How to Make Butter Coffee Fast!
Butter coffee is a delicious way to support a higher-fat, lower-carb diet. It keeps you satisfied and won’t break your intermittent fast. This easy Butter Coffee Recipe is the perfect low-carb beverage for long-lasting energy.
Coffee for Intermittent Fasting
Butter coffee is a high-fat, low-carb drink that is essentially hot coffee blended with butter or another healthy fat such as coconut oil. Butter coffee generally has between 150-300 calories per serving, depending on how much fat you add.
The benefit of butter coffee is that it has no carbs or sugar. If you are practicing intermittent fasting or a ketogenic diet, then butter coffee is a way to help extend your fast without raising your blood sugar enough to break your fast.
It should be noted, however, that there are no long-term studies on the risks or benefits of drinking butter coffee. But, studies do seem to agree that moderate consumption of coffee imparts numerous health benefits.
Coffee can also help with weight loss! See my whole article about the best coffee for weight loss.
Butter coffee promises to provide sustained energy and increased mental clarity due to the caffeine and medium chain triglycerides from the butter.
Butter Coffee Recipe Steps
Step One: Start With Cold Press or Brewed Coffee
To make this recipe for butter coffee, start with two cups of cold brew organic coffee or regular brewed black coffee (see my list of the best organic coffee brands).
If you start with cold brew coffee, you’ll need to heat the coffee before you blend it with the butter.
Step Two: Combine the Coffee & Butter in a High-Speed Blender
Next, combine your hot coffee with 1-2 tablespoons of grass-fed butter in a high-speed blender like a Blendtec or a Vitamix.
You can use a regular blender or a battery-powered whisker, but you’ll get the optimal froth in your butter coffee by using a high-speed blender.
Step Three: Add MCT Oil or Coconut Oil
Before you blend your butter coffee, you can also add ingredients including MCT oil (you can use coconut oil if you prefer) for medium-chain triglycerides and some unflavored collagen protein powder.
Quite honestly, I think the MCT oil is optional with your cup of coffee if you’re going to eat breakfast, but MCT oil in coffee may help increase blood ketone levels if you’re fasting. Caffeine in coffee plus MCT oil also increases ketone bodies.
The collagen peptides are also optional, and may break your fast due to the protein content (learn more about collagen protein). But, adding protein to your keto butter coffee is a great option for women or anyone who needs more protein early in the day (see my Protein Coffee recipe).
Other nutritious optional add-ins ingredients you can include your butter coffee include an egg yolk, cacao nibs, or ground cinnamon. Try to avoid artificial sweeteners or added sugars (see my list of the best natural sugar substitutes).
Step Four: Blend and Enjoy!
The final step for this butter coffee recipe is to blend it all together for about 10-15 seconds, or until everything is combined and a froth has formed. Serve hot and enjoy!
Note: always be cautious when blending hot liquids. It’s a good idea to not overfill the blender and to put a towel over the top in case any of the liquid leaks out while blending.
This recipe gets made fast! If you use cold-press coffee you’ve prepared the night before, you literally only need 5 minutes from start to finish (more like 2 minutes).
Potential Benefits of Butter Coffee
1. Nutrition
First off, using grass-fed butter provides a good source of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), butyrate, vitamin A, and vitamin K. Butter also has healthy fatty acids including butyric acid.
Friends with dairy sensitivities can always use ghee, by the way. People on a vegan diet can use coconut butter or coconut oil.
My butter coffee recipe has approximately:
- 150 calories
- 11 grams of fat
- 0 grams of carbohydrates
- and 11 grams of protein (from the collagen)
Since butter coffee is full of healthy fats with no sugar, it can help with a sugar detox diet.
2. It makes you feel good
Another reason to try starting your day with butter coffee is because it can make you feel good mentally and physically.
If regular coffee is too strong for you, you can also use decaf coffee or black tea. If you are on a low-histamine diet, you can even use herbal tea to make your butter drink.
3. It assists with intermittent fasting
Lastly, butter coffee can displace or delay breakfast, allowing for intermittent fasting or aiding with nutritional ketosis.
But, before you try intermittent fasting, you should definitely check with your doctor first, especially if you are a pre-menopausal woman (learn more about the potential risks of fasting for women).
You might also want to check out this article on how to reduce estrogen dominance if you are having hormonal imbalances.
Recipe Tips & Substitutions
- Use ghee instead of butter if you have a dairy sensitivity.
- Always be cautious when blending hot liquids. It’s a good idea to not overfill the blender and to put a towel over the top in case any of the liquid leaks out while blending.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, absolutely! You will get the most amount of foam with a high-speed blender, but you can use a whisk, milk frother, or regular blender to make this keto coffee recipe.
If you can’t tolerate dairy or don’t consume dairy for ethical reasons, you can use coconut milk or a sugar-free vegan coffee creamer instead of butter. Don’t use any heavy cream, but you can use almond milk instead.
