How many calories are in Thai tea?
A 12 fl oz glass of Thai iced tea carries 227 calories, and per 100 g the drink runs 64 calories. The bottled version sold in stores is 154 calories for 240 g. Sweetened condensed milk does most of the damage: the same black tea without it lands at half that.
You'd need to walk about 45 minutes to burn the 227 calories in a 12 fl oz (355 g) tall glass.
How long does it take to burn off Thai tea?
A 12 fl oz (355 g) tall glass is 227 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 227 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 45 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 28 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 32 min |
| Jogging | 27 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 50 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (355 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Thai tea quick facts
- US servings from one ounce to a 16 oz glass
- Thai tea versions and what each one costs
- Carbs are the row to watch here
- How does Thai tea compare?
- Most popular thai tea brands
- Thai tea FAQs
Thai tea quick facts
USDA has no FNDDS dish called Thai tea, which is the first surprise for anyone who goes looking. The closest thing to what you actually drink is a Branded record: THAI TEA, 2674006, a ready-to-drink bottle from Taste Nirvana at 64 calories per 100 g. It is brewed black tea with milk and sugar already in it, which is exactly the orange glass a Thai restaurant sets in front of you.
The column below is a 12 fl oz tall glass, 355 g of liquid. That is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving size, because the label counts a 240 g bottle and nobody orders 240 g at a restaurant.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 tall glass (355 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 64 | 227 | — |
| Total fat | 1.17 g | 4.2 g | 5% |
| Carbohydrate | 12.92 g | 45.9 g | 17% |
| Protein | 0.42 g | 1.5 g | 3% |
| Sodium | 27 mg | 96 mg | 4% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Five rows, not eight. Saturated fat, dietary fiber and total sugars are missing because the label behind this Branded record does not publish them to USDA, and inventing them from the carbohydrate line would be a guess. Cholesterol and potassium are absent for the same reason. Where a sugar number matters below, it comes from a different USDA record and is labeled as such.
US servings from one ounce to a 16 oz glass
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 18 kcal |
| 1 cup, 8 fl oz | 237 g | 152 kcal |
| 1 bottle, label serving | 240 g | 154 kcal |
| 1 tall glass, 12 fl oz | 355 g | 227 kcal |
| 1 large glass, 16 fl oz | 473 g | 303 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 64 kcal |
Only one line here is a USDA household measure: the 240 g bottle. The cup, the tall glass, the large glass and the ounce are all our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, scaled by weight.
This is where Thai tea quietly gets people. The label serving is 154 calories, and a bottle looks like a single drink, so 154 is the number that sticks. Order the same tea over ice in a 16 fl oz restaurant glass and you are at 303 — nearly two label servings in one cup, without a single change to the recipe. Ice does not lower it either, since USDA counts the drink by weight and ice melts into the same glass you paid for.
Thai tea versions and what each one costs
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thai iced tea (cha yen) in a tall glass | 64 kcal | 12 fl oz, 355 g | 227 kcal |
| Bottled Thai tea, label serving | 64 kcal | 1 bottle, 240 g | 154 kcal |
| Thai tea latte, bottled | 32 kcal | 1 bottle, 285 g | 91 kcal |
| Instant Thai tea mix with cream and sugar, dry | 500 kcal | 2 Tbsp, 30 g | 150 kcal |
| Unsweetened Thai tea concentrate | 4 kcal | half cup, 120 g | 5 kcal |
| Bubble milk tea | 55 kcal | 12 fl oz, 355 g | 195 kcal |
| Plain sweet iced black tea | 32 kcal | 1 small drink, 372 g | 119 kcal |
The bottled latte is the genuine bargain of the group. At 32 calories per 100 g it is half the density of the standard bottle, so a 285 g latte is 91 calories against 154 — and it still tastes like Thai tea, because the tea and the spice stay, only the sugar load drops.
The instant mix looks alarming at 500 calories per 100 g, but that is dry powder, and nobody drinks powder. Two tablespoons make a glass, and 30 g of it is 150 calories, which is our own arithmetic from the 100 g figure. That lands within a few calories of the ready-to-drink bottle. Powder is not the villain; the glass size is.
At the other end, unsweetened Thai tea concentrate is 4 calories per 100 g. Half a cup is 5 calories. Everything between that and the 227-calorie glass is milk and sugar, which is a useful way to see the drink: at 4 calories per 100 g the tea base is essentially free, and nearly all of the 227 is dairy and sweetener.
Among US brands the spread is narrower than you would expect. Taste Nirvana's canned version is 68 calories per 100 g, or 190 for a 280 ml can; Foco's Thai Tea Drink is 54 per 100 g, or 130 for an 8 fl oz can; Green Field sits at 67. Picking a different brand moves you by a few dozen calories. Picking a smaller glass moves you by a hundred.
Carbs are the row to watch here
A 12 fl oz glass delivers 45.9 g of carbohydrate, 17% of the FDA Daily Value of 275 g. Go to 16 fl oz and it is 61.1 g, or 22%. Meanwhile the fat is 4.2 g (5% DV) and the sodium 96 mg (4% DV). Whatever this drink is doing to your day, it is doing it through carbohydrate, not through fat or salt.
