What’s your coffee weak spot? A hazelnut latte, a mocha with whipped cream? Having these once in a while is fine, but if you’ve been wondering why your weight creeps up when you’re working, it could be down to your coffee shop purchases.
You only need to jump on the bus, tube or train to see many women grip onto their morning coffees like their lives depend on it…and then complain about weight gain without realising that their morning and afternoon coffee fix could be the culprit!
If that sounds like your story, we’ve made it easy for you – click below to see if your daily coffee fix is staying on your hips! We’ve also got a fantastic review of a coffee machine you can use at home, too, to save the pennies on the cost of buying coffee on the go.
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See the table below and weed out those calorific drinks from your daily purchases.
| Drink | Number of calories |
| Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha (with whipped cream) | 560 |
| Starbucks Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino | 500 |
| Starbucks Caffè Vanilla Frappuccino Blended Coffee (with whipped cream) | 430 |
| Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino | 390 |
| Starbucks Caffè Mocha (with whip cream) | 360 |
| McDonald’s Mocha | 330 |
| Starbucks Hot Chocolate (no whipped cream) | 330 |
| Starbucks Caffè Mocha (no whiped cream) | 290 |
| McDonald’s Iced Coffee (Regular) | 280 |
| McDonald’s Iced Coffee (Flavoured) | 270 |
| Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino | 240 |
| Starbucks Caffè Latte | 220 |
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It’s not just coffee your buy from the coffee shops that can be high in calories – look at the table below, and you;ll see that even homemade coffee can have higher calories than expected…especially when you add sugar in the mix.
| Drink | Number of calories |
| McDonald’s Latte | 180 |
| Starbucks Cappuccino | 140 |
| McDonald’s Cappuccino | 130 |
| Brewed Coffee (with 2tbsp of cream)* | 106 |
| Homemade Latte (with 6oz whole milk)* | 91 |
| Brewed Coffee (with 2tbsp plain powdered non-dairy milk powder)* | 68 |
| Brewed Coffee* | 42 |
*Add an extra 16 calories if you add sugar
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There are some coffees with zero calories – how is that even possible? See the table below and if you’re on a calorie crunching mission, you can stick with these to keep the weight down. They’re a lot cheaper than the calorific drinks, too!
| Drink | Number of calories |
| Brewed Coffee (with 2tbsp of whole milk)* | 20 |
| Starbucks Caffè Americano | 15 |
| Brewed Coffee (with 2tbsp of skimmed milk)* | 12 |
| Starbucks Brewed Coffee | 5 |
| Instant coffee* | 4 |
| Instant coffee* | 4 |
| Brewed Coffee* | 2 |
| Espresso Coffee* | 1 |
| Brewed Decaf Coffee* | 0 |
| McDonald’s Brewed Coffee (Large) | 0 |
*Add an extra 16 calories if you add sugar
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How to make a ‘proper’ coffee
1. At home, but just as good as the shops
Getting a good coffee or latte is something many working mums are accustomed to. But when you work from home, or just want your favourite brew in the evening, making it out of the jar just isn’t the same, is it?
That’s where Nespresso magimix Essenza – sent to us from Lakeland.co.uk comes in handy.
We love it because it looks so unusual, and will definiately get compliments from visitors to your kitchen; not bad for an £89 machine. On a functional side, you can get your expressos made in next to no time, using the Nespresso capsules – it comes with 16 in the box, ready for you to try.
Now you can while away those late nights catching up on admin, knowing full well that you can look forward to your little pick-me-up expresso when those eyelids start to twitch!
2. Like the do in the cafes
Do you wish you knew how to make a ‘proper’ coffee from home? Watch the video below from the Gaggia Academy and you’ll see how you can make everything from an expresso to a latte. These aren’t commercial coffee making machines, but domestic ones which are surprisingly easy to use.
They are big – but smaller in width than your microwave – but if you really love your coffee, you’ll want to do it properly and the Gaggia coffee machines definitely makes this a possibility…you’ll be amazed you managed without it before.
