Tealizzy posted on instagram about Thai iced tea, so of course I had to go find my favourite recipe and my favourite iced tea and make some.
No, this isn’t traditional. According to the internets, Ceylon tea is used, not Chinese tea. Oh well.
http://wishfulchef.com/how-to-make-thai-iced-tea-from-scratch/
What I did was I took 1 bag of this tea and steeped it as directed in 2 cups of water. In 1 cup of water I added some sugar (2 tbsp, which is too much as I rarely sweeten my tea! But you sugar to your tastes.), 1 small cinnamon stick, 2 star anise, 1/4 tsp powdered vanilla, a few cloves, and some crushed green cardamom pods. Brought it to a boil and let it steep for about 30 minutes. The tea, once it was steeped for 15 minutes went into the fridge to start it cooling. (1-2 tsp vanilla extract is fine too. Everything is to taste, so if 1 tsp isn’t enough then add more. Apparently orange flower water is another optional ingredient, as well as pandan leaves.)
Once everything was steeped I combined it and added ice to 4 cups. And refrigerated overnight.
Now I’m having the tea mixed with whole organic milk (aka homo milk, aka 3.5% milk fat milk), and it is divine.
Yum yum yum.
I need to make this more often. I need boba.
My one tip is DO NOT USE PLASTIC. One time I made this I steeped the spices in my DavidsTea Steeper and OMG, the smell of star anise would not go away. Use a pyrex jug, or a metal pot, or something not plastic.
That sounds so scrumptious! I just had a Thai iced tea the other week and I forgot how good it is.
It is so good! And also super easy to make. It’s almost nicer at home because I can control the sweetness better.