Keto coffee Love it or hate it?
Brewtuz
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Today I had my first cup of keto coffee and I must say it was pretty damn good. Do you guys drink it everyday do you hate it? Let me know. 
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Keto coffee a version of the bullet proof coffee? If so did not know it had a name
I drink 2 shots of espresso, half cup of hot water, 2 tbls of unsalted butter, 1 tbls coconut oil and 1 packet of Stevia.1 -
If I'm eating butter, cream, and coconut oil, I'm not wasting it on coffee.15
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I love it, but the calories...ugh.1
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I tried it once, liked it, but it's not worth the calories for me. I would rather have a candy bar for the same caloric price if I have calories to spare, and it's more filling too.1
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First of all, if you're going to do it, do it right. Get rid of the cream, the stevia and the cinnamon.
The whole point of this is to extend the body's natural state of ketosis through the morning hours until your midday meal. Whatever carbs you ate yesterday are burned overnight, so you are in ketosis normally when you awake. Feeding on fat first thing will extend that fat-burning period.
The Bulletproof method is to use 'clean' coffee beans, to eliminate the mold that's found in most coffee beans, because it messes with your mental clarity, supposedly. OK, if you're not willing to spend the extra money to buy clean coffee, I get that. But the idea is to use coffee, MCT oil (not just ANY coconut oil), and grassfed butter. The MCT oil is refined coconut oil that has more Medium Chain Triglycerides. Bulletproof Executive sells their own clean coffee beans and an MCT oil called Brain Octane; you can find several other similar MCT oils out there for less.
When I have used this, I brew 16 oz. of GOOD organic coffee, and add 2 Tbsp. of MCT oil and 2 Tbsp. of butter, and emulsify it in a blender. I never use sweetener because I find that it messes with my sense of sweet and induces cravings; the coconut is sweet enough. It adds up to around 480 calories, which is a meal for me. I only use this occasionally because I prefer to eat breakfast rather than drink it. It's really good for road trips, though...
And to answer your question directly, yes...I love it!
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Love it! Really brings out the flavour of the coffee and it helps me boost the fat in my diet. I always drank my coffee w/o any flavouring, so I leave out the cinnamon and stevia.1
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I like it!0
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vikinglander wrote: »First of all, if you're going to do it, do it right. Get rid of the cream, the stevia and the cinnamon.
The whole point of this is to extend the body's natural state of ketosis through the morning hours until your midday meal. Whatever carbs you ate yesterday are burned overnight, so you are in ketosis normally when you awake. Feeding on fat first thing will extend that fat-burning period.
The Bulletproof method is to use 'clean' coffee beans, to eliminate the mold that's found in most coffee beans, because it messes with your mental clarity, supposedly. OK, if you're not willing to spend the extra money to buy clean coffee, I get that. But the idea is to use coffee, MCT oil (not just ANY coconut oil), and grassfed butter. The MCT oil is refined coconut oil that has more Medium Chain Triglycerides. Bulletproof Executive sells their own clean coffee beans and an MCT oil called Brain Octane; you can find several other similar MCT oils out there for less.
When I have used this, I brew 16 oz. of GOOD organic coffee, and add 2 Tbsp. of MCT oil and 2 Tbsp. of butter, and emulsify it in a blender. I never use sweetener because I find that it messes with my sense of sweet and induces cravings; the coconut is sweet enough. It adds up to around 480 calories, which is a meal for me. I only use this occasionally because I prefer to eat breakfast rather than drink it. It's really good for road trips, though...
And to answer your question directly, yes...I love it!
If I had the time (maybe later) I would link the article that says MCT Oil is no better than plain old unrefined coconut oil, and there are less than 1 gram of carbs in a Tbsp of heavy cream and lots of fat so it's perfectly fine for Keto. The OP never said "Bulletproof" coffee, they said "Keto" coffee.4 -
It does the trick. Love it1
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I drink it every morning ....Folgers 100% Columbian 16 oz.. 3 Tbsp heavy cream ....2 Tbsp Torani sugar free vanilla syrup....1 Tbsp Kerrygold unsalted butter and 1 Tbsp Coconut oil .....It keeps me full until lunchtime 2
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I tried it once. Hated it. My mouth felt like it was coated with oil and fat for at least an hour after.
I definitely prefer eating fat over drinking it.1 -
CafeRacer808 wrote: »I tried it once. Hated it. My mouth felt like it was coated with oil and fat for at least an hour after.
I definitely prefer eating fat over drinking it.
Keeps your lips nice0 -
CafeRacer808 wrote: »I tried it once. Hated it. My mouth felt like it was coated with oil and fat for at least an hour after.
I definitely prefer eating fat over drinking it.
Keeps your lips nice
Meh...I prefer lip balm. It's lower in calories.
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Even thinking of it makes my stomach and intestines cramp.4
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I like that, but not all at once. Too many calories. I use stevia, cinnamon and then I rotate through coconut oil, coconut cream and whipping cream.1
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I tried it and I didn't like how it tasted and didn't feel all that full. I just like plain coffee black better0
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This stuff is awesome. Gives me great energy! I take it as a before workout drink with 5 grams creatine monohydrate. Works and taste great!1
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Even thinking of it makes my stomach and intestines cramp.
Not only that, but there's no way I'm wasting that many calories on a cup of greasy coffee. I could eat a full breakfast on that many calories.2 -
I've had coffee with butter. It was disgusting to me. I like black coffee. That's keto right? I wouldn't waste my calories on coffee. Not a chance because....Well...Waffles.6
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annacole94 wrote: »If I'm eating butter, cream, and coconut oil, I'm not wasting it on coffee.GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Even thinking of it makes my stomach and intestines cramp.
