- While foraging for lunch last week, I stumbled into a quaint gluten-free, grain-free, worry-free restaurant, built from a repurposed storage container. Looking over the menu, and debating whether I should order the quinoa or arugula salad, I noticed a peculiar offering simply called 'butter coffee.' What is that all about? I just had to know.
- The practice of putting a pat of butter in your morning drink isn't a completely new concept. In Tibet, you may be offered a cup of Tibetan tea in the morning, where the ingredients are butter, tea, and salt or black pepper. You might find it in Singapore, too, where coffee beans (usually of a lower quality) are stir-fried with butter in a wok before being strained through a filter into your cup. These morning drinks are said to provide energy throughout your day, and the same was touted about the butter coffee I was about to order — something that will not only rev up my body and mind, but keep me full all morning.
- The coffee served at this particular establishment was a take on "bulletproof coffee," a term coined by David Asprey, and a coffee recipe — with butter — that many people have adopted as part of their morning ritual. It's particularly popular among individuals on a paleo diet. I know a few people who love it, and swear by it.
- One peculiar ingredient in 'bulletproof coffee' is MCT oil, a common supplement that claims to be all-naturally from compressed oils of palms and coconut. Just like butter, it touts itself as being fuel that helps energize your body and jumpstart your metabolism.
- I'm particularly skeptical to new things, especially those using ingredients that have an acronym for the name, but I gave the butter coffee a shot. I enjoyed it.
- The butter gave an assured creaminess to the drink, the oil added a silky texture. It wasn't until the end when I got that familiar taste of butter, but it was subdued and more palatable next to something bitter like coffee. The taste lingers on your tongue for a bit, then it makes you come back for another sip.
source :
http://www.thekitchn.com
