What is a healthy hot drink to get in starbucks?

fitness_woman
fitness_woman Posts: 46
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
What is a healthy or low calorie hot drink to get in starbucks if you're trying to watch your figure other than unsweened hot tea?

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  • drog2323
    drog2323 Posts: 1,343 Member
    Americano
  • Squible
    Squible Posts: 359 Member
    green/ herbal teas
    or light lattes with soya milk?
    the flate white with soya milk tooo hah anything aslong as you don't have full fat milk and cream i guess Oh and becareful of the flavoured coffes of course as they use syrup. they might have low sugar/ no sugar alternatives
  • jhardenbergh
    jhardenbergh Posts: 1,035 Member
    anything unflavored and without regular milk or cream, I usually will get an iced americano with skim and splenda. A skinny pumpkin spice latte has a couple hundred calories for a medium I mean vente.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Coffee - about 5 calories.
  • world2c
    world2c Posts: 175 Member
    tall skinny peppermint mocha - 100 calories....Not quite as good as with all the fat and calories, but a nice treat.
  • Curvy1taliana
    Curvy1taliana Posts: 371 Member
    A tall skinny peppermint mocha, no whip, with skim milk:

    Nutrition Facts Per Serving (12 fl oz)



    Calories 100

    Calories from Fat 10


    Total Fat 1g


    Saturated Fat 1g

    Trans Fat 0g

    Cholesterol <5mg


    Sodium 120mg


    Total Carbohydrate 13g


    Dietary Fiber 3g


    Sugars 11g


    Protein 10g


    Vitamin A8%Vitamin C0%Calcium30%Iron35%


    Caffeine 75mg

    Obviously this is sugar free, the "sugars" is naturally occurring in the skim milk.
  • Puffins1958
    Puffins1958 Posts: 614 Member
    I am addicted to their Awake tea, you can keep all that sweet stuff that they charge you a fortune for, just not for me

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  • Cinnamonie
    Cinnamonie Posts: 138
    I like the skinny cinnamon dolce latte....not sure how "healthy" it is but i can usually fit it into my calories
  • Saffyra
    Saffyra Posts: 607 Member
    How many calories are you trying to keep it to? And do you care about sugar? Or splenda? Starbucks sugar free syrups are sweetened with Splenda.

    A tall skinny vanilla latte (made with sugar free vanilla and nonfat milk) is 100 calories.

    The tall skinny peppermint mocha is also tasty for 100 calories.

    If you're going for going for little to no calories then everyone else is right. Coffee or Americano's are your best bet if you dont want tea.

    Do not get whip cream. Do not get Chai, do not get white mocha, do not get pumpkin spice. These are FULL of sugar and calories.
  • tmarie2715
    tmarie2715 Posts: 1,111 Member
    What is a healthy or low calorie hot drink to get in starbucks if you're trying to watch your figure other than unsweened hot tea?

    Skinny flavored lattes start at 100 calories for a tall. Try some sugar free syrup or splenda in that tea if you really want to avoid easy to cut out calories. :)

    If you are lucky enough to have small, local coffee places, you can try a latte with almond milk or a sugar free white mocha with the powder, not the syrup (like this http://goshthatsgood.com/) because the powder tastes infinately better.

    GL!
  • therealkittymao
    therealkittymao Posts: 194 Member
    I used to be a Starbucks Barista, so I speak from experience, and I say watch out for the soy milk there! It's HIGH in sugar. Very high. I think if you CAN have milk, use the skim and have yourself a latte. The skinny syrups are a little gross, though. The Cinnamon Dolce skinny was probably the best of them (it has a shake of cinnamon sugar on the top, just a shake, but that makes it a lot better!!!) It's not too bad if you mix the vanilla with the hazelnut, but you still get that splenda afterburn in the throat... bluh.

    If you can do milk, they can do a Vanilla Rooibos Tea Latte for you (ask for it unsweetened because the recipe does have classic syrup in it). Vanilla Rooibos is one of the most popular of the herbal teas. No caffeine and it's very vanilla-ey and sweet.

