Thai iced tea

Name: Thai iced tea
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. l. loose black tea; 2 tbsp. l. condensed milk; 2 tbsp. l. concentrated milk without sugar or cream with a fat content of 20%; 1.5–2 glasses of bottled water; 1 star anise

Cookinero 14 November 2022

Thai tea, or cha-yen, is a very strong sweet black tea with milk. If condensed or concentrated milk is not added to this tea, it will be called cha-dam-ron. Thais usually drink it in the early morning before leaving for work. They "snack" Thai pa-tong-ko donuts - completely low-fat, unlike ours. And they always drink very hot. But what we like the most is Thai tea for tourists - very cold cha-yen.

How to cook Thai iced tea

Step 1

Pour the tea leaves into the teapot, put the broken star anise. Fill with boiling bottled water, close, leave for 3 minutes.

Step 2

Then drain and refill the tea leaves 2-3 times (to enhance the color and aroma) and strain the tea into cups.

Step 3

Add condensed milk or sugar, stir. Cool tea to room temperature or refrigerate.

Step 4

While the tea is cooling, chill the highball glasses. If desired, put crushed ice in glasses, pour tea with condensed milk. Top with concentrated milk or cream and serve immediately with straws.