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Thai Iced Tea is a strongly-brewed, smokey, black Thai tea, brewed hot, mixed with sugar (optional), sweetened condensed milk & evaporated milk, and then quickly chilled by pouring over crushed iced, you can add more evaporated milk to add to its creaminess before enjoying. Sip this distinctive, popular sweet tea to chase away the heat.
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Hi Everyone, as a young architecture student attending Pratt, living in Brooklyn, I was first introduced to Thai Iced Tea (also called, "cha yen").
Brooklyn is a treasure trove of culinary gems and there were several Thai restaurants that drew me in like a foodie moth to an umami flame...
Let me just tell you that Brooklyn in the Summer...the heat can be brutal, steamy and downright oppressive.
This tea is the perfect cure for hot weather and, of course, goes conveniently and wonderfully with spicy, hot food.
It's distinctive orange color, foamy bubbles and crushed ice are some details that make it memorable.
The splash of evaporated milk right before serving gives that extra drama that visually takes your mind off of any worldly woes...geez, can you tell, I like this drink already, I am waxing poetic rather much - I love this dang tea!
With this recipe, I wanted to go in an authentic route.
No vegan-stuff with this post, sorry 🙁
Although, I'm sure I will, eventually, because I like to experiment, love vegan food, and do dairy-free recipes too.
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How do you make a Thai Iced Tea?
You brew black tea strongly, then add sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, sugar (optional), you can optionally pour it from container to container to make some foam on the top and this also helps cool it a bit, and then you chill it by pouring it over crushed ice.
What is Thai Iced Tea made out of?
Thai Iced Tea is made out of strongly brewed (hot) black tea, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, sugar, and chilled crushed ice.
Is Thai Iced Tea good for you?
I've always heard that having tea regularly is good for you.
There is sugar in this tea recipe, however, so you must draw your own conclusions 😉
What makes Thai Iced Tea so orange?
In Thai black tea, there are other ingredients in different Thai Iced Tea recipes can include orange blossom water, crushed tamarind seed, red and yellow food coloring, star anise, and other spices that can contribute to the distinctive orange color of Thai Iced Tea.
In the tea that I use for this recipe, it's probably mainly due to orange food coloring.
At the time of my writing this post (2018), I moved out of Brooklyn 13+ years ago (wow, that sounds like a long time!) I've lived in several places since then but enjoying a Thai Iced Tea when it's humid and hot has not changed.
If you make this Thai Iced Tea recipe, let me know how you like it in the comments below.
Thank you for reading and following along!
This Thai Iced Tea recipe post was originally published 7/11/2018; it was updated and republished on 10/16/2020, 5/26/2020
Thai Iced Tea is a strongly-brewed, smokey, black Thai tea, brewed hot, mixed with sugar (optional), sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk and then quickly chilled by pouring over crushed iced, you can add more evaporated milk to add to it's creaminess before enjoying. Sip this distinctive, popular sweet tea to chase away the heat.
You want to make sure that you brew your tea nice and dark and also that you add more sugar/sweetened condensed milk/evaporated milk to make it sweeter because it will dilute when it's poured over the ice.
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Please note that the Calculated Nutrition is an estimate at best.
Kevin W says
I have a question rather than a comment about The Thai Black Tea that is shown in your recipe and bought at Amazon. I went to Amazon to buy it and it says it's a Thai Tea Mix that already has sugar in it, plus artificial colors and artificial flavors. The package is the same as you show in the recipe. Is this correct? I thought it was just the Tea itself we were to get, not a mix already prepared. Am I looking at the correct item there? Thanks for your assist.
Kevin
Sara Maniez says
Hello Kevin, the tea that I use, doesn't taste sweet until I add a sweetener (the sugar and sweetened condensed milk) to it; it does have orange artificial coloring in it. As an alternative, you can choose a smoky black tea of your choice and get very similar results - it just won't have that distinctive orange hue to it. I know that there are some mixes sold out there that have the sweetener already in them, I have not tried them. This is the tea that I use (#commissionearned https://amzn.to/3nxtPZp (name: "Number One The Original Thai Iced Tea Mix - Number One Brand Imported From Thailand - Great for Restaurants That Want to Serve Authentic and Thai Iced Teas, 400g Bag"). Hope that helps!