What is ghee coffee and is it actually good for you?

Thanks to wellness culture, the internet has seen a number of diet and food trends come and go—Keto, Paleo, kale, tiger nuts, bone broth, among others . Even our once sacred tea and coffee rituals have seen a rebrand, with matcha tea replacing regular tea bags and, now, clarified butter or ghee going in coffee. Health enthusiasts and multiple celebrities swear by bulletproof coffee, a concoction also known as butter coffee.

For those unaware, bulletproof coffee was invented by American entrepreneur, author and “biohacker” Dave Asprey around 2009 as part of the bulletproof diet, which involves high quantities of protein and fat. Asprey came up with the idea for bulletproof coffee after a “transformative experience” he had when he tried yak butter tea on a trip to Tibet. Bulletproof coffee or ghee coffee is essentially coffee to which one has added organic, grass-fed butter or ghee, and MCT oil extracted from coconut oil.

This recipe is claimed to provide “the synergistic benefits of sustained energy, increased satiety, metabolism support and support to cognitive function”. Multiple Indian nutritionists and celebrities have been posting “ghee coffee” and “ghee tea” on their social media this year, calling it an “old Ayurveda recipe” or a drink they had grown up drinking. They drink a simplified version of the bulletproof coffee recipe, adding only a spoonful of ghee to their drink.

Indian influencer Prerna Nigam shared the recipe on her Instagram and c.