Monday, January 17, 2011

Medium Vanilla Chai Please

Want to take a break from coffee but still need a little caffeine? Make a switch and order the chai latte. It's true, tea has almost as much caffeine as coffee, but since its brewed differently, the effects are less harsh. Chai wakes you up at a more normal pace so you don't find yourself tapping your fingernails and clenching your teeth after two cups. 
Take a tall Starbucks vanilla latte that has about 150 milligrams of caffeine and replace it with a Starbucks tazo chai latte that only has about 100 milligrams of caffeine. The calories are pretty much the same whether you order the coffee or the chai and if you like the taste of one, you're going to like the taste of the other- they are that similar.  
Of course if you want to indulge, you can always grab a bowl of Starbucks, Haagen Dazs or Ben & Jerrys coffee ice cream to get your fix, which has no more than 80 milligrams of caffeine :)
Happy Tasting!

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