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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Full_Section1375 on 2025-02-14 03:26:19+00:00.

tifu by serving my experimental kombucha at a yoga session and accidentally starting a spiritual gathering

i’ve been brewing kombucha in my garage for the past year after getting into fermentation through my roommate’s sourdough obsession. it turned into a genuine hobby, and i got pretty good at it.

last month, i got an interesting bag of dried mushrooms at a small asian grocery store. the owner said they were some kind of traditional medicinal mushroom—he even showed me a package with chinese characters i couldn’t read, but there were pictures of mushrooms that looked kind of blue-ish. i’d been reading about mushroom coffee and tea trending on tiktok, so i figured i’d try adding some to my kombucha for extra health benefits.

i made a test batch by adding the mushrooms to my already-brewed kombucha. the first taste test with my roommate went great—kind of earthy with a weird but pleasant tingling sensation on the tongue. since i had plenty of kombucha brewing and a lot of mushrooms, there was enough to share.

a few days later, my roommate’s girlfriend asked if they could host her yoga session at our place since their usual studio was being renovated. i figured it’d be nice to offer some refreshments, so i put out some fruit and my kombucha. eight people showed up, and everyone had some before the session.

what followed was the most intense yoga session i’ve ever witnessed. people were crying tears of joy, hugging each other, and saying they could feel everyone’s energy. the class never actually ended—it turned into an incredible bonding session that went on for hours. even the neighbor’s cat showed up and just sat in the middle of the group while everyone talked about their deepest feelings and connections to the universe.

now it’s become a weekly thing. the original yoga group keeps coming back, and they’ve brought others. last sunday we had twenty people in the backyard. someone even brought a drum. the neighbor’s cat always shows up and sits in the middle, and everyone’s convinced she’s some kind of spirit guide.

i still can’t recreate that original batch—the mushrooms were a one-time find. kind of relieved about that since things are already pretty intense.

tl;dr: added some mystery mushrooms to my kombucha, served it at a yoga session, and now my backyard hosts a weekly spiritual gathering.