The Starbucks holy grail?

mybigfat
mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
edited November 19 in Food and Nutrition
I am on a quest to find the best skinny drink starbucks has to offer! So far the ones i have tried have been ok at best but somewhere out there has to be the perfect drink! What is your favorite orders? I am trying to stay under 100 cals for a grande
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  • Dianasal081
    Dianasal081 Posts: 4 Member
    I usually go for a skinny vanilla latte
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Iced venti americano + Sweet n Low (or raw sugar if I want more carbs.)
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    Have you tried their nitro coffee? It's black, but the bubbles give it a creamy fizz. 0 cals
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    Grande unsweetened passion tango tea with coconut milk and two stevia. Tastes like unicorn milk if thats a thing lol
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    mybigfat wrote: »
    i hate black coffee im more of a cream with a side of coffee kinda gal haha

    You can get a grande vanilla sweet cream cold brew for 110 calories. I don't like sweet coffee, but there must be very little if any used in the sweet cream because it tastes fine to me.

    A grande cold brew with (2%) milk (a "splash" added by the barista) is only 35 calories, or you could ask them to use whole milk for 40 calories if you want it "creamier" (or a nondairy milk for fewer calories).

    An iced grande nonfat unsweetened latte is only 90 calories.

    And of course you can get one of their sugar-free syrups in any of those. I can't vouch for them, since, as I said, I don't like sweet coffee, ever artificially sweetened. (Coffee is meant to be bitter, but I realize not everyone agrees.)
  • cj94404
    cj94404 Posts: 154 Member
    A misto with almond milk is about 60 and then add sugar.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    IMO, Starbucks over-roasts their coffee. There is nothing there that I think is worth the price.

    A Cafe Americana with 2 servings of half and half should be about 84 calories though.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    amyrebeccah wrote: »
    annette_15 wrote: »
    Grande unsweetened passion tango tea with coconut milk and two stevia. Tastes like unicorn milk if thats a thing lol

    Thanks! I gave up coffee and don't like drinks too sweet, so I usually just get iced tea. I'll totally try this next time I want a treat.

    The stevia makes it very sweet, so maybe order and try it without first, and then add one or two after tasting it
  • YogaBookLady37
    YogaBookLady37 Posts: 34 Member
    Venti iced coffee with an extra shot. 3 pumps sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk.
  • mybigfat
    mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
    Yoga ill give it a try my mom sendz me gift cards for starbucks every few weeks its always been our thing
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
    nowine4me wrote: »
    Have you tried their nitro coffee? It's black, but the bubbles give it a creamy fizz. 0 cals

    I so want to try this, the only location in my area that has it is 40 minutes from my house :(

    I've learned to love black coffee, usually get an iced Americano when I go to sbux but most often just make it at home. I used to always have it sweetened with cream but I don't like drinking calories anymore.
  • mybigfat
    mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
    Maybe i just need to get use to it black or swap to tea
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited June 2017
    Cold brew, black, is basically the only thing I like at Starbucks. I am not wild about their coffee hot, but I drink all coffee black, prefer it that way.

    I think its pretty easy to fit in coffee with milk, though, if you like it better that way. (I hate sweetened coffee, so can't recommend that, but even so a tsp of sugar is like 15 calories.)
  • shannylove9
    shannylove9 Posts: 24 Member
    YogaBookLady37 wrote: »
    Venti iced coffee with an extra shot. 3 pumps sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk.

    yesss!! This is what I drink all the time. Low carb, delicious. The one by me used to have sugar free caramel syrup but it's gone now. Their sugar free vanilla is good, so is the mocha if you like chocolate. And almond milk is good too-low calorie and some extra protein.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    shannylove9 wrote: »
    YogaBookLady37 wrote: »
    Venti iced coffee with an extra shot. 3 pumps sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk.

    yesss!! This is what I drink all the time. Low carb, delicious. The one by me used to have sugar free caramel syrup but it's gone now. Their sugar free vanilla is good, so is the mocha if you like chocolate. And almond milk is good too-low calorie and some extra protein.

    Almond milk is not a bad choice if you like it -- it's basically flavored water, so very low cal, low carb so long as you don't get the sugar added kind, but it's really not any kind of protein source.
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    shannylove9 wrote: »
    YogaBookLady37 wrote: »
    Venti iced coffee with an extra shot. 3 pumps sugar free vanilla syrup and almond milk.

    yesss!! This is what I drink all the time. Low carb, delicious. The one by me used to have sugar free caramel syrup but it's gone now. Their sugar free vanilla is good, so is the mocha if you like chocolate. And almond milk is good too-low calorie and some extra protein.

    Almond milk is not a bad choice if you like it -- it's basically flavored water, so very low cal, low carb so long as you don't get the sugar added kind, but it's really not any kind of protein source.

    Unless it's the almond milk with protein added, but I'm pretty sure Starbucks uses one that is sweetened same with their coconut milk.
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
    Something I learned when I was low carb is that heavy cream in coffee is amazing, Starbucks has it and will give you some in a cup on the side so you can control how much goes in, 1 tablespoon is 50 calories so you don't want them free pouring that. And 1 tablespoon is really about all you need to make it creamy, not like almond milk where you need like a gallon and it still isn't creamy, just watery. That with a couple pumps of their sugar free vanilla or sugar free cinnamon dolce is delicious.
  • CaliMomTeach
    CaliMomTeach Posts: 745 Member
    Tall nonfat mocha with half the chocolate and no whip. -around 130 calories (I'd have to check) and tastes great to me.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    i usually get the sugarfree iced tea lemonade and add sweet n low.

    if i need to get coffee coffee then i usually just get a tall soy latte with sugar free vanilla and add sweet n low.
  • m1ss_danni
    m1ss_danni Posts: 13 Member
    Skinny latte girl here also but have it over ice
  • SapioEnigmate
    SapioEnigmate Posts: 15 Member
    I really like cold brew plain.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited June 2017
    I go through phases with liking coffee and then not liking it. Right now I'm not liking it, but even when I do, I don't like Starbucks.

    I agree with the poster upthread who said that Starbucks over roasts their coffee. It's horribly burnt tasting to me.

    When I do drink coffee, I just like it plain with a splash of skim milk and splenda. I've never been one for those fancy coffee drinks. Now, I don't mind a latte with the milk frothed now and then, but I do that at home where I can control the calories.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,250 Member
    We have a starbucks downstairs, it recently opened.

    In Melbourne, Australia - the coffee capital of the world. I don't see it ending well...
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    We have a starbucks downstairs, it recently opened.

    In Melbourne, Australia - the coffee capital of the world. I don't see it ending well...

    Citation please. :laugh:
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,250 Member
    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    We have a starbucks downstairs, it recently opened.

    In Melbourne, Australia - the coffee capital of the world. I don't see it ending well...

    Citation please. :laugh:

    LOL, partly tongue in cheek, but it does get consistently voted best coffee in the world by random travel surveys ;)
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