If only tealeaves or teabags are considered in calories point of view, then they have zero calories. It means tea without milk and sugar has no calories. When milk and sugar are added to tea, then the tea is said to contain calories.
The amount of calories in tea depends upon the quantity of the milk and sugar added to the tea. Generally, one teaspoon of sugar has 16 calories and one teaspoon of powdered creamer has 11 calories. Thus if we add 2 teaspoons of both sugar and creamer in a cup of tea, then the cup of tea contains 54 calories.
Iced tea is made from tea bag, water and ice cubes. It has zero calories. When sugar is added to
Iced tea, then it gets calories. 'Commercial mix' iced tea has higher calories than an iced tea because of added sweeteners.
One big cup of commercial mix iced tea has calories same as the calories in 4 cookies. Generally 1 cookie contains 50 calories. Thus 4 cookies have 200 calories. So one big cup of commercial iced tea would have almost 200 calories which is way too high.
The amount of calories in tea depends upon the quantity of the milk and sugar added to the tea. Generally, one teaspoon of sugar has 16 calories and one teaspoon of powdered creamer has 11 calories. Thus if we add 2 teaspoons of both sugar and creamer in a cup of tea, then the cup of tea contains 54 calories.
Iced tea is made from tea bag, water and ice cubes. It has zero calories. When sugar is added to
Iced tea, then it gets calories. 'Commercial mix' iced tea has higher calories than an iced tea because of added sweeteners.
One big cup of commercial mix iced tea has calories same as the calories in 4 cookies. Generally 1 cookie contains 50 calories. Thus 4 cookies have 200 calories. So one big cup of commercial iced tea would have almost 200 calories which is way too high.