I am not a fan of our Keurig. At first it was cool to have all the different flavors and to be able to make just one cup. We bought the tray to put underneath to store the K-cups.  We bought the counter-top lazy-susan, and bought all sorts of different flavors – we bought, we bought, we bought!

We were spending a fortune on K-cups, buying several boxes each week.  It seemed like Karen and I each had 3 or 4 cups per day, because on the medium setting the machine only produced a 1/2 cup of coffee, and it really didn’t taste all that good.  I was also concerned about all of the potential chemicals we were consuming. So, the Keurig coffee was convenient, but it was expensive, didn’t taste all that good, and I was concerned about all the chemicals.

So, I started reading about how people were putting butter and coconut oil in their coffee, and I began to experiment.  I had to dust off the old, regular, coffee maker, and I bought of bag of good, organic coffee and I ground it right at the store.  I enjoyed the process of choosing the coffee and grinding it, much more than just buying a box of K-cups.  Incidentally, the bag of organic coffee was much cheaper and lasted a lot longer than a box of K-cups.

I then bought some organic, grass-fed, butter, and coconut oil, and proceeded to make my first pot.  I brewed my coffee.  The house smelled wonderful. And then I mixed in some butter and coconut oil, stirred it up, and took my cup for a taste drive.

What I had created was a cup of greasy coffee, and while it wasn’t bad, it wasn’t really great.

That’s when I read about the importance of blending, not stirring.  It turns out that if you put the coffee, butter, coconut oil mixture in a blender, that’s when you enjoy your rich, creamy, frothy brew.  Blending was essential.

A few years ago, my sister gave me a Christmas present that I thought was pretty worthless at the time.  It was a Cuisinart infusion blender.  Do you know what that is?  It’s sort of a blender on the end of a stick.  I thought it was going to be like my Hamilton Beach malt maker I had in college, but once I actually learned what it did, I found it to be very useful.  In short, I love the thing, and it really demonstrates its value in blending my morning coffee.  The alternative is to just put the brewed coffee in the blender to appropriately mix the coffee, butter, and coconut oil.

So, now, every morning I look forward to making our morning coffee.  There’s something to be said for going through the process and putting in a little effort.  It’s also healthier.

I don’t think that there is anything unhealthy about  having a few cups of coffee every day. If there’s anything to be concerned about, it’s not the coffee, but the pesticides, the artificial sweeteners and artificial flavorings.  There is also nothing wrong with a spoonful of coconut oil or REAL butter every day.  In fact, there’s a lot RIGHT about both extremely healthy fats.

Health Benefits of Real Butter

You should consider consuming good, grass-fed, preferably un-pasturized, butter every day…..and adding it to your coffee, instead of a piece of toast or baked potato is a smart way to do it.  Good butter, from grass fed cows:

• contains the fat soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K2.
• contains minerals
• contains essential fatty acids, and provides a perfect balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
• could help to protect you against certain cancers and gastrointestinal infections

Health Benefits of Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is tremendously healthy. It IS a highly saturated fat, but you need to know that much of what you have been led to believe about fats, even saturated fats, is false.  The saturated fat in coconut oil is very good for you. Coconut oil is believed to:

• increase energy and burn fat
• its a natural anti-bacterial, viral, and fungal
• it suppresses the appetite
• may improve cholesterol and reduce risk of heart disease
• improves quality of skin

Again, both of these fats could have significant benefits when consumed daily, or at least on a regular basis.  Neither is easy to consume without combining with starch or carbohydrate (potatoes and bread), so, by blending them into your morning coffee, you get all of the healthy benefits without the negative consequences of the potato and bread.

So, there you are.  That’s how to make the perfect cup of coffee in the morning.  I suspect that if you give it a try and master it, you’ll sell your Keurig on Craigslist.  By the way, I GET that you can use your own  coffee with a Keurig, and that’s a good thing.