"Starbucks is many things: Reliable, convenient, ubiquitous, trendy. It's also impossibly overwhelming, with so many loaded, customizable drinks on offer throughout the year. And while delicious, many of the flavored coffees are incredibly sweet, with sugar levels that might shock you, depending on your order. However, there is one simple way to make your drink slightly healthier without sacrificing on taste: Swap out the syrup for a flavored cold foam."
"The cold foams are actually made with the flavored syrups Starbucks uses in its drinks, but it's typically only a few pumps, and the cream and milk help mellow out the sweetness. It leads to a silky, slightly sweet result that tastes delicious without being overwhelming, and since cold foam lies at the top of a drink, it's the first thing you taste, removing the need for any sugar in the actual coffee."
"If you're ordering a flavored cold brew, there will probably be multiple pumps of syrup involved. For example, the default for a grande salted caramel cold brew is two pumps of syrup in the coffee. That's on top of the syrup in the cold foam, which equals a whopping 26 grams of sugar in just one serving. So, remove at least one pump from your order, or all of it if you really want to tone it down and make a healthier Starbucks drink."
Cold foam offers a lower-sugar way to enjoy flavored Starbucks drinks by using only a few pumps of the same syrups combined with cream and milk to mellow sweetness. Cold foam sits atop a drink, delivers immediate flavor, and mixes in slowly to enhance mouthfeel and overall taste, reducing the need for extra syrup in the coffee. Options include vanilla sweet cream, salted caramel, chocolate, and seasonal flavors like pumpkin. For flavored cold brews that include multiple syrup pumps, removing one or all pumps can significantly reduce sugar content.
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