Starbucks

[SoulLips]

If chai is your gig, it's very easy to make from scratch. It's just spiced tea! The spices you add to your chai should vary by your preferences... I usually use 2-3 cinnamon sticks (don't use ground cinnamon... it gets all gooey at the bottom of the pot), 15-20 whole cloves, 15-20 cardamom pods (you gotta have this!)... sometimes I add ginger or whole black pepper corns. Simmer in a bit of water for about 15-20 minutes... add 1% milk (I use about a 1/4 water to 3/4 milk ratio... I like a milky chai)... heat to a simmer, then add a few black or green tea bags and let it steep about 5 minutes. Strain into a cup and add Splenda (or other SF sweetener) to your liking. It's great on the weekends or for guests... it makes the house smell good!

[Charles]

You can also get a SF vanilla or hazelnut creme, if you don't like coffee (like me). This is just steamed milk with a shot of SF syrup. I like to get the vanilla one and then spice it up with lots of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Is this OK for Phase 1?

[RedRox]

As long as you have it with skim milk! Most coffee shops don't carry 1%.

[CBmeowwoof]

I can't belive there is a Starbucks post here! The thought of giving up my unfortunate addiction to SF vanilla skim lattes for phase 1 is enough to make me forget even trying. Glad to know that milk is now allowed on P1. Thanks for the tips.

[jocelyn]

what about flavoured coffee? and herbal teas? because they are sweet, does that mean that they have sugar (natural or not) in it.
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[SoulLips]

You will need to ask if your drink is sugar free. If it's not, ask if it can be made sugar free.

[justmarried]

One question... what about the new Frappachino Light things? I believe, but am not certain, that they are made with sugar substitute and are low fat. I just hate hot drinks and my family goes to Startbucks every week after church lol. I will skip it if I need to just to not be tempted but I thought this might be a good substitute? Here is the nutrition blurb from the website:

http://www.starbucks.com/retail/nutrition_beverage_detail.asp?selProducts=144

This is my first day, I'm glad I found this site! I've been so confused.

[RedRox]

For a cold drink, you're still better off with a tall (12 oz) iced skim latte. Add a SF syrup if you want to flavor it or add a non-sugar sweetener to sweeten it. I couldn't bring it up side by side on their site, but here are the relative comparisons. No table feature here, so hopefully you can see the differenence easy enough. The Lite Frappacino is the one you posted, tall size, no whipped cream, plain coffee frappacino.

Component -- Lite Frapp. -- Iced Skim Latte

Calories -- 110 -- 70
Fat -- 1 gm -- 0 gm
Sodium -- 220 mg -- 105 mg
Sugars -- 15 gm -- 9 gm
Protein -- 5 gm -- 7 gm

The sugars in the skim latte are just those from the milk itself. I have a feeling the sugars in the frappacino are from more than whatever milk is in it, i.e. added sugars we should try to avoid. On the other hand it's waaay better than the regular frappacinos and you could probably count it as your sweet treat for the day! There is probably 35 calories of milk in there somewhere you don't have to count towards your sweet treat limit.

[pookiebear]

I can't belive there is a Starbucks post here!

There are TONS of posts about Starbucks... (If you put "Starbucks" in the search option.)

To my knowledge... the "Light" Fraps are just low in calories... not necessarily sugar content. 110 calories ain't bad if you're watching those! The drink I use to get (Tall White Chocolate Mocha w/whip) is 410 calories!!!! Big jump, eh?

[justmarried]

I used Google to answer my own question lol. I found this in a FAQ about the light fraps:

What’s the difference between a Frappuccino® Light Blended Coffee beverage and an original Frappuccino® blended Coffee beverage?
Frappuccino® Light is formulated with the same Starbucks coffee as the original but with lower-fat milk ingredients, and is sweetened using a mix of sugar and non nutritive sweeteners. It has fewer calories and less fat.


What is a non-nutritive sweetener?
A non nutritive sweetened is use to replace some of the sugar in Frappuccino®Light to lower calories without compromising taste.


Is Frappuccino® Light a sugar-free beverage?
No. Although the sugar has been reduced, there are still 20g per Grande beverage. We suggest that diabetic customers who question the suitabiliyt of this beverage as a part of their diet contact their.

[SoulLips]

I used to occasionally get Starbuck's drinks... thankfully only once every 4-6 months because we have the world's worst Starbucks where I live (don't ask HOW someone can screw up coffee and espresso drinks from automated machines... they manage it here). A venti Java Chip Frap with whip has 650 calories! I have a friend who was sucking down a venti mocha malt (or whatever the real name is) frap EVERY DAY when she was at work. She wondered why she gained weight so quickly... and why she has lost it so easily since kicking the habit. It's pretty darned obvious to me now!

[Rachael83]

About chai...why not just buy the chai tea bags??

I make my own chai tea 'latte' at home. I buy the bags, then add splenda, and 1% milk, and whip it up with the electric mixer.

I don't have a steamer, but it's good this way too!

[michellew]

When I went to the starbucks site it did not show calorie count for the SF flavored skim Latte or flavored drinks. Does anyone know where you can find the calorie content we have a list of the drinks but not calories. Thanx

[pookiebear]

http://www.starbucks.com/retail/nutrition_beverages.asp

Pick a drink on this page and press "go" and it'll bring you to the nutritional information for that specific drink.

[SoulLips]

A grande skim iced caffe latte has 100 calories. If it's not iced, it has 160 calories. SF syrup doesn't add any calories.