Burger King Espresso

About the Espresso

The Burger King Espresso costs £1.99 and carries 3 kcal, which is as close to nothing as anything on this menu gets. A single short shot of Arabica coffee, served without milk or sugar unless you add them.

It exists for speed rather than for lingering. Two mouthfuls, no dilution, and the strongest coffee flavour available here for the money. Because there is no milk in it, the calorie count barely registers against a daily total, which makes it the one item on the drinks list that can be ordered without any arithmetic.

Priced level with the Americano, the choice between them comes down to how long you plan to stay. The Americano is the same coffee stretched into a sitting drink. This is the version you order standing up, or at the end of a meal when a full cup would be too much.

That price also buys a Classic Chicken Melt, which is the clearest illustration of where coffee sits on this menu: a hot drink here costs what a burger costs. Only four items on the whole UK menu come in lighter on calories, and every one of them is water, tea or a diet cola, which makes this the lightest thing here that tastes of coffee. Burger King publishes no size options against it, so what arrives is a single shot wherever you order it.