Authentic Thai iced tea recipe (cha yen ) - street food style

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You're going to love this authentic Thai iced tea recipe (cha yen, it's easy to make and always refreshing. Get the full recipe here: Thailand has some very famous drinks, including Red Bull and Singha, but there's nothing more famous throughout the world than Thai iced tea, which is known in Thai better as cha yen. The tea is served at Thai restaurants around the world, and many people, especially if they like sweet and creamy beverages, love it. Thai ice tea is often easy to recognize because of its bright orange color and creaminess. Why wait until you go to a Thai restaurant to have ice tea? Here is an authentic Thai iced tea recipe, Bangkok street food style, that you can make at home right now. There are only a few ingredients that you need, and if you have an Asian supermarket near your home, it should be quite easy to get everything you need. One thing I just want to clarify though is the orange color of Thai iced tea. The tea brand that is commonly used in Thailand is called Cha Dra Muer ) - or it's just known as Number One Brand. It's black tea that includes a bit of C yellow number 6, which is what gives it the signature color. However, though I have not tried it, if you just use regular black tea for this Thai iced tea recipe, it should still work fine, it just won't be that orange color. Anyway, along with black tea, here are the rest of the ingredients you'll need: 1 tablespoon Thai black tea 1 cup of hot boiling water 2 teaspoons sweetened condensed milk 2 teaspoons evaporated milk (plus some more to sprinkle on top) 2 teaspoons sugar 1 cup of crushed ice The first thing you need to do is steep your tea. There are many ways to do this, but on the streets of Thailand, most Thai iced tea vendors will make their tea using a tea sock, which is almost like a real sock connected to a wire ring. You add the tea leaves to the sock, pour hot water into a cup, and just let the leaves brew for a few minutes. Alternatively, you could just add your tea leave to a cup, pour in the hot water, let the leaves brew for a few minutes, and then strain out the leaves - whatever is easiest for you. Next step is to mix in sweetened condensed milk as well as evaporated milk, and stir it up until it's a nice creamy mixture. You can also add in some extra sugar, according to your own taste. Just to note, since you will be pouring your hot tea over ice, you can make it a little sweeter than you think, as it will become watered down from the ice. As an extra step, but it is very fun to try, you can put the tea in one cup, and then pour it, using some elevation to another cup. This is going to create some foam on your tea, almost like froth. This is not necessary, it's just fun (see video for details. The next step in this recipe for Thai iced tea is to take a glass, fill it up to the top with crushed ice, and then pour your milky tea mixture over the ice. Give it a quick stir, and then finish it off with another sprinkle of evaporated milk to give it a nice creamy top. Drink you Thai iced tea with a straw, and if it's a hot day, you'll surely be satisfied and refreshed. Enjoy. Get the full Thai iced tea recipe (cha yen ) here
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Military Veteran
I used to be so freaking closed-minded when i was younger. Back in 2001 when i used to live in LosAngeles, a friend of mine took me to a Thai Restaurant. Like i said earlier, i used to be so freaking closed-minded when i was younger, And i actually got a little frustrated at my friend (back then) because i told him that i DIDN'T like Thai food and i told him that i was NOT going to TRY foods that i'm NOT SURE what things are in it. He told me to BE QUIET (LOL) And he insisted that i try just a little bit of the Thai tea AND a little bit of the Thai lunch special. He said that IF i hated both, that he would take me then to a pizza restaurant instead Or anywhere else i wanted to go to, so i definitely agreed to at LEAST TRY BOTH ONCE: i LOVED IT, mmmmMMMM, oh yes, i LOVED BOTH the Thai tea instantly AND whatever that Thai lunch special i ate. He couldn't stop rubbing it in my face after that day, ha ha. NOW EVERY TIME i see a Thai restaurant, i have to/MUST STOP BY AND ORDER a Thai tea to go Or if i have time to stop by, i'll eat inside for their lunch specials. YUUM YUUMM, i LOVE Thai tea AND MOST of their lunch special plates ARE SO DELICIOUS, ha ha. :-DI'm gonna start buying the big bags (like the size of a coffee bag) on-line instead, so that i can make MORE Thai tea this coming Summer 'cause Lord knows it can get COSTLY TOO eating out every weekend, haa (Thai tea, YUUM YUUMM): -)
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Patricia Shelton
Wow, dude, you just replaced a mother's labor of love with a You Tube video. Just imagine if you will an old lady (of course not Thai or I would have known better) cooking over a stove a pot of fresh boiled Thai tea pouring it back and forth from one sock to another trying to make sure i get all of the tea leaves out. Then comes Mark who pleasantly points out boil the tea IN the sock. Well, alas, my son can now make his own tea. I have been replaced
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Ebba Falk
I knew it had coloring and ofc C yellow no. 6. That food coloring additive is banned in scandinavia because a lot of people/children (including me) gets neurologically affected by it such as adverse effect on activity and attention. I often got hypersensitive meltdowns whenever I ate candy/food containing food additives like C yellow no. 6: (Really hard to avoid these food coloring additives when you're outside Europe.
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Francis Mausley
Great Drink it in Chiang Mai The Bab, a Central Figure of the Baha'i Faith, had a delicious recipe for white tea with minimal processing and low oxidation. Drink a cup of water in which the white leaf from China has been boiled, for drinking it refines the constitution, draws out moisture, and closes the paths of allusions. He also added frankincense and cloves with an equal amount of pure sugar.
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PADDI DOVER
I make Thai tea at least every other day using my coffee maker. Clean coffee maker thoroughly. Put 8 tbsp of Thai Tea leaves into filter and brew. Pour over into a pitcher and add 1 cup of sugar. For every glass I put one to two half and half liquid individual creamers. Its so simple Ive also used the canned coconut milk or evaporated milk. Its more convenient using the creamers. Enjoy
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Markus W
hey Mark, hey guys. everytime I do this recipe my tea doesn't get orange. more likely it get's brown somehow. i am using the exact same tea which i ordered on the internet. tho i am using local condensed milk and sweetened condensed milk. but even if i use milk or cream instead it still gets brown. never orange: (where's my fault? maybe someone experienced the same?
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Gerard Riley
Hey Mark, I've been watching your Thai recipe videos and just jumped on to your blog for the first time. Wow, I am loving what you do here. I also married kon Thai suay in 2013 and am searching my mind for ways to spend more time in Thailand. Keep doing what you are doing, it's awesome
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ouichtan
I cannot STAND this drink. I live in Thailand but I cannot stand the stuff. Saying that I hate condensed milk. and I hate the ridiculous amount of sugar in this thing. I usually hate Thai drinks apart from Roselle and Butterly pea teas (with a LITTLE sugar. The food though is amazing
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Rene Mejias
Hey Mark, what's up man, I watch a lot of your videos, and I was wondering where you do all your cooking, is that in your home? Asking because I heard a lot of Thai apartments, at least the ones on the cheaper end, don't have kitchens. Hope to hear back from you
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Martin Suckfüll
Mark i have the problem that whenever i am making the tea exactly like you are showing it in this video it turns brown when i ad the sweet condensed milk. it doesnt get that yummi orange color like yourswhat am i doing wrong?
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