Thai Iced Tea
Here’s the drink I’ll be sipping on all summer long: Thai iced tea! I used to reserve this refreshing drink for combatting the heat when I ordered spicy curries at Thai restaurants, but not anymore. I recently discovered that making your own Thai iced tea is surprisingly easy
Ingredients
- 5 cups water
- 6 bags black tea or red Thai tea, or 1 1/2 tablespoons loose tea
- 2 star anise
- 3 whole cloves
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- Ice
- 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
Equipment
- Medium saucepan
- Measuring spoons
- Tall glasses
- Boil the water: Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
- Steep the tea: Remove the pan from the heat. Place the tea bags, star anise, and cloves in the water, and make sure they are completely submerged. Steep for 10 minutes.
- Remove the tea bags: Use a large spoon or a strainer to remove the tea bags, star anise, and cloves.
- Stir in the sugar: Add the sugar and stir until it's completely dissolved.
- Cool the tea: Let the tea cool to room temperature.
- To serve: Use tall glasses and fill each with ice cubes. Fill each glass 3/4 of the way full with tea. Add one tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk to each glass, and stir to combine. Drink immediately.