Nut butter coffee is exactly what it sounds like, and nothing like what you're picturing.
It is specialty coffee blended with real, whole nut butter — peanut, almond, hazelnut, pecan — emulsified directly into the drink. Not almond milk. Not a flavored syrup. Actual nut butter, stone-ground from roasted nuts, whisked into espresso and steamed oat mylk until it becomes something silkier than a latte and more substantial than either ingredient alone.
BUDDY BUDDY invented the category in Brussels in 2020, when we opened the world's first nut butter coffee bar. Today we serve it in Brussels, Paris, and New York, and we remain the reference for what the drink should taste like.
How is it different from a latte with almond milk?
Nut milks are mostly water — typically over 90%. They lighten coffee; they don't change it. Nut butter is the whole nut: the fats, the proteins, the roasted depth. A spoonful of peanut butter emulsified into espresso gives the drink body, natural sweetness, and a savory roundness that no milk — dairy or plant — can produce. The texture lands somewhere between a flat white and a milkshake, without the sugar of either.
What does nut butter coffee taste like?
Our signature drink, Le Buddy, blends peanut butter, oat mylk, espresso, and raw cacao. It tastes like the moment a peanut butter cup meets a proper flat white: roasted, slightly sweet, faintly chocolatey, with the espresso cutting through the richness. Every nut changes the drink. Hazelnut leans praline. Almond leans clean and toasty. Pecan leans dessert.
Is it healthy?
It's real food. Our nut butters are organic, stone-ground in our Brussels atelier in small batches, with no palm oil, no refined sugar, and no emulsifiers — the ingredient list is nuts, and occasionally dates, cacao, or spices. The fats are the naturally occurring fats of the nut. Blended with oat mylk and espresso, a nut butter coffee is closer to a small breakfast than to a syrup-based coffee drink.
Can you make it at home?
Yes — the only equipment you need is a way to make espresso (or strong coffee) and something to blend with. The method matters more than the gear: nut butter needs agitation to emulsify rather than sink. Every jar we sell is the same nut butter we use behind the bar.
Where can you try it?
At our coffee bars in Brussels and Paris — where it all began — and in New York (340 Bowery, NoHo). Or shop our nut butters and make it at home.
FAQ
Who invented nut butter coffee? BUDDY BUDDY, in Brussels, in 2020 — the world's first nut butter coffee bar.
Is nut butter coffee vegan? Yes. Our drinks are made with oat mylk and our nut butters contain no animal products.
Does the nut butter dissolve? It emulsifies. Properly blended, it doesn't sink or separate — it becomes the texture of the drink.
Is it the same as bulletproof coffee? No. Bulletproof coffee is coffee with added butter or MCT oil for a keto context. Nut butter coffee is about the roasted flavor and texture of whole nuts, not a diet protocol.