USDA does not break out sugars for this particular record, so here is a fair proxy. In the FNDDS record for pre-sweetened brewed iced black tea, 2710515, sugars account for 7.68 g of the 7.94 g of carbohydrate per 100 g — about 97% of it. Sweetened tea carbs are, in practice, sugar. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put added sugars under 10% of daily calories, and the FDA Daily Value for added sugars is 50 g. A tall Thai tea is not a rounding error against that.
The comparison that reframes the drink is milk. Take the same sweetened black tea with no milk in it and you are at 32 calories per 100 g, half of Thai tea's 64. Poured into the identical 355 g glass, it is 114 calories by our own arithmetic against 227. Condensed milk is not a garnish here; it is half the drink's calories. CDC's Rethink Your Drink guidance is aimed squarely at this kind of beverage, and Thai tea sits closer to soda than to tea on any honest chart.
How does Thai tea compare?
All four lines below are scaled to the same 8 fl oz (237 g) pour, so the glass stops being a variable.
| Drink | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thai tea | 64 kcal | 8 fl oz, 237 g | 152 kcal |
| Bubble milk tea | 55 kcal | 8 fl oz, 237 g | 130 kcal |
| Bottled black iced tea | 45 kcal | 8 fl oz, 237 g | 107 kcal |
| Pre-sweetened brewed iced tea | 32 kcal | 8 fl oz, 237 g | 76 kcal |
Thai tea is the heaviest of the four per 100 g, and exactly double the pre-sweetened brewed iced tea: 64 against 32, 152 against 76. It also beats USDA's bubble milk tea record by 9 calories per 100 g, which will surprise anyone who assumes boba is the indulgent one. The catch is that the USDA bubble tea figure covers the milk tea alone, with no tapioca pearls counted, so a real boba cup ends up above a Thai tea of the same size.
Our take: for weight loss, the bottled Thai tea latte at 91 calories is the pick, and it is not close — you keep the drink and lose 136 calories against the tall glass. For satiety, none of these earn their place, because 1.5 g of protein in a 227-calorie glass does nothing for hunger. Treat Thai tea as a dessert with a straw, order the smaller size, and spend the calories somewhere they fill you up.
Most popular thai tea brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Taste Nirvana Thai Tea | 68 cal |
| Taste Nirvana Real Thai Tea Latte | 32 cal |
| Foco Thai Tea Drink | 54 cal |
| Tasco Thai Tea Drink | 50 cal |
| Green Field Thai Tea | 67 cal |
| Honey Bee Thai Tea Drink | 55 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Thai tea FAQs
How many calories are in Thai tea?
227 calories in a 12 fl oz glass, which is the pour most Thai restaurants hand you. Per 100 g the drink is 64 calories, and the 240 g bottle sold in Asian groceries is 154. The gap between those two numbers is glass size, not recipe.
How many calories in a large Thai iced tea?
A 16 fl oz Thai iced tea works out to 303 calories, using the USDA figure of 64 per 100 g against 473 g of drink. That is nearly two label servings in one cup. Sixteen ounces also carries 61.1 g of carbohydrate, 22% of the Daily Value.
How much sugar is in Thai tea?
USDA does not publish total sugars for this bottled Thai tea, so the honest ceiling is its carbohydrate: 45.9 g in a 12 fl oz glass. For comparison, USDA's pre-sweetened iced black tea record is 7.68 g of sugars inside 7.94 g of carbohydrate per 100 g, so sweetened tea carbs are almost all sugar.
How many carbs are in Thai tea?
45.9 g of carbohydrate in a 12 fl oz glass, 17% of the Daily Value. The 240 g bottle holds 31.0 g and a 16 fl oz restaurant glass 61.1 g. Per 100 g the figure is 12.92 g, and none of it is offset by fiber, since USDA lists no fiber for this record.
Is Thai tea healthy?
At 227 calories and 45.9 g of carbohydrate a glass, Thai tea sits closer to soda than to tea. It is not a health drink. It is not a disaster either: 96 mg of sodium and 4.2 g of fat are both small numbers. Treat it as a dessert you happen to drink.
Does Thai tea have caffeine?
USDA lists no caffeine value for record 2674006, so there is no figure to quote from the label. Thai tea is brewed from black tea, so expect it to behave like a caffeinated drink. What USDA does count is 227 calories and 45.9 g of carbohydrate in a 12 fl oz glass.
Is Thai tea more fattening than boba tea?
Per 100 g Thai tea is 64 calories and USDA's bubble milk tea record 55, so a 12 fl oz glass runs 227 against 195. Thai tea wins by 32 calories. That bubble tea figure is the milk tea alone, though; tapioca pearls are not counted in it, and they add more.
Can you drink Thai tea while losing weight?
227 calories a glass fits into a planned day the same way a cookie does. The 285 g bottled latte version is 91 calories, and unsweetened Thai tea concentrate is about 5 calories per half cup. If you are watching calories, swapping down the version is easier than cutting the drink out.
Similar foods
- Protein Shake — 156 cal per cup
- Bubble Tea — 239 cal per drink
- Apple cider — 114 cal per cup
- Root beer — 152 cal for 12 fl oz glass
- Eggnog — 112 cal for 1/2 cup
- Tonic Water — 124 cal per can or bottle (12 fl oz)
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the glass and BodyPal counts the Thai tea for you, milk and all.
