About Us

At Last Frontier Hot Chagalate, we believe that every sip should nourish the body, mind, and soul. Rooted in our faith, we are committed to crafting products that promote wellness and spiritual well-being. Our chaga-infused hot chocolate is more than just a delicious drink; it’s a testament to the bountiful gifts provided by our Creator, designed to enhance your health and uplift your spirit.

Faith: Our faith guides everything we do. We see our work as a calling to serve others, spread love, and promote well-being through our products.

Quality: We are dedicated to sourcing the finest ingredients. Our chaga mushrooms are sustainably harvested, and Last Frontier Hot Chagalate is crafted with the utmost care to ensure you receive the highest quality product.

Community: We strive to build a community rooted in faith and wellness. We support and uplift one another, sharing stories, prayers, and health tips to inspire and encourage our customers.

Sustainability: Respecting God’s creation is at the heart of our business. We are committed to sustainable practices that protect the environment and ensure the longevity of our natural resources.

We welcome you to become a part of the Hot Chagalate family. Together, let’s celebrate the goodness of creation, nourish our bodies with the best that nature has to offer, and uplift our spirits through faith and fellowship. With every cup of our chaga-infused hot chocolate, you’re not just enjoying a delicious treat; you’re embracing a lifestyle of health, faith, and community. Thank you for visiting us, and blessings to you and your family!

The process to bring this soothing chocolate delight to your favorite coffee mug isn’t as simple as one might think. For starters, we have to wait until the dead of winter when the birch tree is in its most dormant stage as this is when the chaga nutrients are in their most concentrated state. Braving temperatures of nearly -40 degrees, we grab a few select tools and mount a snowmachine to head off into the forest.

Towing along a sled with extendable ladder, we carefully scope out the dense foliage. Being sure to only harvest healthy chaga from living trees is essential, and the process to find viable mushrooms takes some time. Once spotted, we strap on snowshoes to get to the base of the tree from which we intend to harvest. Treading through snow that is often upwards of 4ft deep takes a lot of energy, so patience and endurance are key.

Peering up from the trunk at the beautiful conk perched above our head, now the work begins. Extending the ladder on uneven terrain and snow/ice can be a challenging endeavor. Now time to kick off the snowshoes and climb with our hammer and chisel. Secured and balanced high up off the ground, the prize is now at hand. While chaga is hard to the touch, it can easily shatter into the snow below if hit with too hard a strike. For this reason, we are always sure to hang a bag from the ladder to catch any pieces that may fall away. Then with gentle and calculated strokes of our driver, we remove piece after piece of the mushroom from the tree, repositioning the chisel between every couple swings.

In relation to other mushrooms, chaga grows rather slowly. For example, a grapefruit-size conk would probably be somewhere between 15-20 years old. For this reason, we are careful to practice “sustainable harvesting” and attempt to leave 20% of the mushroom intact so it can regenerate in the years ahead. Birch trees and chaga mushrooms share a symbiotic relationship with one another so it is important to us that, while nature provides these miracle medicines for our use, we are equally careful to preserve nature and not destroy it in the process of extraction.

Now we have our chaga and are headed home! Next we will have to clean our bounty of any debris with a wire brush, then crush it into small pieces to begin drying. Use of a dehydrator can help expedite this process, though air drying with a fan constantly blowing over the gravel-sized pieces is also an option. Following the crumbled chaga being fully dried and no moisture remaining, it can now be ground into powder to be a usable ingredient in Last Frontier Hot Chagalate. Now only mixing the recipe and packaging the product remains.