Hong Kong milk tea calories

港式奶茶

Strong black tea strained through a cloth bag and mixed with evaporated milk, served hot or iced, usually with sugar.

Quick answer

A typical serving of Hong Kong milk tea (1 cup (250 ml), hot, with evaporated milk and 2 teaspoons of sugar) has about 130 kcal. Most servings fall between 80 and 220 kcal, depending on the portion and the recipe.

Calories: 130 kcal
Protein: 5 g
Carbs: 15 g
Fat: 6 g

Nutrition facts per serving

Serving: 1 cup (250 ml), hot, with evaporated milk and 2 teaspoons of sugar, about 250 g.

Nutrient	Amount	Share of calories
Calories	130 kcal	100%
Protein	5 g	15%
Carbohydrates	15 g	45%
Fat	6 g	40%

Calories in common versions

Version	Typical calories
Unsweetened (走甜)	100 kcal
Iced milk tea (凍奶茶), sweetened	200 kcal
With condensed milk instead of sugar (茶走)	170 kcal

What drives the calories

Evaporated milk adds fat and protein to every cup.
Sugar or syrup adds 30 to 80 kcal, depending on how sweet you order it.
Iced milk tea is often larger and sweetened with syrup before it is served.

How to make it lighter

Order it with less sugar (少甜) or no sugar (走甜).
Choose hot over iced, because hot cups are smaller and you add the sugar yourself.
Skip the condensed milk version (茶走), which is sweeter.

How to log Hong Kong milk tea in Nibbs

Note the sugar level when you log, for example iced milk tea with less sugar, so Nibbs counts the right amount of sugar. Nibbs then estimates the portion and the calories for your actual plate, and you can edit any item before you save it.

Hong Kong milk tea calorie questions

How many calories are in Hong Kong milk tea?

A hot cup of Hong Kong milk tea with 2 teaspoons of sugar has about 130 kcal. Without sugar it has about 100 kcal. A sweetened iced milk tea has about 200 kcal.

Is Hong Kong milk tea high in sugar?

Unsweetened milk tea has only the natural sugar from the evaporated milk. Each teaspoon of added sugar adds about 4 g of sugar and 16 kcal. Iced milk tea is often sweetened with syrup before it reaches you.