Starbucks is famous for its selection of seasonal coffees and drinks, many of which make use of sweet syrups and creams. If you’d like to add some sweetener, opt for fewer than the standard number of ‘pumps.’ Sticking with 1 or 2 pumps of syrup/sweetener will keep your drink sweet while still staying under roughly 20 grams of added sugar. Regular lattes, cappuccinos, and brewed teas are the lowest in caffeine. So what are the ‘best’ choices? In efforts to minimize total caffeine and stick under the recommended limit of 200 mg per day, short and tall-sized drinks are your best bet. Their app/website also conveniently lists caffeine content in the nutrition facts for each drink. To get a larger-sized coffee without so much caffeine, you can customize your grande-sized beverage to have only 1 espresso dose, dropping the caffeine content from ~150 mg to ~75 mg. What is really helpful is your ability to customize Starbucks drinks. While a short Americano still has only 1 espresso, each size increase adds an additional espresso shot. Since Americano beverages are a simple combo of espresso and hot water, they are made to be stronger. The only traditional drink style that doesn’t follow this system is the Caffe Americano. Mocha drinks use the same system listed above, but their caffeine content will be a bit higher due to some additional caffeine coming from the chocolate. For their traditional drinks, Starbucks follows this guide when for their standard number of espressos in each size drink: When it comes to espresso-based drinks the number of added espressos increases proportionally as the size of the drink increases. Note: when ordering at Starbucks, their ‘short’ size is 8-oz, a ‘tall’ is 12-oz, ‘grande’ is 16-oz, and ‘venti’ is 20-oz.
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