Jai Yen: The First Canned Hard Thai Tea
Launching Summer of 2026 Washington, D.C.
Like Drinking a Cloud
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Cloudlike Creaminess
Milk and cane sugar for a soft, velvety finish.
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6% ABV
Spiked with vodka for a subtle, spirited lift.
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Real Thai Tea
Black tea sourced from the hills of Northern Thailand.
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No Artificial Dye
No shortcuts. Just real tea color and flavor.
Our Story
It started with a poem.
In 2017, our founder, Nathan, traveled up and down Thailand, and he had his first Thai tea. It wasn’t long before he got the idea to add a little bit of alcohol.
When he returned home, he wrote a poem in the shape of Thailand to capture the journey. Each line of the poem corresponds to a memory that he had in that rough geographic region.
After nearly ten years of refining a Hard Thai Tea recipe, he decided to start Jai Yen. When he returned to that poem, he realized Thai tea had been at its center all along. Jai Yen is built on that journey. On memory, place, and the calm in the middle of joyful chaos.
“The evening calm is sweeter than condensed milk billowing in my taramarind-orange tea.”
The Name
What is Jai Yen?
In Thai, Jai Yen means "cool heart," a popular phrase to describe staying cool, calm, and collected. It captures that feeling of the evening calm from our origin poem. It's also a little bit of wordplay. Cha Yen is Thai iced tea. We swapped Cha (tea) for Jai (heart), because we’re a brand with heart.
ชาเย็น
Cha Yen • Iced Tea
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ใจเย็น
Jai Yen • Cool Heart
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