Milk / Cream in tea or coffee?

shezzzzz
shezzzzz Posts: 119 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Just curious....

After looking at some peoples food logs, I've noticed hardly anyone logs milk / cream / sugar in their beverages.

Do people still drink tea / coffee?

Do you drink it black?

Do you drink it but not log the calories?

I drink both tea and coffee (milk in both). I count one cup of milk per day to allow for the calories.

What do other people do?
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  • shannashannabobana
    shannashannabobana Posts: 625 Member
    I generally log coffee when I drink it or at least I log the sugar/cream/whatever I put in it. I may not bother logging the actual coffee since it has zero impact on calories, it just depends on my mood. I drink unsweet tea or water usually (in fact I had unsweet tea this morning) but I don't log those unless I'm feeling particularly ocd.
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    I have tea with milk and coffee with milk as pre-saved recipes and leg each cup I have.

    I use full fat dairy now so those calories do add up.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I drink my morning coffee black. I drink my afternoon iced coffee with sugar and half & half, and sometimes top it with whipped cream. Everything gets logged. :smile:
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    I log my creamer. I don't log the coffee though, lol.

    Everyday, you'll see 4 - 8 T of creamer in my breakfast section. For tea, I use Splenda and I don't log either the Splenda or the tea.
  • Meg_78
    Meg_78 Posts: 998 Member
    I drink tea with milk and sugar, I ended going into my recipes and making and entry called "tea" ....I don't use that much milk and sugar, but I can understand it adding up :)
  • So_Much_Fab
    So_Much_Fab Posts: 1,146 Member
    Well when I do log.. :grumble:

    I log my morning coffee, creamer and sugar...it's only 60 calories for me and I use real half & half and real sugar.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    Coffee with half and half every morning! And yes, I log it.
  • Hexahedra
    Hexahedra Posts: 894 Member
    I drink my tea and coffee with sugar, but I log only the sugar packets since they have 0 calorie. So whenever you see 'sugar' on my log, you can bet that was tea or coffee.
  • amandapye78
    amandapye78 Posts: 820 Member
    I drink almond milk and stevia in my coffee and I log it
  • ParrosFan
    ParrosFan Posts: 77 Member
    I log my coffee, but I drink it black. Same with tea, I dont add anything to it
  • rahlpn
    rahlpn Posts: 551 Member
    I have coffee everyday, with creamer and Stevia, I log the K cup, creamer and Stevia even though the Stevia has no calories.
  • celtbell3
    celtbell3 Posts: 738 Member
    Skim milk :smile:
  • Melaniebustos83
    Melaniebustos83 Posts: 1
    why are you using full fat dairy? I have heard many opinions on this
  • 365Primal
    365Primal Posts: 42 Member
    I have at least 2 cups of coffee daily and use organic grass fed 35% fat cream (2-3 tbsp per cup). No sugar or sweatener. I cut that *kitten* out a long time ago! I dont log often, but know that I get about 200 calories per 4 tbsp of the cream. I dont really worry about calories in and calories out, so hence the reason that I dont often log my food.
  • meredith1123
    meredith1123 Posts: 843 Member
    I ALWAYS Log my creamer. It's a fact about me that I dont and wont drink black coffee... so i log my creamer and i stick to it... Its just part of my daily cal/fat/macros now..... always!
  • McLifterPants
    McLifterPants Posts: 457 Member
    I drink it and I log it. I use about 1 tbsp of half and half and a sweet & low in my coffee. It's barely any calories so I won't cut it out, but I try to log everything I eat to keep myself honest :)

    "Your body keeps an accurate food diary, even if you don't" - Someone wiser than me
  • yaseyuku
    yaseyuku Posts: 871 Member
    I generally drink it black. When I don't (in the case of soy chai lattes etc), I log it.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    If I do tea I almost always drink it plain. Chai and green tea are pretty great by theirselves.

    Coffee I usually add some coconut oil or coconut milk to.

