Protein and real coffee in one product? What’s not to love! Coffee is a staple in many bodybuilders’ diets (for some of us, it’s practically a food group all of its own). So the idea of real coffee, mixed with protein powder, in a tailor-made blend\u2026. intriguing.<\/p>\n
As a card-carrying coffee aficionado, I admit I was excited but sceptical about the idea of a protein coffee<\/a> blend. Surely the coffee chosen wouldn’t be all that great? What about mixability: wouldn’t it be clumpy? And let’s not forget the purpose of protein coffee: how would the protein fare in hot water?<\/p>\n What is protein coffee?<\/a><\/p>\n All my concerns were quickly put to rest: the coffee used in BULK POWDERS\u2122 Complete Protein Coffee\u2122 is real Columbian coffee, on a par with the premium instant coffee you might already have in your kitchen cupboard. Sure, it’s not freshly ground, homemade espresso, but then that’s not what I expected. I knew it would be instant, but was worried about taste and quality.<\/p>\n The verdict? Tastes great! As good as any instant coffee I’ve had, and better than a lot of them!<\/p>\n What about mixability? How can you pour boiling water onto whey protein<\/a> and expect it to mix smoothly without any kind of blender or shaker? BULK POWDERS\u2122 use heat-stable Hydrolysed Whey Protein Isolate<\/a> (WPI) which has been specifically developed to mix up perfectly with boiling water: no clumping or separating. It truly does just mix up into a smooth cup (and the white coffee version looks just like regular white coffee). The addition of a small amount of MCTs help create a slightly creamy taste and mouthfeel.<\/p>\n The verdict? Mixes perfectly, no shaker or blender required. Just make it like a cup of instant coffee.<\/p>\n Lastly, doesn’t pouring boiling water on to whey isolate defeat the object? Not at all. The hydrolysed WPI used in this product is heat-stable and neither the protein levels nor amino acid content is affected by heat.<\/p>\n The bottom line is that nothing will convince me to give up my carefully-chosen choice of espresso grounds, but I don’t drink espresso for the same reason that I’d use this Protein Coffee. As a pre-workout, blending caffeine (in its tastiest form) and a quick blast of whey isolate, this product is not just unique, it’s brilliant. Nice work, BULK POWDERS\u2122! I’ll happily keep a bag of it alongside my various bags of espresso grounds. After all, you can never have too much coffee\u2026 right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Protein and real coffee in one product? What’s not to love! Coffee is a staple in many bodybuilders’ diets (for some of us, it’s practically a food group all of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[351,353],"tags":[323,425],"class_list":["post-4368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-supplements","tag-protein-coffee","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4368"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24945,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4368\/revisions\/24945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulk.com\/uk\/the-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}As good as any instant coffee I’ve had<\/h3>\n
Developed to mix up perfectly with boiling water<\/h3>\n
I’ll happily keep a bag of it alongside my various bags of espresso grounds<\/h3>\n