Wellness Daily Superfood coffee
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.
About the recipe
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 to fight cancer and beat disease in a warm morning beverage.
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, is made with 100% cacao powder, a known cancer fighter and disease protector. 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!
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Ingredients
Directions
Tips
Gear, Beans, Brew, Taste: You need just the right combination of these four components to have the perfect cup of coffee. Check out all my tips below and my favorites to see what gear I prefer, what beans are my favorite, and how to brew to get the perfect taste. Remember, this is all from a non-coffee drinker (that’s me!) taking the time to learn all of this and show you what has become my favorite combination for a morning superfood boost!
My favorite pour over equipment:
I am a fan of Fellow for pour over coffee equipment and coffee grinders: https://fellowproducts.com/
One of my favorite Pour Over Brewers made by Fellow: https://fellowproducts.com/products/stagg-xf-pour-over-set?variant=39629302595684
An awesome Electric Kettle from Fellow for the perfect pour over experience and best even extraction of flavor: https://fellowproducts.com/products/stagg-ekg-pro-electric-kettle-studio-edition?variant=40743630045284
My favorite ingredients:
My favorite coffee is made by Lifeboost coffee. They make delicious, low acid, organic coffee that is freshly roasted after you place your order and ship directly to your door. Their low acid coffee is really great for people who are more sensitive to the acidity in most coffee. The organic beans promise to remove the pesticides that are prominent in typical coffee beans. Get your Lifeboost beans here: https://lifeboostcoffee.com/
They also make a Swiss water decaf coffee that is organic and lower acid that is another one of my favorites since I make my coffee half caff - 50% caffeinated beans and 50% non-caffeinated beans.
My favorite Lifeboost coffee is the dark roast beans from Africa:
https://lifeboostcoffee.com/products/lifeboost-africa-dark#
My favorite cinnamon is Simply Organic ground Ceylon Cinnamon: https://a.co/d/0Eiz8id
My favorite cocoa powder is Navitas Cacao powder organic, nonGMO: https://a.co/d/iGTquAi
My favorite green tea flavor is Pinhead Gunpowder. Green Tea Loose leaf made by Organically Positive Tea on Amazon is where I order mine. This is a strong flavor green tea that delivers a high concentration of antioxidants, which makes this coffee especially beneficial. Order green tea on Amazon: https://a.co/d/2DhnQTp
Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving
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We read on line that bananas will cancel out the goodness of the other fruits and veggies. Is this true?
-I am a fan of bananas. They get a bad rap on social media with those focused on carbs being bad and looking at continuous blood sugar monitoring. Bananas are a whole plant food loaded with soluble fiber. Soluble fiber helps us bind and delay the surge of blood sugar to improve insulin resistance and helps to keep us full AND removes cholesterol from our body. When we eat bananas as part of a meal or snack that has protein and healthy plant fats, we can get all the wins of bananas with high fiber and healthy carbs and not end up with a blood sugar spike from that meal. For athletes and those exercising regularly, bananas are a great way to fuel the body and replenish the muscle fuel glycogen. So if you are moving and eating healthy meals, bananas can be part of your diet and wellness routine. They are personally one of my favorite fast foods to eat.
Here is my problem- I am a Type I diabetic and 74 grams (in my experience- a recent diagnosis) would take a lot of short acting units of insulin 4 units for 80 grams. I’m concerned about this. Wonder is this is the program for me?
-I specialize in diabetes care and have helped hundreds of people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. There is 74 grams of total carbs in this smoothie and 23 grams of these carbs are from fiber since the ingredients are all whole plant foodsI What we teach in Dr. Cheryl Wellness is how to count carbs and focus medication dosages on NET carbs - so this smoothie as it is has 51g of net carbs and this is a full meal replacement that will keep you full for 4 hours. So if you need 1 unit of short acting insulin for every 20 grams of carbohydrate (as you noted in your comment your Rx is with type 1 diabetes), you would need 2.5 units of insulin for this full meal smoothie. I help members adapt a meal plan and wellness routine that works for them even with type 1 diabetes. People with Type 1 Diabetes, you can become insulin resistant and so it takes both food and lifestyle habits to help you become more insulin sensitive and at the same time not let you miss out one getting the healthy antioxidants you need to combat other diseases, have a healthy gut, and add more healthy years. You get these protective antioxidants from whole fruits and vegetables and too many health professionals are stripping these away from those with diabetes with the siloed focus of blood sugar and not exploring ways your body can maximize on all the benefits of whole fruits and vegetable and whole food carbohydrates, protein and fat and at the same time balance your blood sugar to optimize your insulin dosage. For you, I would suggest adding 10 more grams of protein to this smoothie in the form of 1/4 cup more of nuts or adding greek non-fat yogurt or a scoop of pea or whey protein powder if you prefer. I will work with you in my membership to find the right formula for each of your meals so you can optimize your nutrition and balance your blood sugar. I hope you sign up for my weekly email, check out my membership and listen to my weekly podcast "The Wellness Table" on your favorite podcast platform or here on the website on the podcast tab or on Youtube channel Dr Cheryl Wellness. Great to see you here.
Hello Dr. Cheryl! I would love to try this recipe, but the list of ingredients is incomplete as written. Just thought you should know!
Sorry for the delay in response. Just learning how to reply to comments on my new website. I fixed the recipe based on your catching this error and it should be great for you now. Thank you for letting me know. I hope you enjoy this delicious smoothie.
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Thanks Sandra! We love this recipe!
So glad you are enjoying this recipe. It definitely is a family favorite at my house.
Sushi is my fav!!
I love it too! You can get all your healthy foods wrapped up in a sushi roll for a delicious meal.
Love this coffee!
Great to see how to respond to your comments on my new website. Glad you enjoy the superfood coffee. A great start to your day.
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