How many calories in a tinto
A sweetened tinto has about 40 kcal, with 10 g of carbs from the sugar.
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In Colombia a tinto is a small cup of black coffee, usually sweetened. Street sellers walk round with thermoses and plastic cups, and offices keep one on the go all day.
A sweetened cup is 40 kcal, with 10 g of carbs. That's the sugar or panela, the coffee itself is close to nothing.
Don't order one in Spain and expect coffee. There, tinto means red wine.
Tips
- 1Ask for it without sugar, sin azúcar, and it's almost nothing.
- 2Cut the sugar by half over a week or two, you'll stop missing it.
- 3Five a day is 200 kcal of sugar, count the cups.
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a cup of tinto
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Questions
What is a tinto in Colombia?
A small cup of black coffee, often sweetened, sold everywhere from street thermoses to offices.
How many calories in a tinto without sugar?
Next to nothing. The 40 kcal in a sweetened cup is the sugar.
How many calories in two tintos?
About 80 kcal, with sugar.
Why is it called tinto?
Tinto means dyed or inked, after the dark colour. In Spain the same word means red wine.
Is tinto strong coffee?
Usually not. It's often thin and sweet, made to be drunk often, not slowly.
