Kopi Peng

Also kopi ping, iced kopi

Iced kopitiam coffee with condensed milk, the tropical default.

IcedServed icedFrom Singapore

Volume
290ml9.8 US fl oz
Espresso
0shots
Caffeine
60mgderived, USDA FDC
Coffee to milk
1:0.3

The build

Watch it made, step by step
Highball, 350 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.
  1. Sock-brewed kopi150 ml52%
  2. Condensed milk40 ml14%
  3. Ice100 ml34%
Volume
290ml
Caffeine
60mg
Espresso
0shots

Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.

Standard kopi poured over a glass of ice.

Caffeine

Derived
60mg

in a 290 ml kopi peng

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 150 ml.

USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-26

A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.

Variants by country

2
NameCountryHow it differs
kopi-o pengSingaporeIced black.
es kopi susuIndonesiaIndonesian cousin with palm sugar.

History

Popular account

Kopitiam vocabulary; not confirmed by a primary source.

Singapore and Malaysia; 'peng' from Hokkien for ice.

Popular account

Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.

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