The best I can tell, Bulletproof Coffee is a product sold by the Bulletproof Executive. It is organic and he sells it at a premium price. He recommends having the coffee with grass fed butter and MCT Oil. The premise is that a shot of fat in the morning helps address cortisol and energy issues (particularly with intermittent fasting).

I've added coconut oil to my coffee. Its pretty good, but I wouldn't want it in every cup. But then, I drink my coffee black otherwise, so I'm not trying to replace cream or sugar.

http://www.bulletproofexec.com/

The best I can tell, Bulletproof Coffee is a product sold by the Bulletproof Executive.

Upgraded coffee is a product sold by Dave Asprey aka The Bulletproof Exec. Bulletproof coffee does not have to be made with Dave's products (I don't buy his products). I use high quality shade grown coffee, Costco's coconut oil and Organic Valley's grassfed butter.

I can't praise pure MCT oil enough. The majority of people just use coconut oil, which has a relatively low % of MCT oils in it. I used to make my bulletproof coffee w/ coconut oil and butter, and it was good, but didn't find it did a lot for me. After I bought pure MCT oil, I put a TBS in my coffee, and I felt AWESOME!! It gave me so much energy, and I still love it, plus it's completely tasteless. I actually put it in other things now besides just my coffee.

As for the coffee beans, I can't afford to buy Dave's branded bulletproof coffee, which he has tested in a lab to make sure there are no mycotoxins in it (from what I understand, a by-product of a mold that grows on most coffee that is toxic to the human body?). I believe Dave does say that the coffee beans with the least chance for mycotoxins are those that are wet-processed, from a single origin (i.e. - not blended coffees), and grown at a high altitude.
Personally, I buy Cafe Altura organic colombian dark, because it meets the criteria above (high-altitiude, single origin, wet-washed), so I believe it to be fairly low in mycotoxins, though you can't be certain (which I suppose one would fork over the premium for Dave's Bulletproof coffee for the certainty)

Coffee on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000KSRTM4/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
MCT oil I use: http://www.amazon.com/NOW-Foods-100%-32-Fluid-Ounces/dp/B0019LRY8A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374691444&sr=8-1&keywords=NOW+MCT+oil

Hi asoeung, are you buying Dave Asprey's MCT Oil? It seems overpriced to me. If not, what are you buying?

Shannon, here's how I would define high quality coffee: shade grown, organic, high elevation, sun dried, wet washed. If you can find coffee beans like that in Barbados, that's the ticket. The problem with low end coffee is mycotoxins, yes, but also that they are not shade grown. Shade grown is about more than just feeling good about not burning down the rainforest. Once the rainforest is cut down, the topsoil washes away and all the really good mineral deposits are gone. So, your coffee is now missing those minerals that it had when it was shade grown.

My two cents on the topic ;-)

High quality coffee and heavy cream is a great choice as an alternative. At 60 calories of fat per tablespoon, you could easily get 180 - 240 cals of fat in you in a single cup. Add a tablespoon of cocoa (unsweetened) for the anti-oxidants .... go for it, see what happens.

Also, if you can bring your coffee up to organic, at least, you will be doing better than average.

Also, see my comments about the value of high fat meals on cortisol, energy, and fat burning. You get this value from a very high fat meal no matter what. It's just the coffee, MCT oil and grassfed butter make it even better.

Haven't made "bulletproof" coffee yet (and won't until my Whole30 is over), but I was doing a tablespoon of coconut oil in my coffee and some coconut milk and it tasted amazing and kept me full for a long time.

I love my BPC!!!!!

1 tbl of cocoa (if ya can find a good quality without alkali the better)
1 tbl of unrefined organic virgin coconut oil
1 tbl of pasture fed organic butter
1 tbl of full fat coconut milk
Sweetner to taste (I use xylitol and pure stevia powder).
10 oz of brewed coffee

I just put everything into my contigo spillproof coffee cup and shake the bajesus out of it and enjoy it while driving to work.

Is there any reason you don't use the MCT oil? And do you need to prepare your coffee in a french press, or does the good stuff come in "instant" form?

I've never tried the MCT, so I can't give ya any insights on that. I just use a good quality organic VCO. The one I get is from Whole Foods and it's the best I ever tried. And all I do is brew the coffee from my Keurig brewer and throw everything into my spillproof mug and shake away.

I always appreciate your two cents! I'll see what I can find down here. Highly unlikely, but I have a few gourmet shops I can try and see if they have. I guess right now for me it's not a must have but I was generally curious about it. I LOVE coffee but I gave it up a long time ago because I usually like my coffee with milk and sugar. I can go without the sugar, but definitely not the milk/cream.

Would it be pointless to do this without the MCT oil? I'll see if my local health stores stock this as well but I've never seen it before. Who knows though, my luck might have changed

But again, will this not benefit me if I'm not working out in the morning? Or does it not really matter?

MCT oil is essentially pure energy. The human body doesn't need to do as much work to use it as it does to use short and long chain. However, in a pinch, coconut oil is the next best thing, due to being a good source of MCTs (MCTs are rather rare in the food world, so while it's not "rich" in it, it's about as good as you can get without getting the distilled stuff), and being almost entirely saturated fat.

As for whether it will still be of use to you, yes it can be. It's not just post workout fuel. You can use it for regular breakfast, as well, even disregarding the whole IF/cortisol thing. It's a 5-hour energy, without the questionable chemicals, and with the awesome antioxidants of cocoa and coffee, and the pure fuel and vitamins in the fats.