    The Passion tea is really good there, and the mint (called Refresh) is also really tasty. I loved the green tea as well (Zen) because it has a lot of lemongrass and mint in it, so it's not the typical grassy flavor that plain green tea has (although I admit I like that, too!).
  • Xtina_Beba
    Xtina_Beba Posts: 218
    Tall skinny lattes (vanilla, chai tea or nonfat)
  • LuciaLongIsland
    LuciaLongIsland Posts: 815 Member
    I used to be a Starbucks Barista, so I speak from experience, and I say watch out for the soy milk there! It's HIGH in sugar. Very high. I think if you CAN have milk, use the skim and have yourself a latte. The skinny syrups are a little gross, though. The Cinnamon Dolce skinny was probably the best of them (it has a shake of cinnamon sugar on the top, just a shake, but that makes it a lot better!!!) It's not too bad if you mix the vanilla with the hazelnut, but you still get that splenda afterburn in the throat... bluh.

    If you can do milk, they can do a Vanilla Rooibos Tea Latte for you (ask for it unsweetened because the recipe does have classic syrup in it). Vanilla Rooibos is one of the most popular of the herbal teas. No caffeine and it's very vanilla-ey and sweet.

    The Passion tea is really good there, and the mint (called Refresh) is also really tasty. I loved the green tea as well (Zen) because it has a lot of lemongrass and mint in it, so it's not the typical grassy flavor that plain green tea has (although I admit I like that, too!).
  • LuciaLongIsland
    LuciaLongIsland Posts: 815 Member
    Thanks so much for the information even though I cannot afford Starbucks since I retired.
  • rubysparkle
    rubysparkle Posts: 362 Member
    Green tea
  • jenniferyogainstructor
    jenniferyogainstructor Posts: 1 Member
    I think anything you can get there is made 100% healthier by replacing regular milk with soy.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I would opt for skinny latte. And add cinnamon instead of sugar :) I avoid soy.
  • andiechick
    andiechick Posts: 916 Member
    I keep myself away unless I know I can afford the calories for a hot chocolate, lol!!!
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    Peppermint tea.
  • lindsaymo34
    lindsaymo34 Posts: 22
    Any of their "Skinny" drinks are decent on calories. I particularly like their Skinny Peppermint Mocha, which is 100 calories for tall and 130 calories for grande. A red eye is good too, which is just their drip coffee with a shot of espresso..
  • debussyschild
    debussyschild Posts: 804 Member
    Tall skinny latte!! You can order a bunch of different sugar free flavors to go with your skinny latte (called "skinny" because it's made with skim milk and sugar free syrup of your choice) like sugar-free cinnamon dolce, hazelnut, vanilla, and caramel. One tall skinny latte (with or without sugar-free syrup) is about 110 calories. And you can make it a double--two shots of espresso--and get more caffeine without added calories!! Definitely my favorite thing to get at Starbucks.
  • debussyschild
    debussyschild Posts: 804 Member
    I think anything you can get there is made 100% healthier by replacing regular milk with soy.

    They don't usually offer lower fat versions of soy at Starbucks. Replacing skim milk with soy adds like 50-80 calories.
  • lossweightw2013
    lossweightw2013 Posts: 1
    If you like something sweet you can get a 12oz skinny(non-fat milk) latte any flavor for 90 calories and you can also get sugar free so you won't get all the sugar.
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Tea or Coffee. Straight up, a splash of milk. That's about as healthy as you're going to get.
  • MissPiggy0718
    MissPiggy0718 Posts: 12
    Americanos w/sugar free syrups & splenda or equal for more sweetness..i add in myself the nonfat creamer or ask for it on the side just a dsah all in all like `130 cals estimating high this is for a venti hot or cold :tongue: :drinker:
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    black coffee
  • cheekymits
    cheekymits Posts: 21
    They say a skinny caramel macchiato,but it's packed with carbs.Whats amazing,and I have it everyday before work is black coffee-Christmas blend if it's in season-with sugar free vanilla or hazelnut syrup and a tiny splash of milk.Its a life saver.
  • Toenges1
    Toenges1 Posts: 99 Member
    If you don't like black coffee and don't want the full 100 calories, could you do a coffee with 2 Tbsp of half and half and a splenda (or use the powdered cinnamen and other flavors that they have ont he creamer bar). Although half and half is not your lowest calorie option - drinking 2 Tbsp with black coffee is a nice "treat" on a cold day and is about 1/2 the calories of a tall skinny latte.

    Just a thought.
  • htimpaired
    htimpaired Posts: 1,404 Member
    You could also ask them to use half the number of pumps of flavor they use in the their coffee/lattes to help cut down the calories. I believe they use four pumps of flavored syrup in a medium sized drink, so you could ask for two.
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