Thai Iced Tea
Thai iced tea is a bold, sweet milk tea made by steeping black tea leaves with cardamom on low heat for five minutes to produce a deeply concentrated brew. The intentionally strong extraction ensures the tea flavor holds up against dilution from the ice. Sugar is dissolved while the tea is still warm, then the liquid is cooled and poured over a full glass of ice. Milk and condensed milk are layered on top to create a white-to-amber gradient, and once stirred, the drink becomes uniformly creamy with the cardamom's floral spice threading through the sweetened black tea base.
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Instructions
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Boil water, then add black tea and cardamom.
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Simmer on low for 5 minutes for a strong brew.
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Stir in sugar until dissolved, then turn off heat.
- 4
Strain and cool the tea.
- 5
Fill glasses with ice and pour tea to two-thirds.
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Top with milk and condensed milk, then stir before drinking.
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