Tea vs Instant Coffee: The Healthier Choice

Less Calories in Tea

At first glance, you can see that in tea is much less calories than in instant coffee.

Tea has 1 kcal per 100g and instant coffee 3 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 200%.

In tea and in instant coffee most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare tea with instant coffee in details.

Tea And Instant coffee Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  instant coffee - 200% more than tea
• Carbohydrates:
  instant coffee - 271% more than tea
• Protein:
  instant coffee - 67% more than tea
• Water:
  tea - 1% more than instant coffee

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Less protein in tea

It is aslo easy to see see that in tea is less protein than in instant coffee.

There is 0.1g per 100g of instant coffee and 0.06g per 100g of tea so using simple math we can see that difference is about 67%.

Less carbohydrates in tea

In tea is less carbohydrates than in instant coffee.

There is 0.63g/100g of carbohydrates in instant coffee and 0.17g/100g in tea so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 271%.