Coffee Calories


by boake moore - Date: 2008-10-27 - Word Count: 255 Share This!

The coffee, espresso, and tea that Europeans sip in their cafés hasn't changed much

over the years. But stop at a coffee house in the U.S. (there are probably two on the


next block), and that 10-calorie beverage has likely morphed into a 500-calorie


milk shake. Here's how to keep your coffee break from turning into a Big Mac break.

Like their fast-food cousins, Starbucks and


other coffee sellers put nutrition numbers


on their Web sites, but not their menu


boards. If Starbucks did, here's what you'd


see.








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Latte.

A grande (16 oz.) nonfat Caffè

Latte (two shots of espresso with steamed


milk) is a bargain when it comes to calories


(160), saturated fat (0 grams), and


calcium (some 450 milligrams). But


you'll add:




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70 calories for flfl avored syrups (unless

you get no-cal, sugar-free Hazelnut or


Vanilla),




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100 calories for whole milk instead of

nonfat, or




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50 calories for soy milk.

If you're not careful, your bargain can


balloon to a whole-milk Vanilla Latte


with 320 calories and 7 grams (a third of


a day's worth) of sat fat. Oops.


Bonus: get any grande nonfat latte iced


and you'll save about 50 calories.




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Cappuccino.

The mix of steamed

and foamed whole milk that's added to


the espresso supplies a grande with just


150 calories, but who needs 5 grams of


saturated fat in their coffee? Stick with


nonfat milk and you've got a 100-calorie


Best Bite with around 250 mg of calcium-


20 percent of a day's worth.




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Mocha.

A grande White Chocolate






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Boake" Moore is an IT Sales engineer by trade and founded a non profit coffee company called Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee -http://www.missiongrounds.com/ourphilosophy.php It donates all its profits and proceeds to helping orphans and impoverished children. We currently are building schools in rural China, orphanages in South America; supporting orphans in Russia and Africa. And helping homeless children in the United States.
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