Coffee

heatherisaacs33
heatherisaacs33 Posts: 12 Member
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Hey everyone! I am a HUGE starbucks white chocolate mocha Fan! I'm having a hard time not drinking it. Any ideas for coffee that would be just as good but MINUS the calories! :)
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  • Skinny_minny_mo
    Skinny_minny_mo Posts: 1,272 Member
    make it at home? :happy:
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    Fresh-roasted, fresh-ground, fresh-brewed, black coffee. 0 to 2 calories... Doesn't get better than a nice light-roasted Peruvian, Guatemalan, or Ethiopian bean.... Mmmm.
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    They have a new line of Light Frappuccinos.
    My favorite is the Grande Mocha Frappuccino Light. 130 cals.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    bLACK
  • cschiff
    cschiff Posts: 209 Member
    starbucks has sugar free syrups which are delicious which can be added to any hot or cold beverage. i believe they are 0 calories, but you might want to double check with the baristas. I really enjoy the sugarfree cinnamon dolce syrup in my iced coffee with a little skim milk. DELISH!

    some people will say that you should avoid artificial sweeteners, though. for me, i don't use the sugarfree syrups all the time-- it's just if i want a sweet treat and want to save some calories. just thought i'd mention it!

    :flowerforyou:
  • CaraGowan
    CaraGowan Posts: 7 Member
    I just make my own version of mocha, by mixing my favorite "dark bold" coffee with a packet of Swiss Miss sugar free hot chocolate. It's not StarBucks, but it saves the calories and my dollars!!
  • themedalist
    themedalist Posts: 3,218 Member
    Fresh-roasted, fresh-ground, fresh-brewed, black coffee. 0 to 2 calories... Doesn't get better than a nice light-roasted Peruvian, Guatemalan, or Ethiopian bean.... Mmmm.

    This. The only thing that should be added to coffee is more coffee.
  • Vansy
    Vansy Posts: 419 Member
    I finally got myself off the white chocolate mocha kick that I had going at the end of last year. Went to Starbucks a few times and forced myself to order an old favorite -- nonfat cafe misto (half steamed milk, half coffee) with sugar-free syrup. A grande has about 70 calories. Tall has 60 calories.
  • cschiff
    cschiff Posts: 209 Member
    I just make my own version of mocha, by mixing my favorite "dark bold" coffee with a packet of Swiss Miss sugar free hot chocolate. It's not StarBucks, but it saves the calories and my dollars!!


    HOW COME I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS?

    you, my friend, are brilliant. i will be trying this later!
  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
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    Brew your own at home.

    I've never been a coffee drinker, but my boyfriend used to be obsessed with the stuff...adding like, a pound of sugar and oodles of cream to his mug. I got him to start drinking black coffee mixed with hot chocolate (cafe mocha) to help him wean off of all of the sugar. Then once he found out how horrible the fat/calorie/sugar intake still was, he eventually switched to black flavoured coffee.
    There are some pretty tasty k kup flavours out there, like chocolate caramel brownie, white chocolate raspberry and chocolate fudge. 4 calories a kup.
  • heatherisaacs33
    heatherisaacs33 Posts: 12 Member
    I just make my own version of mocha, by mixing my favorite "dark bold" coffee with a packet of Swiss Miss sugar free hot chocolate. It's not StarBucks, but it saves the calories and my dollars!!


    HOW COME I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS?

    you, my friend, are brilliant. i will be trying this later!
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    Agree!! Thank u!!!
  • JustMajor
    JustMajor Posts: 17
    I just make my own version of mocha, by mixing my favorite "dark bold" coffee with a packet of Swiss Miss sugar free hot chocolate. It's not StarBucks, but it saves the calories and my dollars!!


    HOW COME I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS?

    you, my friend, are brilliant. i will be trying this later!

    I do this same thing!!
  • jordanlell
    jordanlell Posts: 340 Member
    You could try out an Americano with white chocolate. It'll still have the same sweet flavor, though it'll be less creamy. As a former barista, I've seen many people wean themselves off the really high cal stuff doing things like this.
  • MorgueBabe
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    Fresh-roasted, fresh-ground, fresh-brewed, black coffee. 0 to 2 calories... Doesn't get better than a nice light-roasted Peruvian, Guatemalan, or Ethiopian bean.... Mmmm.
  • chileheadmike
    chileheadmike Posts: 78 Member
    I roast my own. Hot air pop corn popper and $7/lb beans. Ethiopia Harrar and just about anything from Central America are my go to beans. I drink it black, no suger/sweetener. Good stuff and way cheaper than pre-roasted store bought.

    I've never really liked Starbucks, I think they over roast their coffee.

