Thai Iced Tea - Cha Thai
3.00 tablespoon thai tea (cha thai)
6.00 oz boiling water
1 sugar or:
1 sweetened condensed milk to taste
1 milk or:
1 half-and-half
1. Place tea in a coffee filter in a drip cone. Preheat carafe with boiling water discard water. Pour 6 ounces boiling water per serving into cone and let it drip through. Transfer brew to another container, then pour back through filter. Repeat until tea is deep red in color, a total of 4 to 6 times.
2. Sweeten tea to taste with sugar or condensed milk. Fill tall glasses with ice cubes and add tea to fill glasses halfway. Add milk or half-and-half and stir.
Variation: The tea may be brewed in a teapot, but it will still need to be filtered through a paper filter or a very fine nylon strainer. Preheat pot with boiling water and allow to steep 6 to 8 minutes before straining.
Yield: 6 servings