Thai Milk Tea (Cha Thai)

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The famous orange-color Thai iced tea. Sweet and rich with intense tea flavour.

The Tea

  • 1/4 cup Thai tea mix (Tra Mue Brand is recommended)
  • 1 Liter Water
  • 1/4 cup White sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Sweet condensed milk
  • 1/4 cup Evaporated milk (Carnation Brand is recommended)

Directions

  1. In a large jug, add Thai tea mix. (The tea mix is a blend of black tea leaves, a little bit of flavour, vanilla, and food coloring)
  2. Bring water to a boil in a pot. Add boiling water to the tea jug. Stir well to combined. Let steep for 5 minutes.
  3. Into another jug, strain the tea in a fine mesh sieve or muslin cloth tea bag. Add sugar and condensed milk then stir to dissolve all the sugar and condensed milk. Leave to cool.
  4. This jug serves about 5-6 cups of tea. (each cup is about 200 – 250 ml size) Serve on crushed ice packed in each cup and top with a tablespoon of evaporated milk.
  5. Use up within the day, or chill in the fridge for couple days.