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Iced Bulletproof® Coffee

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I did it…I DID IT!!! I made an Iced Bulletproof® Coffee!!! If you don’t know what a  Bulletproof® Coffee is then go read this post right now and check out the Bulletproof Executive website. This is my adaption of the Bulletproof® recipe.

The first time I tried to make this was a complete fail. What was I thinking throwing butter into the blender with ice?!! What a sticky mess! However, I found the key!

I live in Florida and the thought of a hot coffee in the afternoon just makes me start sweating. So, I wanted to try to make an iced Bulletproof® because I love my Bulletproof® and sometimes I just need that mid-afternoon pick-me-up. Sometimes, I just need the extra fat too in the afternoons. Whatever your case may be, you NEED to try this!!!

Iced  Bulletproof® Coffee

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Step 1: In the morning when you are making your coffee, make about 2-3 cups extra and make it a little stronger. Add an extra scoop or two of coffee.

Step 2: When the coffee is ready grab a mason jar and pour 2-3 cups of coffee into it. (Make your morning Bulletproof® at the same time.)

Step 3: Put (at least) 2TB of Kerrygold butter into the mason jar and 1-2 TB of MCT Oil . This mason jar coffee is going to be your Iced Bulletproof. Blend until frothy with a stick blender. If you don’t have a stick blender you can do this in a blender.

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Step 4: Stick your mason jar coffee in the fridge for later or put a lid on it and bring it to work for later.

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Step 5: When you need your mid-afternoon coffee pick-me-up, pour your mason jar coffee over crushed iced (or regular ice).

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Step 6: Enjoy your fatty coffee and the buzz!

***This method worked for me because I had already emulsified the butter with the hot coffee in the morning. Once it cooled, it didn’t not chunk up. There may be tiny, tiny pieces that stick to the side of your jar or cup, but you will not taste any chunky butter.***

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(*‘Upgraded™ and Bulletproof® are trademarks/service marks of Better Baby LLC’*)

 

GIVEAWAY: 3 Bags of Bulletproof Upgraded Coffee! CLOSED

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I am so excited about this giveaway…I’m kind of jealous too and *may* just throw my name in the hat! Just kidding! This is for all of you! So, if you have been around my blog or Facebook page for a while you probably have seen me talking about how much I ABSOfreakinLUTELY love my Bulletproof coffee in the morning. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, go read my post here on when I first put butter in my coffee and made my first Bulletproof coffee!

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It’s unbelievable…it’s satiating…it’s better than any coffee you will ever buy. Anywhere! I wrote the makers and writers of the Bulletproof coffee website and told them how much I loved it and they offered to sponsor a giveaway of (3) 12oz bags of their Upgraded Coffee!!! Wooohoooooooo!

So, what is Upgraded Coffee?

“Bulletproof® Upgraded™ Coffee is the result of an obsessive pursuit to engineer the absolute highest performance coffee beans on earth. It’s taken more than 10 years to identify every step of performance-robbing toxin formation in coffee and to create a reliable, perfect source of beans that always makes you feel great – even though “normal” coffee gives people headaches, jitters, and crankiness. Bulletproof® Upgraded™ Coffee makes you feel noticeably better than any other coffee. You’ll never go back to Starbucks again. These beans are meant for drinking black or best of all, for making Bulletproof Coffee with grass fed butter.” (- Bulletproof website)

It’s like a friggin science to get the best coffee beans and Upgraded Coffee has nailed it. Not only are the beans organic, but they are harvested at a high altitude, and then processed immediately to avoid chance of fermentation.

Ok, who wants them? Here’s how to enter:

  1. Subscribe to Bulletproof’s blog and The Paleo Mama’s blog. Leave a comment saying you did (or do already).
  2. Follow Bulletproof Executive  and The Paleo Mama on Facebook. Leave a separate comment saying you did (or do already).
  3. Share this post! You can share it once a day till the giveaway ends. Come back and say you shared it (each time).

That’s it! You have the chance of leaving 3 SEPARATE comments with bonus entries everyday you share this.

Giveaway ends: Monday, February 25,2013 at 9pm. I will use a WordPress plugin, “And the winner is” to choose a comment at random. Good luck!

 

I Just Put Butter in My Coffee

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I’ve been hearing rumors about people putting butter in their coffee. Supposedly, this is called a Bulletproof Coffee. Why on earth would someone want to put butter in their coffee??? Well, if you have been around the “Paleo World” for long, you know that we aren’t scared of fat. In fact, we know that our bodies thrive on fat. And, butter is, essentially, cream all churned up, so why be scared?

I took the plunge! And I must say, IT IS UN-friggin-BELIEVABLE! It came out frothy, smooth, and filling! I love my coffee in the morning, in fact, it’s one thing I have always said I will never give up. I’ve given up enough in my life…my coffee is staying!

I used this recipe but I didn’t have any of the MCT Oil. I know some people use coconut oil as a substitute.

Ingredients:

(at least) 2 TB of unsalted Kerrigold Butter or other unsalted, high quality butter.

1-2 TB of MCT oil or coconut oil

2 cups of High Quality Coffee

5 Steps:

1- Make coffee as you normally would.

2- Preheat your blender by putting hot water in it while you make the coffee. I didn’t do this because I used a stick blender.

3- Empty hot water from the now pre-heated blender and add the brewed coffee, butter, and MCT oil. Blend until there is a thick layer of foam on top like a latte. A Blend-tec or Vitamix blender will do it quickly, a normal countertop blender takes longer, and a handblender works ok if you don’t have a real blender.

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4- (optional) Add cinnamon, vanilla, dark chocolate, or a sweetener like Stevia, erythritol, or xylitol (this is technically a sacrilege if you use awesome beans, but some people love their mocha…)

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5- Put on a satisfied look and enjoy the high performance buzz from your creamy mug of Bulletproof Coffee as you watch your chubby, tired coworkers eat low-fat yogurt and twigs for breakfast. It’s almost unfair.

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