    If you add it, log it.
  • katinachaos
    katinachaos Posts: 90 Member
    I use sugar free flavored creamer so I don't add additional sweetener/sugar and usually use less than I would if I was using milk. I log it when I drink it, but I've tried to cut back on coffee because while it keeps my appetite at bay for a while, once it comes back, it's with a vengeance!
  • SarahLou1111
    SarahLou1111 Posts: 59
    I drink my coffee black, have cut back my cups of tea to 4 per day (from dozens!) and log 20 calories per cuppa and drink more water with squash to make it more palatable (and log the squash too).
  • LeeshLove
    LeeshLove Posts: 197
    I drink at a minimum of 2 cups coffee everyday, I add 1/4cup unsweetened almond milk and (1) trivia per cup coffee. I do log my coffee and almond milk but not the trivia. there's not many calories in that, I believe it's about 28 calories for 2 cups total.
  • mrincredible93
    mrincredible93 Posts: 146
    Creamer and sugar can add 100 calories or more to the value of coffee so it should get logged. Additionally, people should really actually use a tablespoon to accurately measure how much they are putting in. I found my usual splash of creamer was in fact almost 4 tablespoons accounting for over 100 calories. I've since decreased it to an actual 2 tablespoons. I also add chocolate protein powder to my first cup to make it an effective use of calories.
    Side note: Whey protein will chunk up if the coffee is too hot. If this is happening to you, let the coffee sit a few minutes, cool slightly with an ice cube, or add cold creamer in first, then add the protein powder. It's a great protein drink with caffeine kick!
  • nobleammonite
    nobleammonite Posts: 64 Member
    I drink two types of tea with milk and sugar - chai and earl grey. I've saved them as recipes (but, I mean, I called them "lattes" so you can assume they have milk in them). Sometimes I use whole milk (yummmmm), so I have two versions of the recipe - whole and 1%. I use a tsp of sugar and a few drops of stevia to sweeten. Almost any other tea I don't use milk, and if I sweeten iced tea or a herbal it's with stevia only so I rarely bother logging it.
  • shannashannabobana
    shannashannabobana Posts: 625 Member
    why are you using full fat dairy?
    Not sure who this is addressed too but I use heavy whipping cream because a little goes a long way, it has less sugar, tastes good, etc.

    Oh, I also heard something about the vitamins in skim milk/1% have to be added back in whereas if you use full fat dairy they are naturally present, so that's a benefit. Heavy cream has vitamin A. Also without fat, the body cannot absorb vitamin A or D properly. Or calcium, for that matter. or the amino acids in milk. Cream itself has very little calcium, otoh (but I'm a cheese fiend so not worried about that!).
  • BarefootSerenity
    BarefootSerenity Posts: 100
    I drink both tea and coffee. I used to use a LOT of creamer in my coffee, but has slowly weaned myself off it. I really enjoy my coffee black now. Never used sugar in tea.
  • Ladybud2
    Ladybud2 Posts: 26
    Yes, I log my coffemate creamer every day. I used the sugar free ones. No sugar in coffee anymore!!
    I drink my hot tea plain, no milk or sugar.
  • springs47
    springs47 Posts: 82 Member
    I always log the half a cup of skim milk I add to my earl grey tea.
    I like it really milky :blushing:
  • Susan_fessler
    Susan_fessler Posts: 56 Member
    I only put Splenda in my coffee, I stopped with creamer long ago because I didn't want to spend the calories on drinks. Every once in a great while I do the single serve creamer and I do log that, it's about 30 calories
  • sgv0918
    sgv0918 Posts: 851 Member
    i've trained my palatte to love it black, but on occasion I'll have a little flavored coffeemate as a treat
  • Susan_fessler
    Susan_fessler Posts: 56 Member
    I only put Splenda in my coffee, I stopped with creamer long ago because I didn't want to spend the calories on drinks. Every once in a great while I do the single serve creamer and I do log that, it's about 30 calories

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