Thai tea, or Thai iced tea, can be found in the U.S. in Asian cuisine restaurants. It is usually a black tea with condensed milk, milk, sugar and spices. It contains significant amounts of added sugar, which adds calories.
Calories
One 8-oz. cup of black tea has 2 calories; 1 tbsp. of sweetened condensed milk has 61 calories; 1 tbsp. of table sugar has 49 calories and 1 tsp. of whole milk has three calories. The beverage has a total of 115 calories.
Nutritional Content
This Thai tea contains 1.8 g fat, 24 g total carbohydrates, 23 g sugars and 1.6 g protein. The calories are approximately 13 percent from fat and 83 percent from carbohydrates.
Considerations
This beverage contains from 7 percent to 11 percent of the daily recommended intake for carbohydrates and 6 percent of the recommended intake for calories based on a 2,000-calorie diet, as defined by MayoClinic.com. Thai tea can also be made without milk or condensed milk, reducing the calorie total to 51.
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