In the search for better coffee, some people have found that Bulletproof coffee is one of the healthiest options around.
While the basic idea for Bulletproof coffee has been around for some time, it is thanks to the recent popularization of the keto diet that this type of coffee has really been taken up by more and more people as their daily brew.
Why?—because Bulletproof coffee is a coffee that has no carbs in it.
That’s what most people think when they think about it: coffee without carbs in it, keto-friendly.
In reality, it is much more than that. Bulletproof coffee aims to be the perfect meal by going for a very high caloric value, which means that it will give you enough energy to brave through the entire morning.
And those calories come from some of the healthiest fats around MCT oil and grass-fed butter.
MCT oil helps make ketones in your body, which is the whole point of the keto diet. These ketones provide energy without having to use carbs. Supplementing with MCT oil while on the keto diet should be a must for everybody, since it ensures you get the most energy possible from your food by fully and effectively converting it into usable energy thanks to the ketones.
Then comes grass-fed butter. This is also full of health benefits and provides tons of nutrients and calories. Also, the MCT oil helps absorb more of these nutrients, so they are really the perfect combination to supercharge your body right at the start of the day.
What is Bulletproof Iced Coffee?
Making it iced, however, might be a little bit of a challenge. After all, the two main ingredients in this coffee are fats, which will harden and partly solidify when exposed to cold temperatures. So how can we make Bulletproof iced coffee?
First of all, you need a blender. This will help thoroughly mix the ingredients together and thus make it harder for them to separate when you add the ice and it all cools down.
Then, we’re going to be using ghee instead of butter.
Ghee is a type of processed butter. It is made by essentially caramelizing the milk solids. They cook out the water from the milk and get a much thicker, clearer butter than you’re used to using.
The thing with ghee is that it doesn’t harden like other types of butter. It’s essentially quite soft even when it’s cold, which makes it perfect for this recipe. Regular butter, even grass-fed, will become too hard when at low temperatures making for a bad texture in our iced coffee.
How to Make Bulletproof Iced Coffee?
Ingredients
- 200ml brewed coffee
- 2 tablespoons Ghee
- 1 tablespoon MCT oil
- Keto friendly sweetener of choice
- Ice
Instructions
- First, brew the coffee and let it cool down for a few minutes. You want it to be at room temperature when you start making the recipe.
- Mix the coffee, ghee, and MCT oil together in the blender.
- Blend for twenty seconds.
- Add sweetener and blend for a few seconds.
- Pour ice into an empty mug.
- Pour your blended coffee into the mug over the ice.
- Enjoy!
And there you have it! The MCT oil may still separate but it will just form a delicious layer on top of the coffee which can actually be equated to an espresso’s crema and it’s just really tasty. You can also add an extra spoonful of MCT oil if you feel it needs a little more flavor!
FAQs
Can I use milk in this recipe?
No, not really.
Milk has carbs, which are incompatible with the keto diet—and that’s really the whole point of having Bulletproof coffee. But if you’re not very attached to it, then you may go ahead and use condensed milk, which is the best type of milk for iced coffee.
You can also use plant-based milk like coconut and almond milk which have virtually no carbs (but check the box) and so are great with this recipe.
Is Bulletproof coffee good for you?
In general, yes, it is actually very good for you. The case is made in this article that Bulletproof is actually a very healthy coffee because of the benefits that MCT oil and grass-fed butter or ghee have, making it a healthier alternative to other coffees.
However, that doesn’t mean that it can’t also be bad for some people. This coffee has a very high caloric content as well as being very high in fat content, so it might actually prove to be detrimental to the health of some people like those who suffer from obesity and cardiovascular conditions.
So in these cases, it might be better to steer away completely from this coffee. Just in case.
What kind of coffee should I use?
There exists such a thing as “Bulletproof coffee beans”, but the reality is that you can use any coffee beans you like.
There can be no real keto-specific coffee beans because all coffee beans are virtually the same when it comes to nutritional content; the amount of caffeine in them certainly can vary, but not any of the other stuff.
Coffee itself has no real nutritional content other than antioxidants. It has no carbs, no protein, and a trace amount of fat depending on what brewing method you used to make the coffee. But otherwise, coffee should never have carbs.
Which is why using Bulletproof-specific coffee beans is a bit of a silly idea, and probably just used as a marketing tool to sell overpriced regular beans. All coffee beans are created equal and there are no beans that are better for the keto diet than others.
As long as you don’t add anything to your coffee like milk, sugar, or creamer then there’s no reason to believe that your coffee isn’t keto.
So feel free to use any of your favorite blends! All of them are perfect for this recipe, no matter the roast or the country of origin.