Thai Iced Tea (Cha Yen)
Thai iced tea is a delicious and refreshing Thai drink made from Thai tea, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, and sugar. It's perfect for any day and ready in less than 10 minutes!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3 teaspoons Thai tea mix
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons sweetened condensed milk
- 3 teaspoons evaporated milk (+ as much more as you want to drizzle on top)
- 1 cup ice
Instructions
- 1
Put the Thai tea mix in the filter and place the filter over a cup.
- 2
Pour the boiling water into the cup through the filter. Move the filter up and down a bit to extract the flavor of the tea. Let the tea steep for 2-3 minutes before discarding. If you're using a fine-mesh strainer for this step, simply pour boiling water into your tea and let steep for 2-3 minutes before straining. **Do not steep the tea for too long or it will taste off (best not to go over 5 minutes).
- 3
Add sugar, sweetened condensed milk, and evaporated milk and mix with a spoon.
- 4
Taste-test the tea and see if you need to add more of anything. You want the tea to be sweeter than you like because the ice will dilute it later.
- 5
Fill a glass with ice, pour the tea in, and drizzle some more evaporated milk on top.