Kopi Tarik
Also pulled coffee
Malaysia's 'pulled' coffee, frothed by pouring between two jugs from a height. The coffee version of teh tarik.
RegionalServed hotFrom Malaysia
- Volume
- 210ml7.1 US fl oz
- Espresso
- 0shots
- Caffeine
- 60mgderived, USDA FDC
- Coffee to milk
- 1:0.4
The build
Watch it made, step by step- Sock-brewed kopi150 ml71%
- Condensed milk40 ml19%
- Foam20 ml10%
- Volume
- 210ml
- Caffeine
- 60mg
- Espresso
- 0shots
Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.
Kopi with condensed milk poured back and forth between two containers from height to froth and cool it, like teh tarik.
Caffeine
Derivedin a 210 ml kopi tarik
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
1| Name | Country | How it differs |
|---|---|---|
| Indian filter coffee | India | Poured between tumbler and dabarah for the same effect. |
History
Popular accountMamak-stall vocabulary from teh tarik; not confirmed by a primary source.
Malaysia; 'tarik' means pulled.
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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