How many calories in a cup of tea
A cup of black tea has 3 kcal, and with milk and one sugar it's about 35.
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To burn it off
Tea itself is just leaves and hot water, so a plain cup is about 3 kcal. It's the milk and sugar that give it any real calories.
A builder's tea with milk and one sugar is about 35 kcal. Five cups a day is 175, which is a snack's worth you never noticed.
That's not a reason to give up your brew. It's just worth knowing where it comes from.
Tips
- 1Cut the sugar down gradually, your taste catches up in a couple of weeks.
- 2Use semi skimmed or skimmed milk if you have a lot of cups.
- 3Try herbal or green tea in the afternoon, no milk needed.
Where it comes from
Tradition says tea has been drunk in China since about 2700 BCE, but that cannot be verified. The first published account of how to plant, process and drink it dates from around 350 CE. Dutch traders brought tea to Europe in 1610, it reached the English market in 1669, and the British began growing it in India in 1836.
Read the full story · Where does our food come from? · Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Questions
How many calories in tea with milk?
Without sugar, a splash of milk adds very little. With milk and one sugar it's about 35 kcal.
Does black tea have calories?
Barely. A plain cup is about 3 kcal.
How many calories in five cups of tea a day?
With milk and sugar, about 175 kcal. Black, about 15.
How much caffeine is in a cup of tea?
A mug of black tea has about 45 mg of caffeine, roughly half a mug of filter coffee. Green tea usually has a bit less.
How many calories in iced tea?
Homemade iced tea with nothing added is about 3 kcal a glass, just like hot tea. Bottled iced tea is usually sweetened, often around 20 to 30 kcal per 100 ml, so check the label.
Did you know?
After water, tea is the most consumed drink in the world, according to the UN's food and agriculture agency.
Drink facts · Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
