10 Keto Friendly Starbucks Drinks Ready to Order
You said goodbye to sugar and carbs when you began your keto diet… well, almost. A Venti from Starbucks is too good to pass up, making it your occasional guilty pleasure. But why guilt yourself of your favorite coffee when there are keto-friendly Starbucks drinks? This list will guide you through the Starbucks secret menu so you can keep drinking coffee that won’t hurt your low-carb diet.
Starbucks Secret Menu: Keto Section
Tip: Not all baristas are familiar with drink names, so we give you the recipes you could narrate to them instead. From ordering recipes that are new to your ears to replacing the ingredients of traditional Starbucks drinks (you know, Macchiato, Americano, Latte, Mocha…) with keto-friendly ingredients, coffee is no longer on your list of indulgences, you had to let go for your low carbohydrate diet.
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Keto White Drink
Topping the drinks list on the Starbucks secret menu is the low carbohydrate white drink, a proven Instagram favorite. This drink is the keto-friendly alternative in Starbucks to the Peach Citrus White Tea Infusion, 11 net carbs. The result of the drink is a peaches and cream refresher without the carbs and sugar.
Wondering just how good it is? A Google search shows the keto white drink is the current hype, with people brewing imitations of the popular drink at home — and people with the plain sugar and carbs diet adding sweetener to the popular keto-friendly Starbucks drink. It is so good even those who do not practice a keto had to get a taste of the drink too.
How to place your order:
“Unsweetened Peach Citrus White Tea with heavy cream, 2-4 pumps of sugar-free vanilla syrup, ice, and no water.”
Low-Carb London Fog
Another drink you may not have known on the Starbucks secret menu is the hot tea, the less depressing version of the Earl Grey tea with its steamed milk and vanilla syrup. You do not want the last two ruining your diet, but the low-carb tea gives you a more delicious Earl Grey with whipping cream and sugar-free syrup instead — the perfect keto-friendly Starbucks drink.
How to place your order:
“Earl Grey tea, a shot of heavy whipping cream, and sugar-free vanilla syrup.”
Low-Carb Pink Drink
This drink is also an Instagram favorite, more colorful than the white drink. But apart from its picture-perfect looks, it also has its keto-friendly Starbucks alternative using water instead of coconut milk. While the keto version is less sweet than the Strawberry Acaí Refresher, it still has the sweet, candy-like flavor you let go of at the start of your low carbohydrate diet.
How to place your order:
“Passion tango tea, sugar-free syrup, and heavy or light creamer.”
Low-Carb Flat White
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Another keto-friendly Starbucks drink in white — aside from the keto white — is the low-carb white, which has more whipping cream and water than your usual steamed whole milk. It still has that same froth and creaminess minus the carbs and coffee buzz.
On the Starbucks Secret Menu
“Flat white, no steamed milk, half-heavy whipping cream, half water steamed.”
Keto-Friendly Starbucks Alternatives To Your Favorites
Meanwhile, there are Starbucks favorites you had to let go of because of your strict keto diet. But ordering a Keto friendly Starbucks alternative to the traditional Starbucks drinks is the secret to keeping your coffee shop habits the sugar rush and the compromise to your keto diet.
Low-Carb Caramel Macchiato
A barista suggested ditching the hot version of the caramel macchiato for an iced drink — because of the unhealthy milk carbs. Switching the ingredients of the traditional caramel macchiato to keto options won’t make it any more healthy because of its mix of espresso, vanilla syrup, and caramel sauce. Still, the keto-friendly alternatives at Starbucks to the delicious caramel macchiato is better than nothing.
How to place your order:
“Skinny caramel macchiato with almond milk and no caramel drizzle.”
Low-Carb Americano
Already low-carb to begin with, the Americano is your best bet for a keto-friendly Starbucks drink — just add whipped cream, which gives the Americano just the right amount of creaminess that won’t give you a sugar rush and ruin your keto diet.
How to place your order:
“Americano with heavy cream. Simple.”
Iced Chai Tea Latte
While chai tea latte is one of the few drinks just as delicious as its keto-friendly Starbucks alternative, you cannot order the iced latte online. You have to come up to the barista to make sure you get your Starbucks order to fix.
How to place your order:
“Chai with a splash of heavy cream and X pumps of sugar-free vanilla” or “iced lightly sweet chai latte, no liquid cane, breve (half-and-half instead of milk)”
Iced Pineapple Tea
Okay, so it is not-so-secret that Starbucks has iced tea, which is keto-safe in itself. If you want some flavoring to make the unsweetened (which is how you should order your drink) version still delicious as a keto-friendly Starbucks alternative, there is a secret to it, such as the iced pineapple tea.
How to place your order:
“Iced green, black, or white tea, with a pineapple fusion, unsweetened.”
Skinny Mocha
A regular Starbucks mocha is made of milk, whipped cream, and mocha sauce, which is 20 grams of carbs mixed — not good for your keto diet. But the Keto-friendly version at Starbucks of the regular mocha puts “skinny” to its name when you drink it sugar-free and with no milk.
How to place your order:
“Skinny sugar-free mocha sauce.”
Freshly Brewed Coffee
Have you been drinking freshly brewed coffees outside Starbucks, thinking they were already keto-friendly? Well, they are not, which makes Starbucks the perfect place for your coffee fix. Just order Pike Place Roast on the menu or their other no-carb views like the blonde and dark roast.
How to place your order:
“Pike Place Roast.”
What’s the best way to order keto-friendly at Starbucks?
It’s simple: just be upfront with the cashier. If you start by saying you’re on the keto diet, the Starbucks employee will understand most of the time. Also, when ordering specialty drinks, make sure to use cream rather than milk, sugar-free sweeteners, and that should help with the carb count.
Summary
Picking out your favorite Starbucks drink can be difficult, especially considering keto restrictions. Hopefully, this article helped shed some light on what drinks are keto-friendly and how to place the order when you go to the shop.
Updated on February 23, 2022.
