Thai Iced Tea

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 4 Servings

Here’s the drink I’ll be sipping on all summer long: Thai iced tea! I used to reserve this refreshing drink for combatting the heat when I ordered spicy curries at Thai restaurants, but not anymore. I recently discovered that making your own Thai iced tea is surprisingly easy

Ingredients

5 cups water
6 bags black tea or red Thai tea, or 1 1/2 tablespoons loose tea
2 star anise
3 whole cloves
2 tablespoons sugar
Ice
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
Medium saucepan
Measuring spoons
Tall glasses

Instructions

Boil the water: Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
Steep the tea: Remove the pan from the heat. Place the tea bags, star anise, and cloves in the water, and make sure they are completely submerged. Steep for 10 minutes.
Remove the tea bags: Use a large spoon or a strainer to remove the tea bags, star anise, and cloves.
Stir in the sugar: Add the sugar and stir until it's completely dissolved.
Cool the tea: Let the tea cool to room temperature.
To serve: Use tall glasses and fill each with ice cubes. Fill each glass 3/4 of the way full with tea. Add one tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk to each glass, and stir to combine. Drink immediately.