Thai red tea leaves are blended with star anise, cinnamon and vanilla. The steeped tea then is flavored with sugar and, after being cooled, is mixed with cream and often condensed milk for a refreshing creamy drink
Ingredients
- 6 cups water
- 1 cup Thai tea
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons cream
- 6 tablespoons condensed milk
Directions
In a kettle, bring the water to a boil. Place the tea in a teapot or glass container. Pour the water over the tea and let steep until bright orange in color, 3 to 5 minutes. Strain into a clean container, such as a pitcher (or, if in tea bags, remove the bags). Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Fill 6 tall glasses with crushed ice and add tea to 3/4 full. Add 1 tablespoon cream and 1 tablespoon condensed milk to each glass.
Serve with iced-tea spoon so guests can swirl the mixture themselves.
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By joesl8
on January 24, 2013
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This recipe is a great start. A friend and I looked for the Thai tea recipe for years, asking restaurant owners only led to the answer, "it's black tea, sugar and cream...which will of course, not get you the right results." I found what was called "Thai tea seasoning" at a local Asian market. SEASONING?! If you look in an Asian market, you may come across a bag and it's what you need. Deep, staining, red tea that turns orange when you put cream in. A recipe I found used sweet and condensed milk instead and then half and half. Once you get the right tea leaves, it's pretty hard to mess it up.
By A Hall
on August 04, 2012
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Very sweet. Instead of going through all those steps and gathering all the ingredients, I buy Thai iced tea bags at an Asian store. They contain black tea, vanilla, and yellow food dye. I put 1 tea bag in 6 oz of hot water and let it steep for 3-4 minutes. Then I remove the tea bag--I do not add any sugar because I just add sweetened condensed milk slowly while stirring until I get the right color. Then I add ice cubes and drink it. If you like your milk and tea separate, then this method wouldn't be for you. I mix the milk and tea together as soon as it arrives on the table when I order it out, so mixing the two works for me. Any way you make it, it's a delicious drink.
By catnapping
Madison, WI
on April 29, 2012
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I've been looking for the perfect Thai iced tea recipe for years, and I've finally found it! The key seems to be adding the sugar as Emeril recommends, rather than putting a little into each glass as so many other recipes call for. This tea is very sweet, so cut the sugar if you want it to be a little less so.
One of the other reviewers mentioned that the sweetened condensed milk falls to the bottom of the glass in a glob, and I had the same problem the first time I made a cup. The solution appears to be mixing the condensed milk with the cream in a small bowl first, until blended, and then adding it to the cup of tea. I haven't had any problems since discovering this fix.
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