Starbucks tea beverages have become a staple of every Starbucks in North America. In addition to traditional tea flavors, Starbucks Tazo tea is available in distinct flavors along with blended tea lattes. One such beverage is the Starbucks Tazo tea black tea that is available with or without sweetener. With the numerous tea beverages available on the menu, it can be confusing for customers to discern the nutritional differences among the options available.
Black Sweet Tea Nutrition
A grande Tazo black shaken iced tea with sweetener contains 80 calories and 0 g of fat and saturated fat. In addition, the drink does not contain sodium, cholesterol or fiber. However, 21 g of sugar along with 21 g of carbohydrates can be found in a grande size. It is important to realize that these nutrition facts are for the 16 oz. grande size and that the sugar and carbohydrates are nearly double for the 31 oz. trenta size.
Black Tea Unsweetened
If you're looking for a lower calorie option, getting the shaken black tea unsweetened is an option. Even a trenta size shaken black tea contains 0 calories, 0 sugar and 0 carbohydrates. In comparison, a trenta size black tea with sweetener contains 36 g of carbohydrates, which accounts for 12 percent of your daily allotment in a 2,000-calorie diet.
Other Tea Choices
In addition to shaken black tea, Starbucks also offers tea varieties in many flavors including passion fruit, earl grey and green tea. Most of these teas have similar nutrition facts to the sweetened black tea. In addition, Starbucks offers many of their Tazo teas in lattes, which feature tea blended with your choice of milk or soymilk. Most lattes contain around 5 g of fat for a grande beverage but can be lowered if you choose to substitute nonfat milk.
Watching Calories at Starbucks
If you are watching your calories at Starbucks, the Tazo teas are an effective way to cut unwanted calories and fat. Perhaps the easiest way to cut calories is to choose a tall or grande beverage instead of the venti or trenta beverages. In addition, substituting 1 percent or nonfat milk in the tea lattes helps you avoid some calories and fat.
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