What Is A Keto Coffee?

My Two Keto Coffee Recipes

Many keto peeps are thrilled to discover that coffee, is indeed, a keto-approved drink. What’s even better, is that we can make a mean coffee that is just as good as any SAD (Standard American Diet) coffee. Perhaps you have heard of ‘Bulletproof’ coffee (also known in some circles as ‘butter coffee’)—this is basically the same thing, but not quite as strict of ingredients.

A keto coffee simply replaces the sugar and/or artificial ingredients with healthy fats and/or keto-approved sweeteners. By consuming this type of coffee instead of the SAD coffee, one can begin their day with more energy, improved mood, satiety, and improved brain function; it’s also anti-inflammatory, and promotes a healthy heart and a healthy gut.

Okay, so just so you’re aware, there are some variations, depending on who you are. Whether you’re keto or ketovore, (even some carnivores make an exception for coffee) there are different ways to enjoy what may just be the world’s favorite drink. Here is a list of possible ingredients (you wouldn’t add all of them: these are simply a list of potential elements to a keto coffee):

List of Possible Ingredients for Keto Coffee

• Your favorite coffee beans

• Your favorite instant coffee

• Heavy whipping cream (NOT milk)

• Grass-fed Butter

• Ghee

• Coconut oil

• MCT oil

• Pasture-raised egg yolk

• Unsweetened vanilla almond milk

• Unsweetened vanilla coconut milk

• Beef gelatin

• Collagen powder (from bone broth)

• Maca powder

• Monkfruit sweetener

• Stevia sweetener

• Erythritol sweetener (sugar alcohol)

• Dash of Redmond’s Real Salt

• Dash of pink Himalayan salt

• Pure vanilla extract

• Caramel extract

• Cacao powder (for a chocolaty flavor)

• Cinnamon

• Nutmeg

• Pumpkin pie spice

I have tried nearly all of these ingredients, and I did not have a bad experience with any of them, (I have not yet tried maca; if someone has tried it, please let me know your thoughts). Here are two of my favorite keto coffee recipes:

Spring’s Favorite Keto Coffee Recipes

Recipe #1 (closer to a bulletproof; heavier on the fat w/just a hint of sweetness)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Kona coffee

• 2 tbs Grass-fed butter

• 1 tbs heavy whipping cream

• ½ tsp pure vanilla extract

• Dash of Redmond’s Real Salt

• Dash or two of cinnamon

Instructions:

Put it all together and blend with an immersion blender for 30 seconds or so. It should be foamy on top. Enjoy.

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Recipe #2 (still enough fat, but quick, sweet, and caramely)

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Nescafe Taster’s Choice House Blend, instant coffee

• 1 tbs Grass-fed butter

• 2 tbs heavy whipping cream

• ½ tsp caramel extract

• Dash of Redmond’s Real Salt

• 1.5 tbs Monkfruit sweetener

Instructions:

Put it all together and blend with an immersion blender for 30 seconds or so. It should be foamy on top. Enjoy.

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As you can see, I like my coffee pretty rich. But you can play with the recipes I have here, or just create your own from the ingredients list I provided. I do variations of these recipes myself, as I like to change things up on occasion.

If you have an issue with dairy, just use ghee, or unsweetened coconut or almond milk instead; if you just want the extra fat with no sweeteners, just do coffee, add your favorite fat, and a dash of Redmond’s; if you are bold, try adding the egg yolk for fat. I tried it and was pleasantly surprised; it did not taste ‘eggy’ at all.

Get creative! I have even added pumpkin puree to my coffee, and a bit of pumpkin pie spice; it was spectacular! Heck, perhaps I will try a ‘bananas foster’ keto coffee next. Maybe it will be horrid, but maybe not.

If you need a little extra help, or an easier way to make your keto coffee at work, Jordan’s Skinny Syrups has a keto salted caramel syrup with MCT oil that’s pretty good, and not too burdensome on the pocketbook.

After I cross the bridge on the way home from Quincy, Illinois into Missouri, there is a fantastic little coffee drive-up called ‘Hebrews XI Coffee.’ They hook up a skinny frappé for me, with sugar-free chocolate syrup, heavy cream instead of milk, and they blend it. Y’all, it is FIRE! If any of you are in the area, I would highly recommend you stop by. Those Starbuck folks ain’t got nothin’ on Hebrews XI.

Just a heads up for those of you also doing daily IF (Intermittent Fasting)—any coffee that has fat in it, (i.e. butter, coconut oil, heavy cream, etc) will indeed, break your fast! Black coffee will not break your fast. As far as sweeteners go, there is a debate within the keto community over whether or not keto-approved sweeteners will break a fast, so you’ll have to use your own discernment on that one.

Personally, I keep anything sweetened within my eating window, as there is some evidence that any sweetness in your mouth will, at least somewhat, spike your blood sugar, and for me, this defeats the purpose of including IF in my keto lifestyle.

I would love to hear some of your favorite keto coffee recipes! God bless all of you on your journey to health and wholeness. Don’t just live but thrive.

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