Substitute: Thai Tea Base
Substitute: Thai Iced Tea - Thai Style (for 1 glass)
Substitute: Thai Iced Tea - American Style (for 1 glass)
Direction
Steps 1
Notes: 1) If you can't find Thai tea leaves, see my hacked trick in the blog post. 2) I don't add all the sugar to the tea base to allow room for people to adjust sweetness to their own taste. But if you are making it just for yourself, increase the amount of sugar in the Thai tea base to ½ cup (or however sweet you like it) and skip the sugar when making individual glasses.
Steps 2
Thai tea leaves. The most popular brand in Thailand is ChaTraMue. This company specializes in teas so I try to choose this brand if I can. But other brands such as Pantai and Sunlee are also fine. Sweetened condensed milk. Choose a brand with only a few ingredients, mostly milk and sugar, such as Longevity brand. Be aware of cheap non-dairy imitation condensed milk that I would not choose. Evaporated milk. Evaporated milk is used to add creaminess without adding extra sweetness. I always use full-fat evaporated milk for best flavour. Sugar. This can be added to taste, and any of your preferred artificial sweetener can also be used instead. Salt. A little salt helps brighten up the sweetness of the tea and prevents it from becoming cloying. It's a little trick that makes all the difference! A lot of ice. You should pack the cup with ice before adding the tea.
Steps 3
For the Thai Tea Base (4 glass): 1) Steep the tea leaves in hot off-the-boil water for 5 minutes and then strain through a fine mesh strainer. If you have a french press, steep it in the french press and make the straining process easier! 180 ml Thai tea leaves (buy Thai tea leaves online),,960 ml hot off-the-boil water 2) Add the sugar and salt and stir to dissolve. Allow to cool to room temp before making tea so it won't dissolve the ice too much. You can now store this base in the fridge it will last at least a couple of weeks. 60 ml sugar,0.63 ml salt As image: 1) Steep the tea in hot water for 3-5 minutes. You can do this inside a French press for easy straining. 2) Strain the tea through a fine mesh strainer. 3) If there's a lot of tea dust left you and strain it again through a finer mesh or paper coffee filter. 4) Add sugar and salt. Allow to cool to room temp.
Steps 4
For the Thai Style Thai Tea (1 glass): 1) Pour the Thai tea base into a mixing glass and stir in the condensed milk until dissolved. If the tea base is chilled, it will help to microwave it briefly and bring it to room temp so the condensed milk will dissolve more easily. 180 ml Thai tea base,,22.5 ml sweetened condensed milk, 2) Pack a serving glass full of ice and then pour in the tea. Drizzle with the evaporated milk on top and enjoy! A pint glass packed full of ice,30 ml evaporated milk For the American Style Thai Tea (1 glass): 1) Pour the Thai tea base into a mixing glass and stir in more sugar to your taste, if needed. If the tea base is chilled, it will help to microwave it briefly and bring it to room temp so the sugar will dissolve more easily. 180 ml Thai tea base,15 ml sugar, 2) Pack a serving glass full of ice and then pour in the tea. Drizzle with the half and half on top and enjoy! a pint glass packed full of ice,45 ml half and half, As image: 5) For Thai style Thai tea, combine the tea base with sweetened condensed milk. 6) Pour over a glass of ice. 7) Top with evaporated milk. 8) For American style, add more sugar to the tea base to taste, then pour the tea over ice and top with half and half!
