Coffee Latti Warning
123sind
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Did you know a Starbucks Latti has 18 g sugar in it. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/caffe-latte
and a skinny latti has 16g sugar in it. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/skinny-flavored-latte- makes you wonder how much is in all the other drinks.
and a skinny latti has 16g sugar in it. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/skinny-flavored-latte- makes you wonder how much is in all the other drinks.
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In the UK no sugar is added to any prepared coffee drinks, it's up to the client. AFAIK....
Just looked it up, yeah, I'm right. But if a customer orders a 'speciality drink' like a caramel latte, or a cream and vanilla syrup hot chocolate (which as anyone knows, is already full of sugar anyway) then yes, there's a whole load of sugar.
Plain coffee drinks (latte, cappuccino, espresso, macchiato) have no sugar added.1 -
Is in the milk is full of lactose. Lactose is a disaccharide sugar composed of galactose and glucose that is found in milk. Lactose makes up around 2–8% of milk (by weight), although the amount varies among species and individuals, and milk with a reduced amount of lactose also exists. Is those hitted sugar you got to wacth out for.0
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Ah, I see your point. Thanks....
I agree that if you are a Starbucks addict and can't go without their amazing brews, you probably have to watch your intake.
I go to Starbucks maybe once in 6 months.... if that.
Being Italian, I make my own home-brewed coffee.... and I use cream/coconut milk/egg yolk/butter.....1 -
I avoid added sugars of all kinds, but dairy is ok. I'm not no carb, just low carb though.
THanks for the info, although where I live, there are no Starbucks.
Many drinks here have added sugar so I order coffee and add my milk or cream usually.
Here we can get coffee or expresso with steamed milk, no sugar, but iced coffee is made with a syrup which has sugar loaded into it.
Its still wise to be skeptical about whatever you eat and drink if you are avoiding sugars, I've been at it for years and still get surprized.0 -
At Starbucks 'skinny' just means skim milk and sugar-free syrups (still artificially sweetened) but dairy milk is always going to have carbs...if you want lower carb try the almond milk only 9 carbs and 2 of those are fiber:
https://starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/caffe-latte#size=42&milk=21219650 -
THanks for the info, although where I live, there are no Starbucks.
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Mercy, where do you live? In the middle of the Gobi Desert? I thought Starbucks had blanketed every square mile of the known world. There was an article in the satire magazine "The Onion" years ago with a headline something like "Starbucks Begins Opening New Stores in Starbucks Restrooms."
If every Starbucks in the known world suddenly disappeared, I myself wouldn't mind. But there must be something wonderful about them that escapes me.
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I have been a long time Starbucks fan because when I went vegan 5 years ago it suddenly became impossible to get a latte anywhere...except Starbucks...they had soy milk long before any other coffee shop near me was offering any kind of dairy-free anything...and now they have almond and coconut in addition to soy...I can get plain coffee anywhere, but if I'm in the mood for something more, then Starbucks is still the first place I head because it's only about 50/50 if some other coffee shop is going to have alternative milks.0
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Really - its a "milk" warning in general. When I'm trying to get down to keto levels, I switch to Fairlife milk, which has half the carbs of regular milk.0
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Yeah, dairy can have a lot of carbs. It can be shocking how much milk is used in a latte. It's almost better to think of it as coffee flavored milk.1
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The closest Starbucks to me is a 25/30 min drive. Plus, it costs too much. I make my own tasty coffee at home with my Keurig refillable pods and artificial sweeteners and sugar-free creamers. I have special mugs to take it with me when I need to go out.
That said:
http://peaceloveandlowcarb.com/how-to-order-low-carb-keto-at-starbucks-and-10-low-carb-starbucks-copycat-recipes/
http://geekslovebacon.com/keto-at-starbucks-how-to-order-keto-friendly-drinks/
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Unsweetened almond milk, cocoa powder, splenda, heavy cream and cold leftover coffee makes the best coffee drink ever! Not even 5NC and clean, not full of nasty chemicals to make all the sugar free stuff!
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE Starbucks! But when I am trying to eat Keto I just stay away altogether!
Throw these ingredients into your blender the night before, grab it from the fridge the next morning and give it a quick whirl to re-blend and froth it back up and you are good to go! You can buy enough ingredients to make these every day for the whole week for the price of 1 drink at Starbucks. You can even buy almond extract, caramel extract and vanilla if you don't want cocoa powder.1 -
My wife and daughter are both big fans of the specialty drinks from Starbucks - I just shudder when they get them.
I like dark roast coffee as well as the taste of coffee (not all of the additives and sugars), so I might drink a plain coffee from there if they have a fresh dark roast available. That said, there are a lot of alternatives for dark roast that are not only cheaper than Starbucks, but also taste better - most, if not all, of the dark roasts that I have had from Starbucks have been over-roasted to point of being burnt.1 -
tcunbeliever wrote: »except Starbucks...they had soy milk long before any other coffee shop near me was offering any kind of dairy-free anything...and now they have almond and coconut in addition to soy
They aren't actual alternatives milks though: they are blended beverages with sugar added along with thickeners:
soy: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BEt4HZ7CEAA0qsR.jpg
coconut: http://imgur.com/b6usbkS
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This is why I do iced coffee with heavy cream. The first time I logged a plain latte after going keto I about cried.1
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Yeah, dairy can have a lot of carbs. It can be shocking how much milk is used in a latte. It's almost better to think of it as coffee flavored milk.
Actually, that's precisely what it is. If you're in Italy, and you ask for a 'Latte', you'll get a glass of milk. That's what a latte is, in Italian...
If in Italy, you should ask for a 'Caffelatte' which is basically a tall, hot glass of milk, with an espresso added.
Many Italians have 'caffelatte for breakfast, with chunks of yesterday's bread floating in it. Bread is a best-eaten-fresh commodity, in Italy; the day after, it's as hard as a rock.
Coffee was traditionally drawn and drunk from a saucer. And the italians make their caffelatte in a bowl, not a cup or mug.3 -
AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »Yeah, dairy can have a lot of carbs. It can be shocking how much milk is used in a latte. It's almost better to think of it as coffee flavored milk.
Actually, that's precisely what it is. If you're in Italy, and you ask for a 'Latte', you'll get a glass of milk. That's what a latte is, in Italian...
If in Italy, you should ask for a 'Caffelatte' which is basically a tall, hot glass of milk, with an espresso added.
Many Italians have 'caffelatte for breakfast, with chunks of yesterday's bread floating in it. Bread is a best-eaten-fresh commodity, in Italy; the day after, it's as hard as a rock.
Coffee was traditionally drawn and drunk from a saucer. And the italians make their caffelatte in a bowl, not a cup or mug.
You know, I was half-kidding, but looking at the root of the word, it makes perfect sense that it is exactly milk with coffee in it and not the other way around. I tend to drink all my coffee black, even iced coffee. When I do add cream, it is usually just a small amount.
I don't even know if I would like a latte. I do know that I like coffee flavored ice cream, so I probably would. LOL3 -
Ugh, Starbucks just knows exactly how to wreck coffee. I've tried their plain coffees 3x in my life and hated the flavour each time. They need better beans and better roasting.
I always drink mine plain black (even iced) - one of my fave coffee companies is Kicking Horse Coffee (there are a couple other great local roasters I buy from too). I usually make it at home and also have a supplier of whole organic Mexican coffee beans that are flavoured with things like Amaretto, Bavarian Chocolate, Cinnamon Vanilla Nut, etc. when I want a treat.
https://kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/coffee/whole-bean
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