Iced Tea

fortheheart

I have a tendency to go to Starbucks for a venti black iced tea. When I add the tea to my food chart it says 120 calories and 31 carboydrates. Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought iced tea (or most) had no calories. Sometimes I add one Splenda. I've checked with other websites and other teas and they do not equal up to that much. I am curious who is right.

Toddrific

iced teas generally have sugar added.
does it taste sweet prior to the splenda?

it appears there is a sweetened and unsweetened version.

wftiger

Tea has no calories unless it is sweetened. If it is bitter and not sweet then it is unsweetened.

fortheheart

No. I make sure I don't get the 'classic' sweetener. I don't like the taste.

Hernandeak11

I had the same misconception about iced tea with another brand.

Now I drink Diet Snapple--zero calories in the tea flavors!

SmartAlec03211988

It doesn't have any calories in it if it isn't sweetened, and it comes unsweetened unless you specify otherwise.

<-- daily Starbucks green tea drinker.

ChristieStearns

Hi! Ex Starbucks worker here. So, the venti black iced tea has no calories if it's unsweetened. A venti, if sweetened, has 6 pumps of classic syrup, and that's there the 120 calories come from. All syrups have the same calories unless it's one of the thicker types like mocha/white mocha/caramel sauce. But all the thin/liquidy syrups are 20 calories per pump.... thus, 120 calories for 6 pumps in a Ventii...but if you get 4, it's 80 calories, 5 it's 100, etc. Hope this helps

SarahSwimmer

I'm not sure where you're at, but if you specify "unsweet tea" it's calorie free. Your database might be thinking you're adding "sweet tea"- which is rife with sugar and calories.