Coconut Coffee

What better time to share a recipe for a delicious, healthy cup of coffee than on a rainy Tuesday morning.

For a couple of months now Mitch has been making us Bulletproof Coffee
It's simply a mixture of coffee and unsalted grassfed butter.
We add our own twist to it and throw in a slab of coconut oil for both flavor and nutrients.

Word on the street is it speeds up your metabolism and greatly improves cognitive function!
Mitch has actually lost over 10lbs since he started drinking it :)

In case you're new to the health food game, let's start with the basics.

What is grassfed butter? How is it different than regular butter?
Simply put, grassfed butter is butter made out of cream that comes from cows who eat nothing but organic grass. Very simple, right? So what's the big deal?

Mass produced butter is made out of cream that comes from cow's who have an all grain/corn diet.
Cows aren't made to eat that stuff! Just try to picture it. A cow roaming through a cornfield, chowing down on the corn stalks. Uhhh, no.

Google 'Cow eating' and there will be nothing but photos like this:

Source: Google images

And this is how cow's eat corn:

Source: Google images

So which cow do you want to eat butter from?

Ok, got a little off topic. But it's very important to know and a key component to making this coffee healthy.

So let's get to it!
Here's what you'll need:

Ingredients:

• 1-2 Tablespoons Coconut Oil  preferably unrefined (Means it's straight out of the coconut, untouched by machines)
• 2 Tablespoons Ground Organic Coffee 
• 2 Tablespoons Grassfed Butter 
• 2 1/2 cups boiling water

 Tools:

• French Press 
• Blender
  
  
  This recipe will yield one mason jar full of coffee.
  
  
  

  Step 1:  Pour 2 tablespoons of organic coffee grounds into the French Press.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Step 2: Add 2 1/2 cups of boiling water. We use a tea kettle

  
  

  

  
  

  Step 3:  Let the coffee brew for 4-5 minutes. While it's brewing, begin making the coconut oil/butter mixture. Add roughly 2 tablespoons of butter and 1-2 tablespoons of coconut oil to your blender.
  Do not blend yet!
  *If you want to taste the coconut, add 2 tablespoons. If you don't, add only 1.

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  Step 4:  Pour the brewed coffee into the coconut oil/butter mixture.

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  Step 5: Blend the coffee/butter/coconut oil mixture for 1 minute

  
  

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

  
  

  
  Step 6: Pour, Serve, and enjoy your enhanced cognitive abilities :)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  If you're used to drinking sweet coffee, this taste will definitely have to be acquired.
  It isn't sweet but it's very creamy. Which kind of compensates for the lack of sugar.
  As for the coconut, it's so subtle that you hardly know it's in there. If you want more of that coconut taste simply add another spoonful of coconut oil!
  
  
  

  I know this process might seem a little daunting if you're used to pressing a button and having your coffee made for you by a machine every morning.
  But I promise, it's worth the investment in your health.
  It becomes routine after a few tries!
  Plus it helps your body burn fat all day.
  Win-Win.
  
  
  Wishing you a happy, healthy week ahead!
  We have friends from New Hampshire coming down tomorrow and I'm so excited!
  A couple days off work AND a trip to Charleston?
  Yes.