Starbucks

lgill1127

Tall blonde roast + 2 tbsp half and half + 1 packet stevia
Iced Grande Cafe Latte (I get nonfat; most can do with their standard 2%, or substitute whole milk)
Grande Iced Coffee + 2 tbsp half and half +1 packet stevia

I'll regularly get an unsweetened iced tea (Green/Black/Passion/White tea all good!). Sometimes I'll ask for "no extra water" for a stronger flavor.

On occasion as a treat, I'll get a tall Iced Toasted Coconut Nitro Cold Brew

7elizamae

I think you should get it exactly the way you like it and fit in into your calories for the day.

cheechie0709

I'm also addicted to Starbucks but I am not a coffee drinker either. Starbucks has been my savior actually because I treat it as my dessert or treat during the day. My favorites are:

Iced Green Tea Latte with Coconut Milk, unsweetened. Tall and grande are under 200 calories.
Pink Drink or Ombre Pink Drink, both tall and grande under 200 calories.
If you want a real dessert, go with a small Green Tea Frappucino at about 230 calories or something.

Hope this helps! Also, if you go by the calories on the app, it doesn't actually adjust it correctly when you customize it. So you have to customize it on their website to see the difference in calories.

DamieBird

bethannien wrote: »

DamieBird wrote: »

I always get flavored Starbucks lattes with 1/2 syrup - I love the seasonal lattes through Winter and Fall, but they're way too sweet for me.

The iced coffees or cold brews are tasty and I can add in my own half and half and vanilla powder or cinnamon. If I'm craving something sweet, I'll add in a Splenda.

I treat the occasional tall latte as a "snack" and order it with whole milk, for around 190 cal.

The salted caramel mocha is my favorite fall drink. Getting it with fat free milk and half the syrup makes it way easier to work into my day every now and then.

I get so excited about a half syrup Gingerbread Latte that it's just embarrassing, lol. Embarrassing, but delicious

grinning_chick

It'll blow your mind how easy it is to make a great chai tea latte at home with lower calories, better flavor, and higher quality ingredients.

Most Starbucks drinks aren't far removed from the stuff that squirts out of the machine at the gas station. Nothing wrong with liking it, but it's lousy for you and you can do better making it yourself. You can even make a big, airtight container of it for your fridge and have it a few days in a row. Think if the time you'll save not waiting in line.

I tried making my own chai tea many years ago. Several different recipes I found around the WWW. With Tazo quality tea, even, back before Starbucks bought them out and they were a small batch specialty tea company. The chai teas made were universally gross to my palate. I very much prefer Starbucks concentrate. Whatever ingredient ratios they accomplished in their formula, I cannot even remotely manage to recreate/clone at home.

I drink "gas station coffee" - well truck stop, actually - most of the time when I drink coffee on the road. Namely because I know it has a higher turn over rate than gas station coffee as truckers fill up their 48+ oz guzzlers with the stuff so keep the staff brewing pretty heavily. Especially in the a.m. Plus I cannot justify spending more than $2 for a 20+ oz coffee with all the free half and half I could ever want. It accomplishes the purpose purchased for with no adverse physical effects beyond any caffeinated drink.