Tea with One Sugar Cube: Calories and Cube Weight

Tea (with 1 sugar cube)

100 g

Calculation basis: 200g brewed black tea+USDA2.3g sugar cube=202.3g mixture. Cube weight is not universal.

Calculated from the 100 g values. — means unknown, not zero. ~ indicates an estimated serving weight.

5kcal

Carbohydrate1.4 g 100%

Protein0 g 0%

Fat0 g 0%

Tea (with 1 sugar cube) Nutrition Values

Nutrients	100 g	1 Weighed amount (100 g)
Calories(kcal)	5	5
Carbohydrate (g)	1.43	1.43
Protein (g)	0	0
Fat (g)	0	0
Fiber (g)	0	0
Cholesterol (mg)	0	0
Sodium (mg)	2.98	2.98
Potassium (mg)	36.6	36.6
Calcium (mg)	0.01	0.01
Iron (mg)	0.02	0.02
Vitamin A (µg RAE)	0	0
Vitamin C (mg)	0	0

Values are calculated from a 100 g basis. The product, recipe and serving amount can change the result. See the food-specific notes below for the reference used.

Calories in black tea with one sugar cube

Adding 2.3 g sugar to 200 g brewed black tea gives a 202.3 g drink with 11 kcal in total. The sugar contributes about 9 kcal and the plain tea 2 kcal. Cube sizes vary; 2.3 g is the recorded USDA cube measure used for this example.

A small cube and a large cube differ

With 200 g tea, 2 g sugar gives roughly 10 kcal in total; 4 g gives 17 kcal. “One cube” is not enough to determine an exact number. If the pack states its net weight and cube count, you can calculate an average weight. Weighing several cubes together and dividing by their number is another option. A level spoon and a heaped spoon are not equivalent either.

Does a larger cup double the sugar calories?

The same 2.3 g cube in 100 g tea gives about 10 kcal, compared with 11 kcal in 200 g tea. A larger cup does not double the energy from a cube that stays the same size. The table's 100 g value represents part of the defined 202.3 g mixture; it is not a separate recipe containing 100 g tea plus a whole cube.

Several cups and added milk

Five drinks, each made with 200 g tea and 2.3 g sugar, contain 11.5 g added sugar and approximately 55 kcal in total. To reduce sugar, first track the number of cups and the grams added to each. Milk tea also needs the amount and type of milk counted. Replacing the cube with honey requires a new calculation: 10 g generic honey adds about 30 kcal, compared with about 9 kcal from the 2.3 g sugar cube. Milk and syrup also need their own quantities recorded.

For a milk addition, the whole-milk tea example uses 225 g tea and 28 g milk for about 19 kcal, without a sugar cube. Count the cube’s weight separately if you add one.

A 20 g walnut cookie together with 200 g tea and a 2.3 g sugar cube gives about 101 kcal in the stated references. Record the cookie and drink separately; logging plain tea would omit the added sugar.

Source note: The calculation uses USDA SR 28 records 14355 for brewed black tea and 19335 for granulated sugar. The source's 2.3 g cube is an example, not a universal size. Per 100 g values use the actual ingredient weights; changing tea weight while keeping one cube requires recalculating the recipe.