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[OZ9000]

So I'm taking my wife for afternoon tea next week but I'm curious if anyone is aware how many calories I should expect?

The menu features various andwiches (eg salmon, chicken, egg), scones with jam/clotted cream, and a selection of desserts (tarts, cakes, macarons).

 

[INC]

twentea

 

[SJRB]

Dude how the fuck can anyone answer this?

 

[nush]

Fucking loads based on that menu list.

Clotted cream alone,


Traditional Cornish Clotted Cream (1 tbsp) contains 0.7g of carbs, 0.5g of protein, 19g of fat, and 173.3 calories.

 

[Tranquil]

Who knows. A lot?

 

[GHG]

1. Download myfitnesspal.
2. Plug all the crap you're eating in to it.
3. Cry at how unhealthy and fat it tells you you will become.
4. Uninstall myfitnesspal and continue living your life in blissful ignorance.

 

[Taxexemption]

The laziness inherent in the op is agressive.

 

[OZ9000]

The laziness inherent in the op is agressive.

I googled however had limited information or success.

Either way, both the wife and I plan to severely restrict our calorie intake the day before and after.

Will stick to chicken + broccoli only.

 

[Taxexemption]

I googled however had limited information or success.

Either way, both the wife and I plan to severely restrict our calorie intake the day before and after.

Will stick to chicken + broccoli only.

If you mentioned what items you were going to eat it would have been helpful, you listed several options, didn't say what you were going to get, nor did you indicate how you were going to drink your tea, nor was it clear whether you were going to eat, or just drink tea, or whether or not you were going to have dessert. Honestly you should pay me monetary compensation for this kind of critique of your post. If you weren't making this topic in hopes to get a negative reaction, you desperately needed this information. There were a lot of ways to read into the extremely limited amount of information you provided, and the way you provided it. I'd rate the value of my post at ten dollars, unfortunately I won't be asking for payment as to setup a system to be paid for compensation wouldn't be worth my time at the moment.

 

[dr_octagon]

at least tea fiddy

 

[Rentahamster]

I didn't realize "afternoon tea" was overwhelmingly not actually team

 

[RiccochetJ]

There are so many different variables here it's almost impossible to tell you. Hell, even the restaurant itself and how they prepare meals drastically affects the kind of calorie intake you'll be getting. So you mentioned broccoli, but they could completely smother it in butter or oil and you've added 500 calories extra. You mentioned that the menu is online, does it by chance have the calories beside them?

If I were to completely ballpark it, I would say that if your tea involves eating with something like a sandwich mentioned above, they've probably smothered it in mayo or oil or some crap so you'll be looking at 900 - 1000 calories. If you add in desert, you'll be looking at probably around 2000 depending on the type of desert you get. A tiny tart or cake can be 500 calories depending on what they put on it.

Edit: And you don't have to punish yourself by restricting your calories the day before and after. You're allowed a cheat day if your normal diet isn't always in a massive calorie surplus.

 

[triplestation]

is tea keto

 

[12Goblins]

Clotted cream..da fuq

 

[Ikutachi]

You're asking this as if you never had tea at home.

 

[Taxexemption]

You're asking this as if you never had tea at home.

Or looked up the nutritional contents of tea. Or read the back of a box of tea. It's like coffee, there are almost no calories unless you add sugar, cream, honey, or something else to make it sweeter. Even then as long as you don't go crazy with it and make it a super sweet tasting drink, tea is really low in calories.

 

[Corgi1985]

That clotted cream probably had 20,000 calories why are you worried about the tea?

 

[Pol Pot]

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Offset it all by not having 2 spoons of sugar in your tea. Winner is you.

 

[teezzy]

It's water flavored by a leaf

Don't be gay about it

 

[Can't decide]

Think clotted cream, think clogged arteries.

 

[dr_octagon]

 

[cormack12]

Tea with no sugar is like 20 calories with milk, add 35 for each sugar you have (roughly). So for say, three cups of tea with a sugar, probably 150-180Kcals
A simple sandwich (2 pieces of regular bread with filling) will be between 350Kcal (for say, just cheese and light mayo), up to 650Kcal (for say sausage, bacon and egg mix).
Most desserts are just sugar so either choose natural sugars (fruit) or skip. A slice of cheesecake is going to be between 350Kcal-650Kcal, depending on size etc. A fruitbowl will probably fill you more and be about 150Kcals and a teaspoon of peanut butter at 25Kcals
Scones and clotted cream is basically sugar and fat so that's gonna cost you prob 250Kc per scone and then just budget 100Kcals per tablespoon.

It;s not an exact science but I'd say

2 cups of tea with a sugar, a scone with cream, a chicken/bacon and mayo sandwich finished with a slice of cheesecake is gonna set you back about 1,300Kcals

 

[West Texas CEO]

wait, your wife is looking for some tea bags ?

 

[MudoSkills]

For the benefit of the Americans, afternoon tea isn't just drinking tea in the afternoon - you get a little selection of tiny cakes and sandwiches, it's the kind of thing offered at nice hotels.

 

[Kev Kev]

9,001

 

[CAB_Life]

A small buffet of calorie packed unhealthy bite-sized sandwiches paired with cookies and confectionaries...What are you expecting? This ain't some lean, nutrient rich paleo light lunch. You're in for 1500 calories or more, unless you just stick to the tea with some sweetener.

Part of the reason why people are so fat is because they have no idea how many calories they consume on a daily basis. Waaaaaay back when I was in Uni, I was a shift supervisor at Starbucks, and you'd seen an endless stream of imbeciles coming in ordering a caramel machiato and a scone for breakfast. "But make sure it's SKIM milk!" Oh, okay. Because that's gonna put a dent in the 2200 calorie sugar-fest you're about to hoover.

 

[Kamina]

None if you stay with the tea only and avoid sugar and milk in it.

 

[infinitys_7th]

A scone is basically a sweet Southern biscuit, so depending how big it is, the fillings, if it is glazed, etc. it could well be 600+ calories alone.

 

[RoboFu]

Honestly if you are really doing good with your colaries and exercise.. one bad meal isn’t going to do any damage. You may bloat up for a few days but then you will be down to normal again.