    Edited for grammar.
  • agentaldrich
    agentaldrich Posts: 1
    8oz of coffee
    1 scoop of natural bounty chocolate protein powder (maybe the make a white chocolate one)
    1/4 cup of unsweeten almond milk
    ice.

    I blend mine in my magic bullet (I love the thing) and that hits the spot, and give you volume without added too much milk/calories.


    :drinker: Good luck and cheers
  • run_way
    run_way Posts: 220
    Getting sugar free will subtract a lot of calories - and the sugar free dark chocolate is really good.

    Sometimes I'll make a "mocha" out of my morning coffee by brewing it strong, then adding some whole milk and a half scoop of my chocolate protein powder.
  • nicca_jb
    nicca_jb Posts: 1,278 Member
    I actually found that coffee, when ground at home and made well, is AWESOME by itself! sometimes I'll brew it with a half a cinnamon stick as well just for a little flavor burst, but good, fresh coffee (not Folgers mind you) is really hard to beat.

    I'm a tea drinker too, and been drinking a lot more earl grey with lemon. no sugar.
  • nahiluoh
    nahiluoh Posts: 41 Member
    If I order something like a mocha, I ask for the sugar free version *and* make sure they use whole milk.
  • Blafily
    Blafily Posts: 21
    I actually found that coffee, when ground at home and made well, is AWESOME by itself! sometimes I'll brew it with a half a cinnamon stick as well just for a little flavor burst, but good, fresh coffee (not Folgers mind you) is really hard to beat.

    I'm a tea drinker too, and been drinking a lot more earl grey with lemon. no sugar.

    Folgers is what I brew in my Keurig.....sugar free syrups or truvia and 15ml of creamer......heaven
  • vidasana87
    vidasana87 Posts: 75
    Guysssssss :( Am I the only one that hates this epidemic of artificial sweetner consumption!?

    I just really really hope there are no long term negative side effects....

    Personally, I opt for sugar over sweetners whenever I can. Sugar free items make me feel dizzy, and "stupid". Hard to explain.

    If I treat myself to a "regular" mocha frapp, I just eat less at dinner, and cut out evening snacks.

    Just a different perspective chiming in here ;) xx
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    Have you tried a Skinny Vanilla Latte? I used to drink White chocolate mochas and switched to Skinny Vanilla Lattes and love them! for a Grande it 's 120 cals (but it also has 12g of protein!)
  • newcs
    newcs Posts: 717 Member
    I'm not a fan of sugar free (since it's basically chemicals) or skim/lowfat milk (because it's extra processed) so I just consider Starbucks drinks to be a dessert and only have them occasionally (even a short of that is 180 calories with skim milk and no whipped cream).

    On a daily basis, I either drink espresso, espresso with milk and 1 packet sugar, green tea plain or black tea with 1 creamer and 1 packet sugar. Those are all far, far fewer calories and I usually go for the teas which are max 25cals with the creamer/sugar.
  • nicca_jb
    nicca_jb Posts: 1,278 Member
    Guysssssss :( Am I the only one that hates this epidemic of artificial sweetner consumption!?

    not sure whether I hate the epidemic, or just the artificial sweeteners.. lol. but I'm with you.
  • Moonbeem11
    Moonbeem11 Posts: 32 Member
    Ditto - I'm anti artificial/low fat/fat free etc. I use stevia (natural sweetener). It's just as good as splenda or anything like that. And teeccino for coffee...mocha flavored. I love it.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    I prefer carefully brewed black coffee. It's my life line.
  • ereinik
    ereinik Posts: 73
    I prefer carefully brewed black coffee. It's my life line.

    This. I do not know what I would do without my french press.
  • goldylocs37
    goldylocs37 Posts: 108 Member
    SweetLeaf has stevia drops in vanilla creme and english toffee that are excellent in coffee. You can also add almond milk. They also make chocolate stevia drops that get great reviews but I have not tried that one yet. Vanilla-flavored almond milk with Walden Farms pancake syrup (by far their best product but contains Splenda) is very tasty also. Love that coffee:heart: !
  • maggs155
    maggs155 Posts: 258
    I made 12 oz of classic roast folgers coffee with a tbsp of Hearsheys cocoa natural unsweetened powder and two packs of splenda today. It was so good. See i used to drink Tim hortons ice capps everyday before i started on here and i started buying them again so i had to think of something that would hit the spot and it did. My drink only came out to be 14 calories and no sugar cant beet that:)
  • victoire713
    victoire713 Posts: 720 Member
    I drink straight up black coffee. I like Boyer's Hazelnut coffee. So that's what I get, and it's still low calorie.

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