per serving in Cacao Bliss. 250 mg, fruiting body, as printed by the seller; about one-thirteenth of the 3.2 g a day in the 2019 trial.
Good to know. Generally regarded as safe as a food. Stomach discomfort, nausea and skin rash were reported by a few participants in one clinical study. Avoid if you are allergic to mushrooms.
A glossy, kidney-shaped, red-brown bracket fungus that grows on hardwood stumps in warm forests and is now grown on logs and sawdust. It is woody and bitter, not a table mushroom: it is sliced and simmered, or dried and ground.
Traditional and everyday use. Lingzhi in Chinese and mannentake in Japanese, used in East Asia for some two thousand years and painted in imperial art.
What the research says. No trial of this ingredient on memory or attention in healthy older adults is on file. Descriptive only.
Amount per serving in Cacao Bliss. 250 mg, fruiting body, as printed by the seller.
Good to know. Dry mouth, itching, stomach upset and nosebleeds have been reported with months of use, and harm to the organ that processes what you swallow with some powdered products. It may add to the effect of blood thinners; ask a clinician if you take one or take anything daily, and avoid it if allergic to mushrooms.
The dried inner bark of tropical trees, rolled into quills or broken into chips. Two kinds are sold: Ceylon or "true" cinnamon, grown mainly in Sri Lanka, and cassia cinnamon, the most common kind in North America. This tube does not say which one it uses.
What the research says. The National Institutes of Health states that research doesn't clearly support using cinnamon for any health condition. We make no claim for it here.
Amount per serving in Cacao Bliss. not stated
Good to know. Cassia cinnamon contains coumarin, and prolonged intake of high-coumarin products is a concern for the organ that processes what you swallow; Ceylon cinnamon carries only a trace. Since the tube does not say which kind it uses, ask your doctor before drinking it daily if you take anything daily.
The orange-yellow root of a ginger-family plant, dried and ground into the spice that colors curry. On this label it is a culinary pinch with no amount printed.
What the research says. The trials that reported a memory result used a patented, concentrated curcumin preparation taken as a supplement, not turmeric stirred into a drink. The National Institutes of Health states that we don't know enough to say whether turmeric helps any condition. We make no claim for it in this cup.
Amount per serving in Cacao Bliss. not stated
Good to know. Culinary amounts are widely used. Turmeric can cause nausea, reflux and stomach upset, and it may add to the effect of anything that thins the blood. Talk to your doctor before use if you take anything daily.
The second most widely grown mushroom in the world, with a brown umbrella cap and a meaty, smoky taste, grown on oak logs and sawdust across East Asia and now in the United States. Fresh or dried, it is a staple of Japanese and Chinese cooking.
Traditional and everyday use. Cultivated in China for about a thousand years and in Japan for centuries as a food.
What the research says. No trial of this ingredient on memory or attention in healthy older adults is on file. The seller describes the blend as a source of vitamin D and B12 and does not print an amount of either per serving. A source-of sentence is true of many foods; without a number we cannot weigh it.
Amount per serving in Cacao Bliss. not stated
Good to know. Raw or undercooked shiitake can cause a streaky skin rash in some people; cooked or dried in a hot drink, it is an ordinary food. Avoid if allergic to mushrooms.
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No. The lion's mane trial used 3.2 grams a day in 31 people, with mixed results. One teaspoon of this cocoa holds 250 mg.
The seller's delivery page lists UK, EU and Rest of World tiers and does not name the United States. An American order falls under Rest of World, tracked air, with the cost shown at checkout. The same tube is listed on Amazon US and GoSupps with international shipping.
No. Returns are accepted within 14 days of receipt for unopened items in saleable condition, requested by email and approved first. Transit from England uses up part of that window.
Cheerful Buddha Limited, registered in England and Wales. The button on the article opens their product page.
These are the sources behind the claims marked with a number above. Trials with a secondary positive result and a negative primary result are reported with that exactness.
Medical disclaimer. This guide is not medical advice. Talk to your clinician about your own medicines and your own evening.
Medical disclaimer. The article and this guide are advertisements. They are not a diagnosis and not a treatment plan. The FDA has not evaluated the seller's claims. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.