similar to the red rooibos or orange black tea-based Thai iced tea offered at Thai restaurants. Use fresh mint leaves as a garnish.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 10 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 glasses |
Ingredients
- 5 cups water
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 5 pods star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 pods cardamom, crushed
- 8 red rooibos tea bags
- ¾ cup sweetened condensed milk
- ice
Instructions
- Place water, sugar, star anise, cinnamon stick, and cardamom in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add tea bags. Let tea steep and cool to room temperature, about 1 hour.
- Remove tea bags and strain out whole spices; discard. Whisk in condensed milk. Pour into a large pitcher and refrigerate until flavors combine, at least 1 hour.
- Fill 4 glasses with ice. Serve tea over ice.
- Substitute orange-flavored black tea for the red rooibos if preferred.
- If using loose tea, use 1/2 cup tea leaves instead of 8 to 10 tea bags. In step 2, strain through a coffee filter or cheesecloth set in a fine-mesh sieve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 251 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 48 g |
| Cholesterol | 20 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 82 mg |
| Sugars | 44 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Even better than I get at my local Asian Restaurant!! Plus, I get to make it sugar free!!!
Delicious! I put in a little extra sugar and added 1 tsp. of vanilla extract at the end in my pitcher of tea. I also used a little sweetened condensed milk and half&half. This IS the definitive thai iced tea recipe I will be using this a lot!
This was a good iced tea. I like the Thai spices but just not in a tea form. I was a little skeptical about the sweetened condensed milk being too sweet but I was surprised how mellow the sweetness was.
Delicious! I used orange-flavored black tea, as suggested by the recipe creator, and it was great! This reminded me a lot of iced chai tea, which is one of my faves. This is a definite keeper~YUM, YUM, YUM!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