Yes, but you’ll need to cool it down and serve it with ice. See my Iced Coffee Recipe.
The recipe for butter coffee, or bulletproof coffee, is attributed to Dave Asprey who had yak butter tea on a trip and was inspired. For the Dave Asprey bulletproof coffee recipe, you should include both butter and brain octane oil (his branded version of MCT oil) and no sugar.
Dave is the creator of the bulletproof diet which aim to assist with weight loss and brain function while boosting cognitive function with a diet with high fat content and low in net carbs. He also places an emphasis on high-quality ingredients.
You can use either, but salted butter will have the best flavor.
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How to Make Butter Coffee
Butter coffee is a delicious way to support a higher-fat, lower-carb diet. It keeps you satisfied and won’t break your intermittent fast. This easy recipe is the perfect low-carb beverage.
- Total Time: 6 minutes
- Yield: 1 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups brewed hot coffee from organic beans
- 1 tablespoon grass-fed butter or ghee
- 1 teaspoon MCT oil or Brain Octane oil (optional, depends on whether or not you’re fasting)
- 1 scoop collagen protein
Instructions
- Combine coffee, butter, MCT oil, and collagen protein in the base of a high-speed blender. Place the lid on tightly.*
- Blend for 10-15 seconds and serve hot.
Notes
- Use ghee if you have a dairy sensitivity.
- *Always be cautious when blending hot liquids. It’s a good idea to not overfill the blender and to put a towel over the top in case any of the liquid leaks out while blending.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 minute
- Category: Beverage
- Method: Blender
- Cuisine: Keto
- Diet: Gluten Free
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 148
- Sugar: 0
- Sodium: 41
- Fat: 11.5
- Carbohydrates: 0
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 11.2
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Can you use almond milk & can you add any sweetener to it like organic honey or pine pollen ? And Elixir supreme extract powder, pure Raw unpasteurised living honey , or organic Rapadura hand crafted wholefood sugar ,
The reason why I’m askin is for people out there with fibromyalgia & autoimmune condition especially conditions like fibromyalgia, M.E, Lupus , and such a like some can show up as having Gluten problems but not all gluten does it mine is just bread Rice , pasta & flour, but I’m not intolerant when they do the tests ,
It’s down to my flare ups with fibromyalgia,
Plus it can do the same with dairy mines more milk then butter & cheeses thank good cos I love so this is very interesting to me cos I was already doing coffee & coconut oil raw cold pressed organic oil , & Gee grass feed from India with out knowing all this I use it as a boost for my low energy not for dieting cos diets are just fads lose weight but cutting out the things that don’t agree with your body & what’s actually poisoning your body to store rather then let go & think thin no fat cos signals to your brain can shock you into store mode also your first drink of the day should be warm or hot & at night before bed not cold cos cold shocks your body into store mode I know this cos the above I’ve done amongst cutting a few thins out I’ve gon from a 42 waist back down to between 34/36 so it works but the above I use but is it ok ? Cheers very interesting article jb x
I’ve been doing this fora year without realizing it had a recipe/name.
I recently stopped using collagen since it was worsening my depression, stemming from the abscense of Tryptophan.
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I admit that I loved the flavor and texture of what was left of the coffee after the blender exploded all over the kitchen, but blending hot coffee is a terrible idea! Any suggestions on how to make this recipe safely? I assume that cooling the coffee before blending and then reheating will cause it to lose the frothy texture 🙁
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You do have to be careful blending hot foods, but it is a common technique. I recommend putting a towel over the top of the blender just to be safe.
Hi Carrie!
Is there a healthy keto-friendly way to sweeten this coffee recipe? I usually put splenda or equal in my coffee and I want to get away from all the fake (and added) sugars. Just curious if you had any advice! Thanks!
Also, can you make this the night before and put it in the fridge and heat it up the next day? Does it lose any nutrients in doing that? Just thinking about hectic mornings and how to save time 🙂
yes, you can absolutely do that! I don’t think you would lose much. Great time-saving hack!
Hi Leslie, you might like my article about the best sugar substitutes: https://www.cleaneatingkitchen.com/10-best-sugar-substitutes/. My personal keto-friendly choices would be erythritol or monk fruit.
Hi! I like your recipes! Can’t wait to try this one. Thank you for the share!
I’ve been drinking butter coffee for over six months now and I love it. Your recipe sounds great especially with the added collagen protein in it (gonna give it a try). Butter coffee works wonders for me since I have type 1 diabetes. It boosts my energy, brain function and curbs my appetite. Thanks, Kenny 🙂
That’s such great news, Kenny! I’m so glad you’re doing well.
Hey, Thank you for coffee recipe, I really really like the way you explained it, Me and my family this coffee so i’m going to try this one in upcoming weekend where we set together once in a week so this will be amazing
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I never tasted butter coffee, but I simply have to give it a try already!
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