If you know me, you know I’m a big smoothie fan, but sometimes when it’s cooler outside I crave a warm mug in my hands.
I didn’t want to trade in all of the nutritional benefits of my usual morning Super Smoothie for that warm drink, so I created this Superfood Coffee.
This drink is so delicious that even non-coffee drinkers will crave it. Plus it’s packed with antioxidants (not sure why that’s awesome, check out this blog).
Not to mention, this drink is calorie-free if you make it with 100% cacao powder. There is no sugar or milk in this rich flavored beverage packed with natural ingredients that are loaded with healing nutrients.
Wanting to make my Superfood Coffee perfectly at home, I started my search for the best, healthiest brew with the great flavor. I needed just the right equipment and wanted the full experience of grinding my beans fresh each day. I ordered a very simple grinder that allows me to get just the right grind for the brewing of this drink.
Typically, coffee irritates my stomach, so I wanted to find beans that were fresh roasted, organic grown so I wasn’t adding more pesticides to my diet, and beans that were low acid.
Check out the links below for the equipment, coffee beans and seasonings that I chose for my kitchen and morning coffee. I’ve researched and found the best of the best!
There’s many ways to brew coffee, so for this Superfood Coffee I researched what would be the best for the taste, my health, and lowering the acidity of the drink. I landed on the pour over brewing method. This healthy brewing process, if done correctly, meets all of my requirements for the best brewing experience.
Not only does pour over allow me to brew coffee well, I can steep the green tea with the coffee grounds together. The pour over method is also one of the fastest and most economical methods to make great coffee. You can create coffee that is soft and well balanced with just the right flavor.
The key to the perfect cup is great quality beans freshly ground to a medium fine grind and water at 205 degrees F. The rate and speed that the water passes over the coffee grounds matters too.
Too fast and the coffee will taste sour and watery and too slow of a pour will create over extraction of the coffee and taste very acidic. When you get the right pour over equipment with a flat bottom funnel for brewing just right, you will enjoy fresh tasting coffee that is clear, no sediment, lower natural oils, low cost, and faster brewing time.
Your Superfood Coffee can be a warm morning beverage or poured over a large glass full of ice to turn it into an Iced Superfood Coffee. Whichever way you choose to enjoy it, you can feel good knowing your body was just supercharged with healing antioxidants that reduce inflammation in the body with a delicious, naturally calorie free beverage.
Here’s what’s inside my Superfood Coffee:
Pour over coffee
Loose-leaf green tea
Cinnamon
Cocoa
Links to all my favorite tools & ingredients are below!
