Executive summary about How Many Calories in a Cup of Coffee, And Why This Helps You By Francis Fielding
Coffee is one of the most debated topics as far as calories are concerned. Coffee - by itself without the additives - has almost a zero calorie count. If you were to look at the coffee calorie database from the United States, an eight ounce coffee that has been brewed from ground only has two calories.
Every coffee bean has oils and this is why baristas are trained to wipe and clean their espresso machines to prevent this buildup. Sometimes a cup of coffee may have a terrible or sour taste. In essence, coffee beans and added water produce a two calorie coffee drink as reflected in many diet and calorie guides available anywhere. It's the milk and sugar that really drive up the calorie count.
People add milk or sugar or combine them into the coffee to dispel the bitter taste that comes with plain coffee.
The addition of syrups and flavors can affect calories as long as it is sweet. Some people opt to use non-dairy creamers in their coffee but it still racks up calorie points. A standard powdered creamer can give 20 - 35 calories alone. So the next time you order coffee, take it plain.
Executive summary about How Many Calories in a Cup of Coffee by freedieting
Coffee is a very low calorie beverage, however, once people begin adding things like sugar, milk and flavorings coffee can be transformed from almost no calories to many calories very quickly.
Many popular cafe's and restaurant chains have also created "gourmet" or "specialty coffees" that entice customers with their extreme use of flavors and ingredients, but they also can give the consumer a whole day's worth of calories in one drink.
Here's a table that shows the various calorie amounts of different types/brands of coffee including some of the specialty varieties from popular restaurants.
Beverage
|
Volume (oz)
|
Calories
|
Instant coffee
|
1 rounded tsp dry powder
|
4
|
Instant coffee
|
8
|
4
|
Espresso Coffee
|
1
|
1
|
Brewed Coffee
|
8
|
2
|
Brewed Decaf Coffee
|
8
|
0
|
Brewed Coffee
(w/2tbsp of cream) |
9
|
106
|
Brewed Coffee
(w/2tbsp of half & half) |
9
|
42
|
Brewed Coffee
(w/2tbsp of whole milk) |
9
|
20
|
Brewed Coffee
(w/2tbsp of 2% milk) |
9
|
17
|
Brewed Coffee
(w/2tbsp of skim milk) |
9
|
12
|
Brewed Coffee
(w/2tbsp plain powdered non-dairy creamer) |
9
|
68
|
Brewed Coffee
(w/2tbsp plain liquid non-dairy creamer) |
9
|
42
|
Homemade Latte
(6oz whole milk) |
8
|
91
|
(Adding Sugar to above)
|
1tsp
|
add 16
|
McDonald's Cappuccino
|
16
|
130
|
McDonald's Latte
|
16
|
180
|
McDonald's Mocha
|
16
|
330
|
McDonald's Brewed Coffee (Large)
|
16
|
0
|
McDonald's Iced Coffee
(Flavored) |
17
|
270
|
McDonald's Iced Coffee
(Regular) |
17
|
280
|
Dunkin Donuts Latte
|
10
|
120
|
Dunkin Donuts Cappuccino
|
10
|
80
|
Dunkin Donuts Mocha Swirl Latte
|
10
|
230
|
Dunkin Donuts Brewed Coffee
|
10
|
15
|
Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee (no milk)
|
16
|
10
|
Dunkin Donuts Coffee Coolatta with
cream
|
16
|
400
|
Dunkin Donuts Iced Mocha Raspberry
Latte
|
16
|
230
|
Starbucks Brewed Coffee
|
16
|
5
|
Starbucks Caffè Americano
|
16
|
15
|
Starbucks Caffè Latte
|
16
|
220
|
Starbucks Caffè Mocha (no whip)
|
16
|
290
|
Starbucks Caffè Mocha (whip)
|
16
|
360
|
Starbucks Cappuccino
|
16
|
140
|
Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate
Mocha (whip)
|
16
|
560
|
Starbucks Caffè Vanilla Frappuccino
Blended Coffee (whip)
|
16
|
430
|
Starbucks Hot Chocolate (no whip)
|
16
|
330
|
Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino
|
16
|
240
|
Starbucks Double Chocolaty Chip
Frappuccino
|
16
|
500
|
Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino
|
16
|
390
|
Baskin Robins Cappuccino Blast
|
24
|
480
|
Dairy Queen Cappuccino MooLatté
|
16
|
500
|
Dairy Queen Caramel MooLatté
|
16
|
630
|
Arbys Jamocha Swirl Shake
|
16
|
610
|
Burger King Mocha Joe Iced Coffee
|
16
|
360
|
The key is learning to drink coffee as plain as possible which will take some time for your taste buds to adjust, but soon you'll even enjoy drinking coffee this way.
Should you ever drink a decadent speciality coffee? Yes, it's OK to have one as a treat every once in awhile, but drinking them all the time could prevent you from achieving your weight loss and health goals.
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