Brewed coffee vs Hot herbal tea
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 10000 g of brewed coffee or 10000 g of hot herbal tea. Most of the calories in brewed coffee come from protein. Most of those in hot herbal tea come from carbohydrate.
More in brewed coffee: riboflavin (19×), niacin, potassium (5.4×), magnesium (3×) and 9 more. More in hot herbal tea: copper (7.5×), iron (8×), zinc (2×) and carbohydrates. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
10,000 g · 12 g protein · 0 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 2 g fat
10,000 g · 0 g protein · 20 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 0 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Riboflavin (B2)7.6 mg · 0.4 mg585%31%
- Copper0.2 mg · 1.5 mg22%167%
- Niacin (B3)19.1 mg · 0 mg119%0%
- Potassium4,900 mg · 900 mg104%19%
- Magnesium300 mg · 100 mg71%24%
- Choline260 mg · 40 mg47%7%
- Iron1 mg · 8 mg6%44%
- Thiamin (B1)1.4 mg · 1 mg117%83%
- Folate200 µg · 100 µg50%25%
- Protein12 g · 0 g24%0%
- Phosphorus300 mg · 0 mg24%0%
- Zinc2 mg · 4 mg18%36%
- Vitamin K10 µg · 0 µg8%0%
- Carbohydrates0 g · 20 g0%7%
- Vitamin E1 mg · 0 mg7%0%
- Vitamin B60.1 mg · 0 mg6%0%
- Sodiumlimit200 mg · 100 mg9%4%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Total fat2 g · 0 g3%·0%
- Saturated fatlimit0.2 g · 0.2 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Calcium200 mg · 200 mg15%·15%
- Selenium0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
From USDA FoodData Central: Brewed coffee (Survey (FNDDS) 2710375), Hot herbal tea (Survey (FNDDS) 2710502). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.