As said, butter coffee is a drink made with three ingredients. Brewed coffee, butter, and medium-chain triglycerides (MCT’s).
The coffee in butter coffee is usually filter or brewed coffee. It doesn’t matter whether it comes from your drip machine, French Press, or a pour-over cone like the Hario V60. You can even make it with an Americano or Lungo if you are using an espresso machine.
But before we move on, lets first get some misconceptions out of the way:
Butter Coffee is not the same as Bullet Proof Coffee.
Butter Coffee is not the same as Coconut Oil Coffee.
It is loaded with flavor, keeps you full and satisfied for long, and it has a delicious light foam on top when made the right way.
Coffee infused with butter and MCT oil is very easy to make and, therefore, an excellent recipe for the aspiring barista. When you make this for friends, it will get you a lot of “wow!”-s. And it doesn’t require a lot of specialty coffee gear (like an espresso machine). In fact, my go-to coffee gear for butter coffee is a French Press (when I make more than one cup) or an Aeropress (when I only make one cup for myself). All you need beyond that is a blender. This can be a conventional blender or a simple stick blender and a high walled container.
In terms of ingredients, all you need is:
- A hot cup of coffee
- Grass-fed butter or Ghee (which is nothing more than clarified butter
- MCT Oil or coconut oil
To simplify this recipe even further, you could also get a coffee booster. Coffee booster has all ingredients, except the coffee, pre-mixed, and ready to go. No hassle.
You can get could quality ingredients online. Usually against much lower prices than at your local health store or organic grocery. And you don’t have to punt on your pants.
These are my favorites: