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Calories · Coffee drinks

Coffee drink calories, cup by cup.

Coffee is nearly nothing; what goes in it is the number. A black americano and a whipped mocha come from the same espresso. Here are the usual café drinks side by side — from a Melbourne flat white to a Singapore kopi — with the cup size each number is for.

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In short

A black americano is about 10 calories, a 12 oz cappuccino about 100, a 16 oz latte about 210 and a mocha about 320; a grande pumpkin spice latte with whip is about 390. Milk, syrup, whipped cream and cup size decide almost all of it.

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Side by side

Café drinks, roughly, by cup.

Each drink links to its own page, with sizes, the usual range and the sources behind it.

Rough calories for café drinks, lightest first, with the cup each number is for
DrinkRough numberCup behind the number
Americano~10one 12 fl oz caffè americano, black (a US tall)
Cappuccino~100one small café cappuccino, 12 fl oz
Teh tarik~100one medium cup (200 ml) of hot teh tarik with condensed and evaporated milk
Cold brew~110one 16 oz grande cold brew with vanilla sweet cream, as Starbucks makes it (black: 5)
Iced coffee~150one medium 16 oz iced coffee with milk and sugar
Flat white~170one 12 fl oz flat white with whole milk (a US tall)
Es kopi susu gula aren~170one glass of iced coffee with fresh milk and palm sugar syrup, weighed before ice
Kopi~190one regular cup (250 ml) of kopi: local coffee with condensed and evaporated milk
Chai latte~200one 16 fl oz café chai tea latte with 2% milk (a US grande)
Latte~210one medium café latte, 16 fl oz
Matcha latte~250one 16 oz café matcha latte with 2% milk, sweetened
Thai milk tea~280one regular cup (400 ml) of Thai milk tea over ice, sweetened with sugar and milk or creamer
Bubble tea~280one 500 ml cup with tapioca pearls, regular sugar
Mocha~320one medium café mocha, 16 fl oz
Dirty soda~320one 24 fl oz cup over ice: pepper-type soda with 1 fl oz coconut syrup and lime
Hot chocolate~380one 12 fl oz café hot chocolate with whipped cream
Pumpkin spice latte~390one 16 oz grande with 2% milk and whipped cream, as Starbucks makes it
Blended iced coffee~410one medium blended coffee with whipped cream, 16 fl oz

What moves it

Milk, syrup, whip — and the size.

  • Milk volume. A cappuccino is mostly foam; a latte is mostly milk. Same espresso, very different glass.
  • Syrups and sauces. Each pump of syrup adds sugar; mocha and pumpkin sauces add more than a vanilla pump.
  • Whipped cream. Often the single biggest add-on on a seasonal drink.
  • Size. Going from 12 oz to 20 oz roughly doubles the milk. The size picker matters more than the drink name.
  • Condensed milk. A Singapore kopi (about 190) and teh tarik (about 100) get their body from condensed and evaporated milk; kopi-o kosong is close to nothing.

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Sources

Where the facts come from

  1. Starbucks US menu — Caffè Americano, values by size
  2. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Coffee, Cappuccino, FDC 2710472
  3. Starbucks US menu — Flat White, values by size (whole milk)
  4. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Coffee, Latte, FDC 2710386
  5. Starbucks US menu — Chai Latte, values by size (2% milk)
  6. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS) — Milk, reduced fat (2%), FDC 2705386
  7. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Coffee, Cafe Mocha, FDC 2710410 (small 372 g, medium 496 g)
  8. Starbucks — Iced Coffee, Grande 16 fl oz, unsweetened, menu facts (5)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a latte?

A 16 oz café latte is about 210 calories; smaller cups and skim milk are lower, flavoured syrups higher.

Does black coffee have calories?

Barely — a black americano is about 10. Milk, sugar and syrups are where a coffee’s calories come from.

Which has fewer calories, a flat white or a cappuccino?

Cup size decides it more than the drink: a 12 oz cappuccino is about 100, a 12 oz flat white with whole milk about 170.

How many calories are in a pumpkin spice latte?

A grande (16 oz) with 2% milk and whipped cream is about 390 calories.