日本新发明:咖啡奶油

Combining coffee and butter is not totally new - a couple of years ago, 'bulletproof coffee' (essentially coffee with a knob of butter and a dash of oiled mixed in) became all the rage due to its apparent ability to keep you full.

把咖啡和奶油搭配在一起已经不新鲜了，几年前"防弹咖啡"（实际就是咖啡和一些奶油再加少许油混合在一起）因能让人保持饱腹感而风靡一时。

But some people need more than a liquid breakfast. And for them a coffee alone to start the day simply won't do.

但是有些人需要的不只是一份液体早餐。他们不可能仅用一杯咖啡来开始一天。

Breakfast and coffee lovers may now have reason to rejoice thanks to a new food product: coffee butter.

早餐和咖啡达人们现在有理由高兴了，因为出现了新食品--咖啡奶油。

The ingenious concoction is soon to hit supermarket shelves in Japan and could go down a treat with those of us who like to break the fast with caffeine and carbs.

这个神奇的食物马上就要在日本的超市上架了，对于我们这种喜欢早饭有咖啡因和碳水化合物的人来说是个好消息。

Judging from the picture, the coffee butter looks like more of a whipped spread, and could seemingly be eaten on toast, bread, croissants, pancakes, waffles, cakes and more.

从这张图来看，咖啡奶油很容易涂抹，可以搭配吐司，面包，牛角包，煎饼，蛋糕等。

In Japan, butter-like spreads are often called 'soft', so the new product is being called Snow Brand Coffee Soft.

在日本，黄油涂抹酱通常被称为"软奶油"，所以这个新品被称为雪印咖啡软奶油。

The caffeinated spread is set to launch on 1 March to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Megmilk Snow Brand company's coffee drink.

3月1日推出这款含咖啡因的奶油是为了庆祝雪印乳业公司推出咖啡饮料55周年纪念。

Megmilk Snow Brand Company is one of Japan's biggest dairy companies, and they state on their website that the new butter has the same flavour and spread as their classic coffee drink, which is one of the most popular beverages in Japan.

雪印乳业是日本最大的乳制品企业之一，他们在网站上声称这款新品奶油有日本最流行的饮料，并且和他们的经典咖啡一样香味醇厚。

Presumably sweeter than straight-up coffee, the butter could be a delicious way for coffee fans to get their morning boost - how much energy it will actually deliver remains to be seen though.

这款奶油可能比去冰咖啡更甜一些，对于咖啡粉们来说这样早上会变得更好--不过，咖啡奶油能提供多少能量还有待观察。

The butter will apparently have "sweet and mellow milky undertones," so presumably won't be an aggressive coffee hit.

很明显，这款奶油的特性是"甜美而柔和的"，因此它不会是太有侵略性的咖啡。

It's due to go on sale for 230 yen or ?1.64 per pack, so quite the bargain too.

一包卖230日元或者1.64英镑，还挺便宜的。