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Yuenyeung
Yuenyeung
Traditional Chinese	鴛鴦
Simplified Chinese	鸳鸯
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuānyāng
Cantonese Yale	Yūnyēung
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuānyāng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Yūnyēung
Jyutping	jyun1 joeng1
Sidney Lau	Yuen1°yeung1°
Canton Romanization	Yun1yêng1
IPA	[ýːn jœ́ːŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	oan-iuⁿ

Yuenyeung
	Iced yuenyeung at a cha chaan teng in Hong Kong (2007)
Course	Drink
Place of origin	Hong Kong
Serving temperature	Hot or iced
Main ingredients	Brewed coffee, Hong Kong-style milk tea (black tea, evaporated or condensed milk), sugar
	Media: Yuenyeung;

Yuenyeung (Chinese: 鴛鴦, often transliterated according to the Cantonese language pronunciation yuenyeung,^[3] yinyeung, or yinyong;^[4] yuānyāng in Mandarin) is a drink created by mixing coffee with tea. It originated in Hong Kong, where it remains popular.

The exact method of creating yuenyeung varies by vendor and region, but it generally consists of brewed coffee and black tea with sugar and milk. According to the Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the mixture is three parts coffee and seven parts Hong Kong–style milk tea. It can be served hot or cold.^[5]

It was originally served at dai pai dongs (open-air food vendors) and cha chaan tengs (cafés), but is now available in various types of restaurants.^[6]^[7]

Etymology

The name yuenyeung refers to mandarin ducks (yuanyang), which is a symbol of conjugal love in Chinese culture, as the birds usually appear in pairs and the male and female look very different.^[8] This same connotation of a "pair" of two unlike items is used to name this drink.^[5]

Origin

A Hong Kong dai pai dong–style restaurant called Lan Fong Yuen (蘭芳園) claims that both yuenyeung and silk-stocking milk tea were invented in 1952 by its owner, Lin Muhe.^[9] Though its claim for yuenyeung is unverified, its claim for silk-stocking milk tea was on the record in the official minutes of a Legislative Council meeting plausibility.^{[citation needed]}^{[clarification needed]}

Adoption

In summer 2010, Starbucks stores in Hong Kong and Macau promoted a frappuccino version of the drink.^[10] It was sold as the "Yuen Yeung Frappuccino Blended Cream".^[11]

The drink is also common in Malaysia, where it is known as kopi cham, from Malay kopi ("coffee") and Hokkien chham (攙, "mixed").^[12]

Children's yuenyeung

There is a caffeine-free variant of yuenyeung, called children's yuenyeung (兒童鴛鴦). It is made using Horlicks and Ovaltine, malted milk drink mixes that are common in Hong Kong cha chaan tengs (cafés).^[13]