How much caffeine is in Yuanyang?

Each 8 oz (240 ml) serving contains approximately 120 mg of caffeine. For comparison, a standard 8 oz cup of brewed drip coffee contains around 95 mg. Actual content varies with dose, water temperature, and contact time.

What temperature should I use for Yuanyang?

Target 95°C (203°F). Below this range the cup tends toward sourness and thinness from under-extraction; above it, bitterness rises faster than sweetness.

How long should Yuanyang be extracted?

Extract for 5:00 tea, brewed coffee separately using Brew Separately, then Combine, at a ratio of 3 parts brewed coffee to 7 parts strong milk tea, prepared at Medium. Time and ratio move together: a heavier dose generally wants a shorter contact time.

Why does my Yuanyang taste bitter?

Bitterness almost always indicates over-extraction. Shorten the contact time, lower the water temperature slightly, or use less leaf. Change one variable at a time so you can tell which one was responsible.

Who should avoid Yuanyang?

Caffeine from both coffee and tea — noticeably more than a cup of either on its own. Contains dairy, usually evaporated or condensed milk. This is general educational information, not medical advice — consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own circumstances.

Reviewed Aug 2026

Orthodox Black Tea · Hong Kong

Yuanyang

Name: How to Brew Yuanyang
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 8 oz (240 ml)
Cuisine: Hong Kong
Ingredients: 3 parts brewed coffee to 7 parts strong milk tea of Yuanyang; Filtered water heated to 95°C (203°F)

鴛鴦

Coffee and milk tea in one cup — roughly three parts coffee to seven parts tea.

Brewed coffee combined with Hong Kong-style milk tea, usually around 3:7. Each is prepared separately and to full strength before mixing, because a weak version of either produces a muddy drink rather than one that tastes of both.

Sensory profile

Comparative scale

sweetnessHigh

acidityModerate

bitternessHigh

bodyVery high

aromaHigh

You should taste

How it unfolds

Aroma → Palate → Finish

AromaBefore and as you sip

No distinct note recorded here — the aroma reads as clear rather than carrying a nameable character of its own.

clear aroma

PalateWhile it is in the mouth

clear sweetness

FinishAfter you swallow

Dark Roast

pronounced body

Where it sits

Stronger than 331 of the 345 other drinks in the catalogue, and weaker than 11.

That is 120 mg in a 8 oz (240 ml) serving — a concentration of 50 mg per 100 ml. The scale above ranks whole servings, and servings differ in size, so a larger drink can sit further right while being weaker cup for cup.

CupCura editorial estimate. No public food database has measured this preparation, so this figure is our own and is not independently sourced.

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