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Everyday Dose Coffee+ Mushroom Coffee (Mild Roast) vs Onnit Alpha BRAIN
Everyday Dose scores higher overall (6.0 vs 5.6 out of 10), mainly on efficacy, value, experience and transparency. Onnit still leads on quality & purity.
Updated September 2026 from our full reviews · How we score
A creamy, low-caffeine (45 mg) instant coffee with collagen and L-theanine; its chaga and lion's mane sit inside a 7.3 g proprietary blend.
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Onnit's Joe Rogan-backed, caffeine-free nootropic; most ingredients sit in three proprietary blends, and the doses that are disclosed are small.
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The short answer
Choose Everyday Dose if…
- Coffee drinkers who want less caffeine and fewer jitters
- People who like a creamy, protein-boosted latte
- Buyers who prefer fruiting-body mushroom extracts
- You care most about efficacy, value, experience, transparency
Choose Onnit if…
- Buyers curious about a caffeine-free nootropic stack
- People who want something to take alongside coffee
- You care most about quality & purity
Side by side
| Coffee+ Mushroom Coffee (Mild Roast) | Alpha BRAIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Our score | 6.0 / 10 | 5.6 / 10 |
| Efficacy (30%) | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| Quality & Purity (25%) | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Value (20%) | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| Experience (15%) | 7.8 | 7.0 |
| Transparency (10%) | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Form | Powder | Capsule |
| Serving | About 1 tbsp (7.3 g)30 servings per container | 2 capsules45 servings per container |
| Price per serving | See retailer | $1.78 |
| Testing & certifications | None verified | Third-party tested |
| Dietary | — | Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Soy-free, Non-GMO |
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| Flavors | 2 (Mild Roast, Bold Medium Roast) | — |
| Creator video reviews | 3 | 3 |
Pros and cons
Coffee+ Mushroom Coffee (Mild Roast)
- 45 mg caffeine paired with 150 mg L-theanine for smoother energy
- About 5 g of protein per serving from collagen, with a creamy texture
- Uses organic chaga and lion's mane fruiting-body extracts
- 4.5 stars from 9,500+ buyer reviews
- All actives sit in a 7,300 mg proprietary blend with no individual amounts on the label
- Label order implies small mushroom amounts, at odds with the marketed 1,500 mg
- About $1.33 per serving, far more than regular coffee
- Contains bovine collagen, so it is not vegan
Alpha BRAIN
- Caffeine-free, so it can be combined with coffee or taken later in the day
- Includes well-researched calm-focus ingredients such as L-theanine
- Vegetarian, gluten-free and IGEN Non-GMO tested; Onnit says it third-party tests for purity
- Studied as a full formula in two randomized controlled trials
- Three proprietary blends hide the doses of L-theanine, tyrosine and alpha-GPC
- Disclosed doses such as 100 mg of bacopa are below amounts used in studies
- About $1.78 per day for modest, uncertain effects
- Huperzine A may interact with medications; not for pregnancy, breastfeeding or under-18s
Our verdicts
Coffee+ Mushroom Coffee (Mild Roast)
Everyday Dose is a tasty, gentle coffee alternative, and its caffeine-theanine pairing is a reasonable way to take the edge off coffee jitters. Treat the mushroom claims skeptically: the whole formula is a proprietary blend and the extracts appear to be present in small amounts, so you are mostly paying for a pleasant low-caffeine latte.
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Alpha BRAIN
Alpha BRAIN is widely used and professionally made, but it is hard to justify on the evidence: key doses are hidden in proprietary blends, the disclosed amounts are below studied levels, and trial results are modest. A single well-dosed ingredient such as L-theanine costs far less.
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