Mixing hot drinks with protein powder

I was paying attention when y'all told me that you have to mix the protein powder with a little bit of cold or room temperature water before you add ho****er. But I made a hot coffee drink yesterday, and even though I mixed it to a smooth paste with cool water first, after I added the ho****er it kinda formed these blobs of congealed goo. Ick! How do I prevent that?

I drink no sugar added hot chocolate with chocolate protein powder all the time and don't have any problems. I also drink Pam T's protein chai tea everyday without a problem.
 
I add my dry ingrediants to my cup and put enough room temperature water in it to make it liquidy (not a paste) then I add a little of the ho****er at first and stir then add the rest. If I add cold or hot liquids into the powder it causes it to clump so I always use room temperature at first. I hope this helps. Debi

Like Pam T's site says if it's like an automatic coffee maker the force of the water coming in seems to keep it from clumping, if you just pour it in it will clump.  Stir constantly as you pour it in.  Good luck.

What brand of protein powder are you using?  Some brands are "heat stable" and some aren't.  If they are not heat stable, you shouldn't mix them with anything hotter than 130 degrees.

Kelly

Did you add the ho****er SLOWLY?  When you do it the manual way in the mug, you have to add a bit of ho****er, stir, stir, stir... add a bit more ho****er, stir, stir, stir... etc. When I make my protein coffee in my Kuerig coffeemaker (which does one mug at a time) I am constantly stiring the mug of coffee as it is brewing and the hot coffee is filling the mug. 

I personally do the whole thing in a blender cuz I'm lazy.  Just put the protein powder and splash of cold water in the blender jar, turn it on and let it whirl for a moment... then slowly add the ho****er from the tea kettle while the blender is still going.  Works every time for me.

HOWEVER -- remember that some protein powders just don't work in hot beverages.  Even though I love Nectar Cappuccino, I can not get it to mix into a hot drink no matter how many different times I try it.  I use Body Fortress and it works fine with boiling water every morning.

I too use Body Fortress (buy at Walmart) and stir with a wisk it blends in coffee just fine, I keep a spoon handy for occasional stir, yum, yum