![]() Generally, if you order a pre-made drink like a White Chocolate Mocha Frappucino, you’re getting a coffee mix base that comes delivered to the coffee shop in a box and cannot be replaced. Avoid “Pre-Made” Drinks & Their Ingredients Popular brands like Truvia, Pyure and Swerve, make great sugar substitutes and even come in handy, portable packets! If you can, avoid Splenda and Sweet&Low – they contain ingredients like sucralose, aspartame and dextrose (none of which are low carb friendly and can raise blood sugar as much as regular sugar itself). If your coffee shop doesn’t have syrups or you don’t use them, you can also opt for sugar-free substitutes like erythritol or stevia. Some even have sugar free white chocolate and cinnamon dolce! Most common sugar-free syrups are vanilla, caramel, and hazelnut. Ask your barista to use a sugar-free syrup in your coffee. Brands like Torani and Da Vinci’s can be found across the country and have lots of sugar-free flavors. If you love your sweet fix in the morning, consider using sugar-free syrups that many coffee shops offer. ![]() If that means replacing their sugary drinks with sugar-free options to lessen the blow, then so be it. But we understand new low carb-ers need to ease into this way of eating. We love the flavor that natural coffee takes on with the texture of heavy cream. We’re not huge fans of putting sweetness in our coffee. Better than using milk, but not as good as heavy cream. Try to make sure the barista is using heavy cream and not just half&half – which is half milk and half heavy cream. ![]() Make sure you don’t overdo it at 50 calories per tablespoon. Careful, though, heavy cream is high in fat, so it’s high in calories. Anywhere from 1-4 tablespoons will do it. Ask for a splash of heavy cream in your coffee instead of milk or creamer. It’s delicious and adds a richness to your coffee that you won’t get from anything else. Heavy cream (or heavy whipping cream or whipping cream) is gold in the keto community. It’s the cream collected off the top of milk when it’s left to separate (what’s left is skim milk, a.k.a. Whole milk is the lesser of the evils, containing a relatively higher amount of fat than skim and the 1 & 2%s. Milk is not low carb! It contains a relatively large amount of sugar (lactose). Experiment with different beans and soon you’ll find a blend that excites you! You’ll soon start noticing flavors like nuts, chocolate, and even fruitiness. These have their own natural flavors and subtleties that can be lost in artificially flavored coffee beans. Go for the real coffee beans like arabica or robusta. But if you wake up every morning looking forward to a hot cup of ready-made coffee at your coffee shop, there are ways you can help them make your coffee keto-friendly. So what’s a new low carb-er to do? Well, you can always opt for making your coffee at home with real, un-artificially flavored coffee beans and lots of heavy cream. There’s sugar hiding in your coffee and lots of it. A third of all drinks tested by Action on Sugar contained more sugar than Coca Cola. Here’s a sobering fact: a Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha Venti coffee has 18 TEASPOONS of sugar. If you find yourself stopping by your favorite coffee shop every morning, you may find those added grams of sugar adding up quickly. Coffee has been shown to provide your body with tons of benefits as long as you keep it in moderation. We could never give up our morning coffee, not forever anyway. 189 Shares Become a Low Carb Coffee Expert!
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