# Thai Iced Tea

This recipe shows you how to make Thai iced tea, both the traditional Thai style and the American restaurant style, and includes a hack for making it without Thai tea leaves.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Thai
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.75 cup Thai tea leaves
- 4 cups hot off the boil water
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons evaporated milk
- 2 tablespoons half and half
- 0.5 orange food coloring
- 1 tsp artificial vanilla extract
- 3 tea bags

## Instructions

1. Add three-quarters of a cup of Thai tea leaves to a measuring cup.
2. Pour in four cups of hot off the boil water, stir, and steep for five minutes.
3. Strain the tea through a fine mesh strainer.
4. Add two tablespoons of sugar and a pinch of salt to the strained tea and stir well.
5. For Thai-style iced tea, add two tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk to a glass filled with ice.
6. For American-style iced tea, add more sugar to taste to the tea base.
7. Add half-and-half to the iced tea and stir.
8. If you can't find Thai tea leaves, use three tea bags of orange pekoe tea and artificial vanilla extract.

## Equipment

- French press
- fine mesh strainer
- measuring cup
- small bowl
- spoon
- small saucepan
- ice
- glasses
- can opener

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/BrCjElF5tYI?si=ejvcWHoAX8-h5uKn
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/da15ce14-6fab-4364-85c6-ada464dd2182
- Extracted: 2025-02-01

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