Thai Iced Tea

Thai Iced Tea

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 134.8
  • Total Fat: 5.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 18.3 mg
  • Sodium: 75.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 17.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
  • Protein: 5.4 g

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Introduction

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Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    6 cups of water
    8 Thai tea bags (found in most Asian food stores) or any other good quality
    orange pekoe tea
    4 tablespoons sugar
    4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    2 teaspoons ground cardamom
    2 star anise seeds
    12 mint leaves for garnishing
    1 cup evaporated milk or half and half milk
    Crushed ice

Directions

Bring the water to a boil, put the tea and ground cardamom in a teapot and pour
the water over the tea. Let the tea steep for 5 minutes, then discard the tea
bags and let the tea cool to lukewarm. Fill four 12 ounce highball glasses
half-way to the rim with crushed ice and then fill two-thirds full with tea.
Into each glass, add 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 cup
evaporated milk or half and half. Mix well. Garnish the top of each glass with 3
mint leaves and serve.


you can use coconut milk instead of dairy milk, too, which is delicious but higher in fat.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LITTLEMICHELE.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Nice recipe - 7/12/21


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    Incredible!
    This is really good. Very refreshing. - 9/26/20


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    Very Good
    Very refreshing! - 10/17/18


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    This looks wonderful! And it would be easy to adapt with Splenda and fat-free half-and-half. Can't wait to try it! - 3/20/15