Favorite Starbucks drink

ShaDucky
ShaDucky Posts: 67 Member
edited November 24 in Food and Nutrition
Hey! I love Carmel macchiatos. I've been doing nonfat milk but the calories are still pretty high. Any favorites that are low cal and yummy?
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  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    Any of the "skinny" drinks are lower in cals.
  • Tblackdogs
    Tblackdogs Posts: 326 Member
    I often get Chai Tea and then add some skim milk and an Equal or two. Tastes just as good as a Chai Latte!
  • ShaDucky
    ShaDucky Posts: 67 Member
    I'm gonna explore. It's the payday treat, so once a week. But I hate having to sub a coffee for most of a meal. Kids enjoy our once a week trip too. I'll do some menu surfing
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Marilyn0924 wrote: »
    Black coffee ;)

    Dark roast, as black as they can make it.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    If rather go to Tim Hortons, but if Starbucks is the only option I'll go with a Pikes drip black.
  • dreamer182
    dreamer182 Posts: 43 Member
    Iced coffee with soy milk and 1 pump of SF vanilla!
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    Hot chai tea latte no foam
  • CaliMomTeach
    CaliMomTeach Posts: 745 Member
    I get a tall nonfat mocha with half chocolate no whip.
  • Marilyn0924
    Marilyn0924 Posts: 797 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Marilyn0924 wrote: »
    Black coffee ;)

    Dark roast, as black as they can make it.

    You're my kind of people!!
  • TaffyBranwyn
    TaffyBranwyn Posts: 35 Member
    The macchiato recipe calls for vanilla syrup, coffee & milk. If you're subbing non-fat milk, the calories are 50 lower just going from a grande to a tall (16oz to 12oz). The calories for 1 pump of syrup are 20, according to MFP, but that appears to be wrong, based on Torani's site... 2-tsps are 80-cals & I'll bet a pump is more than 2-tsps.

    https://shop.torani.com/vanilla-syrup/p/tor-362801&c=torani@syrups@375

    So, if you want that drink, you could skip the drizzle of caramel on top & ask for fewer pumps of vanilla syrup or keep decreasing size. Here's SBucks interactive nutritional & caloric info graphic. You can change ingredients to get varying sizes & grades of milk for a more accurate count for all the drinks they offer:

    https://www.starbucks.com/menu/catalog/nutrition?drink=espresso#view_control=nutrition

    So, perhaps fidget with the calories & sizes on the SB site & see if you can make your CM an acceptable caloric count. An 8-oz short is only 100-cal. So, what is it you want to do? Have a 16-oz drink at the lowest cals? Or, figure out how to have a CM for under a certain amt of cals? Play around with the chart.

    As someone else said, I'm a black coffee drinker, too. In fact, I drink espresso & if I have a coffee it needs 1-2 shots of espresso to make it taste as dark & strong as possible. Black coffee is an acquired taste, but once I got used to it decades ago, I can't drink anything else. There are no calories.

    But, if you want milk and/or sweetener, you'll need the chart to determine calories. Good luck. I wouldn't give up my fave drink either!
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    edited February 2018
    I like getting a dark roast drip coffee with some frothed almond milk on top. Otherwise, I’m a fan of almond milk lattes with two shots of expresso.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    edited February 2018
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    If rather go to Tim Hortons, but if Starbucks is the only option I'll go with a Pikes drip black.

    I'd rather drink gas station coffee than Starbucks, but if it's the only option I'll go with Pikes also. Nonfat cream and a few Splendas to hide the taste as much as possible.

    IIRC, I think somebody said Americanos were another low-calorie choice at Sbux.
  • MissB0949
    MissB0949 Posts: 142 Member
    A latte or cappuccino with nonfat milk and sugar-free syrup.
  • SuzJok85
    SuzJok85 Posts: 14 Member
    edited February 2018
    The Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Press is about 100 cal for a Medium, if I remember correctly. I’m more of a black coffee person, but when I want something sweet and creamy, this one is nice and subtle.

    Also, I’m not sure if you have the mobile app or not, but it shows you a lot of options to customize. For example, I’d order a drink, and see that there are three shots of flavor syrup in it, and could lower it to 1. You can change the milk or type of sweetener as well. I like doing it on the app so that I don’t have to ramble off 10 directions at once to the poor cashier taking my order. :) And my drink is ready when I arrive.
  • Lizakabibbis
    Lizakabibbis Posts: 370 Member
    If you are looking for low cal - skinny vanilla latte or even an almond milk latte made w/skinny vanilla syrup. Check out Starbucks website - they give all the nutrition on all their drinks. If it's a once a week treat I'd stick to my favorite and just save the calories for it.
  • abbynormalartist
    abbynormalartist Posts: 318 Member
    I don't drink coffee but I like a small hot chai with almond milk.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Black coffee with a shot of sugar free syrup
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    My new favorite—nonfat blonde latte. So good.
  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    Americano with half and half.
  • ZRunner5Lulaica
    ZRunner5Lulaica Posts: 168 Member
    I'm a big fan of both the sweet vanilla cold brew and the light caramel frapp with double espresso shots. Those are usually my weekly treat drink of choice and they stay under 150 calories.
  • thereshegoesagain
    thereshegoesagain Posts: 1,056 Member
    Skinny cinnamon solve latte works for me when I need warm, sweet caffeine.
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    edited February 2018
    Depends what I'm in a mood for, and how many calories I have budgeted in my day. These calories are all from the Starbucks calculator.
    • Low-cal, "just give me the caffeine and no one gets hurt": Venti (or trenta, if it's *that* sort of day) unsweetened iced coffee, sugar-free vanilla syrup -- 5 calories
    • Low-cal "Ok, probably need some protein": Venti (or trenta) unsweeted iced coffee with skim milk, sugar-free vanilla -- ~40 calories
    • Medium-cal, "Oooh, protein, and coffee, and it'll replace breakfast": Venti iced latte, sugar-free vanilla, skim milk -- 120 calories
    • Medium-cal "it's hot out, and I just finished a run, and UGH": Venti light-coffee frappuccino with sugar-free vanilla and skim milk -- 160 calories
    • High-cal "it's cold, and I'm freezing, and I don't care that this has a boatload of calories, I'll just walk or run or swim and burn it off": Grande white chocolate mocha, skim milk, no whip -- 310 calories

    AKA: You will pry my Starbucks out of my dead hands.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I get iced coffee with milk and only half the amount of sweetener. I get a venti, 2% milk, 3 pumps of the classic sweetener. It’s 120 calories. But I only go to sbux once a week.
  • fuzzylop72
    fuzzylop72 Posts: 651 Member
    edited February 2018
    soy mocha frapp, no whip. However, I don't have it often (not worth the calories).
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    edited February 2018
    My wife likes a "flat white".

    Sometimes I'll get espresso or drip, or an espresso macchiato (not a caramel macchiato!) When I was in Spain I was introduced to cortado which is like a macchiato but with a little more milk, and darn tasty.
  • lkell1391
    lkell1391 Posts: 28 Member
    If you like tea, their iced passion tea unsweetened is really good.
  • skinnyjingbb
    skinnyjingbb Posts: 127 Member
    I order tall Americano with 2pump sugarfree cinnamon dolce and light heavy cream(cuz I am doing LCHF). If you doing low fat just add some low fat milk. You don't need to much milk/creamer since Americano is diluted with water. Only about 30 cal if add quarter cup of non-fat milk
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