I had never heard of bulletproof coffee, but when I read about I was curious. Curious because I like the idea of adding easy calories when backpacking. For those that haven't heard of it, it's
Bulletproof coffee is a high-calorie coffee drink intended to replace breakfast. It consists of 2 cups (470 ml) of coffee, 2 tablespoons (28 grams) of grass-fed, unsalted butter, and 1–2 tablespoons (15–30 ml) of MCT oil mixed in a blender.
There are different takes on it, but basically coffee with some additional calories via fat.
What I've done in the past was to take instant Starbucks Mocha and mix w/ a packet of SB's Via coffee- an easy way to add 150 calories with morning coffee and breakfast. Obviously a lot of the calories in the mocha is sugar, I'm not against sugar when backpacking (it's the only time I ever eat candy bars- Snicker's specifically!
), but thought I'd give something else a try.
You can buy premade instant bulletproof coffee, but decided to try doing it myself so I can control how much of what goes in and still use instant Via which I like.
What I've settled on and has passed the taste test is 1.5 tablespoons of butter powder (yup it's a thing!) and 1.5 tablespoons of coconut oil powder (it's a thing too). Gives my morning coffee about a 200 calorie boost and tastes good too (ymmv). The powdered coconut oil has no taste, but the powdered butter does- kind of a nice creamy taste.
You can purchase both the powdered butter and coconut oil from Amazon (and elsewhere).
Anyways an easy 200 calorie bump to your morning that also happens to taste pretty good too.
Bulletproof coffee is a high-calorie coffee drink intended to replace breakfast. It consists of 2 cups (470 ml) of coffee, 2 tablespoons (28 grams) of grass-fed, unsalted butter, and 1–2 tablespoons (15–30 ml) of MCT oil mixed in a blender.
There are different takes on it, but basically coffee with some additional calories via fat.
What I've done in the past was to take instant Starbucks Mocha and mix w/ a packet of SB's Via coffee- an easy way to add 150 calories with morning coffee and breakfast. Obviously a lot of the calories in the mocha is sugar, I'm not against sugar when backpacking (it's the only time I ever eat candy bars- Snicker's specifically!
), but thought I'd give something else a try.You can buy premade instant bulletproof coffee, but decided to try doing it myself so I can control how much of what goes in and still use instant Via which I like.
What I've settled on and has passed the taste test is 1.5 tablespoons of butter powder (yup it's a thing!) and 1.5 tablespoons of coconut oil powder (it's a thing too). Gives my morning coffee about a 200 calorie boost and tastes good too (ymmv). The powdered coconut oil has no taste, but the powdered butter does- kind of a nice creamy taste.
You can purchase both the powdered butter and coconut oil from Amazon (and elsewhere).
Anyways an easy 200 calorie bump to your morning that also happens to taste pretty good too.