Not only that, but there's no way I'm wasting that many calories on a cup of greasy coffee. I could eat a full breakfast on that many calories.
It is a full breakfast lol I respect those opinions.1 -
annacole94 wrote: »If I'm eating butter, cream, and coconut oil, I'm not wasting it on coffee.
how can you use the words 'waste' and 'coffee' in the same phrase?
that said, the two keto people in my barbell club got so mutually orgasmic just talking about this very thing, we wanted to shut them into a room by themselves to get on with it.
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What did I just walk into? Coffee is delicious with heavy cream and a slice of toast smeared with Kerrygold. Not sure what you plan on doing with the rest of your pantry there. BTW, you forgot the bread.1
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jennybearlv wrote: »What did I just walk into? Coffee is delicious with heavy cream and a slice of toast smeared with Kerrygold. Not sure what you plan on doing with the rest of your pantry there. BTW, you forgot the bread.
I'd sprinkle the cinnamon on the buttered toast (along with the Stevia or a little sugar) and use the coconut oil to cook up a couple eggs. 1 -
jennybearlv wrote: »What did I just walk into? Coffee is delicious with heavy cream and a slice of toast smeared with Kerrygold. Not sure what you plan on doing with the rest of your pantry there. BTW, you forgot the bread.
I'd sprinkle the cinnamon on the buttered toast (along with the Stevia or a little sugar) and use the coconut oil to cook up a couple eggs.
Now that's starting to look like my kind of brunch. I buy lard and sugar instead of coconut oil and stevia though since I'm fortunate enough to live 20 miles from a Whole Paycheck and the people that shop there.0 -
I TOTALLY LOVE IT!!!! Makes me smile to have it every morning, since my macros are 84P/87F/20C (MYM)0
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What I find interesting is that spending 1/4 of your calories on coffee and butter is seen as okay, but spending 1/4 of your calories on, say, ice cream, is often seen as the biggest dieting horror and people cry "nutrition".
I know this is a derail, and I have nothing against those who like this stuff or feel like it fits their dieting style/choice of macros, what bothers me is the the kind of disconnect where drinking butter is seen as a healthy part of the diet but eating ice cream is seen as a "cheat", an unnecessary deviation, or something that needs to be defended as a totally normal dieting practice.
Don't mind me and carry on. Mini rant over.7 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »What I find interesting is that spending 1/4 of your calories on coffee and butter is seen as okay, but spending 1/4 of your calories on, say, ice cream, is often seen as the biggest dieting horror and people cry "nutrition".
I know this is a derail, and I have nothing against those who like this stuff or feel like it fits their dieting style/choice of macros, what bothers me is the the kind of disconnect where drinking butter is seen as a healthy part of the diet but eating ice cream is seen as a "cheat", an unnecessary deviation, or something that needs to be defended as a totally normal dieting practice.
Don't mind me and carry on. Mini rant over.
Fat is fine, fat isn't the issue. If ice cream could be made without sugar, it would be fine. Sugar is one of the things that Keto focuses against. Keto is a hard mindset for many to get around, as we've been brainwashed since childhood to think fat makes you fat.0 -
And now we are being brainwashed to think sugar makes us fat. It's a vicious circle.TheopolisAmbroiseIII wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »What I find interesting is that spending 1/4 of your calories on coffee and butter is seen as okay, but spending 1/4 of your calories on, say, ice cream, is often seen as the biggest dieting horror and people cry "nutrition".
I know this is a derail, and I have nothing against those who like this stuff or feel like it fits their dieting style/choice of macros, what bothers me is the the kind of disconnect where drinking butter is seen as a healthy part of the diet but eating ice cream is seen as a "cheat", an unnecessary deviation, or something that needs to be defended as a totally normal dieting practice.
Don't mind me and carry on. Mini rant over.
Fat is fine, fat isn't the issue. If ice cream could be made without sugar, it would be fine. Sugar is one of the things that Keto focuses against. Keto is a hard mindset for many to get around, as we've been brainwashed since childhood to think fat makes you fat.4 -
TheopolisAmbroiseIII wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »What I find interesting is that spending 1/4 of your calories on coffee and butter is seen as okay, but spending 1/4 of your calories on, say, ice cream, is often seen as the biggest dieting horror and people cry "nutrition".
I know this is a derail, and I have nothing against those who like this stuff or feel like it fits their dieting style/choice of macros, what bothers me is the the kind of disconnect where drinking butter is seen as a healthy part of the diet but eating ice cream is seen as a "cheat", an unnecessary deviation, or something that needs to be defended as a totally normal dieting practice.
Don't mind me and carry on. Mini rant over.
Fat is fine, fat isn't the issue. If ice cream could be made without sugar, it would be fine. Sugar is one of the things that Keto focuses against. Keto is a hard mindset for many to get around, as we've been brainwashed since childhood to think fat makes you fat.
I understand the idea of keto and I have zero problems with it as something some people find helpful. It's also totally understandable how ice cream would not fit the keto macro breakdown. My comment was more of a general one, the prevalent stigma on certain foods but not others.2 -
If I had the time (maybe later) I would link the article that says MCT Oil is no better than plain old unrefined coconut oil, and there are less than 1 gram of carbs in a Tbsp of heavy cream and lots of fat so it's perfectly fine for Keto. The OP never said "Bulletproof" coffee, they said "Keto" coffee.
Oh, please post this article! I would love to read it! I well understand the science behind the use of MCT oil vs. unrefined coconut oil in a keto diet, so I would love to hear your argument.1
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