Quick Coffee and Olive Oil question

(Sam) #1

Hello friends,

Not a fan of coconut oil, haven’t tried MCT, but I LOVE EVOO. I see people talk about butter and Coconut oil and MCT in coffee, but haven’t seen anyone promoting (or saying no) to olive oil in coffee. Any thoughts?

Best,
Sam

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #2

Try it and let us know.

(Full Metal KETO AF) #3

If you don’t want to deal with blending like me you can pour it in a mason jar, put the lid on and shake the hell out of it until it gets foamy. Try it with butter. I have even done it with 5oz. of espresso, 20g. MCT and 10g. of bacon grease. Pretty tasty! I much prefer MCT to coconut oil which I feel overpowers coffee flavor.

I don’t drink these daily, but sometimes if I am burning out on energy and straight espresso doesn’t seem like it would be enough. Or when I do a Fat Fast which I have experimented with recently. :cowboy_hat_face:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #5

I would expect the taste of the oil to conflict with the taste of the coffee. When I switched to making popcorn with olive oil (this was years ago), I noticed a distinct taste from the olive oil. After quite a while, I came to like the taste of popcorn made that way, so you might eventually come to like olive-oil coffee, too. I definitely would not try this with tea, BTW.

Personally, the thought of adulterating perfectly delicious black coffee makes me shudder. (Full disclosure: I did try putting heavy cream in my coffee, under the influence of these forums. The result was not actually terrible; I simply don’t see the point.) Why not save the olive oil for making mayonnaise or salad dressing?

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #6

@PaulL My reason is simple and utilitarian. If I’m going to drink as much coffee every day as I do (and I am going to!), then it might as well contribute to my overall nutrition for the day. Yes, coffee and caffeine contain a number of healthy and beneficial micro nutrients, which is why I tell everyone to drink coffee to their health. But coffee contains little in the way of macros. So I add ingredients that through trial and error I have determined enhance both the flavour of the coffee and each other to my macro ratios. I am very happy with the result and consider it a worthy beverage. No, not ‘pure’ coffee; but it’s also not an adulteration in my opinion. Coffee is a great and wonderful vehicle for experimentation.:coffee:

PS: I didn’t want to discourage @Sambeaux64 with his experiment. Carry on, Sam! But I agree with you that olive oil will pretty much destroy the coffee. On the other hand, maybe Sam will come up with a coffee flavoured olive oil we’ll all have to try at least once. :slightly_smiling_face:

(Robert C) #7

A general issue with Olive Oil is that it is sometimes fake or misrepresented.
Essentially, if you paid a low to moderate price - likely fake.
If you paid a high price - still might be fake.

(Allie) #8

Tried it once, it was vile.

(Doing a Mediterranean Keto) #9

Like @PaulL I do not see the point, unless one hates coffee (but then, why drink coffee anyway?).

Coffee with oil (any kind of oil) seems somewhat disgusting. And why not saving oil for other wonderful dishes made with oil, like mahonaisse (maonesa is from Maó, Balearic Islands, and not from Mayon, France!) or raw cod?

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #10

You are free to drink coffee any way you please. One need not hate coffee to drink it otherwise.

That’s your problem.

(Doing a Mediterranean Keto) #11

I think here there is a cultural difference between European Mediterraneans and Americans.

From my experience with Americans, American culture considers as good to mix ingredients, on top of well-established recipes. Typical examples are the wide variety of American pizzas (when most Italians eat simple Margharittas) or coffee shops with lots of combinations (when in the Mediterranean, there is only the possibility of an espresso coffee, or coffee with a bit of milk).

In the Mediterranean, typical culture keeps traditional food without “experimenting”. For this reason, I find disgusting to add oil to coffee, since this is spoiling a good product (coffee).

But of course, anybody can do as they please. In the end, it is good there are different cultures with different attitudes to food. About this issue, coffee with oil, I am happy to remain with my own culture.

(Diane) #12

Caveat, I don’t drink coffee. You might try adding an egg or egg yolk to your coffee and blending it. I’ve done this with chicken broth.