Tea is very useful and healthy beverage for every human being, however there are variety of teas available in the market, out of which the most famous and demanded one is Thai Tea. There are several benefits acquired from consumption of tea, you can find a list of them by searching online. Some people have doubts about consumption of tea related to recipe, time to take, quantity, etc… If you are searching for the same, this is the right place for you. Tea has a very simple recipe and it is served cool, following is a simple and easy to go recipe for preparing Thai Iced Tea.

To Prepare a Thai iced tea you will need the following ingredients:
4 cups of water
6 Thai tea bags
1 cup milk (optional)
3 tbsp of sugar
2 tbsp of cinnamon
2 tbsp of cardamom
Some crushed ice

Once you get all these ingredients ready, you can start with the next process of preparing tea. First you heat the water to a boil and once water starts boiling you should add the tea bags, cardamom and cinnamon. Than continue water to boil for at least 5 minutes, this will let the water extract all flavours available from the ingredients. After 5-10 minutes remove the tea bags and move the tea from fire for cooling. Now its time to add the crushed ice, sugar and milk to your tea, however people don’t like to add sugar or milk so they can neglect this part. Your tea is now ready, you can pour it into a glass and enjoy the drink!

As you have now learned the Thai iced tea recipe, you can prepare and consume it anytime. There is no specific schedule set for consumption of Thai tea, no matter whether its breakfast, lunch or dinner you can consume it anytime. Thai iced tea is a great option to serve guests and friends as welcome drink. Thai tea can be consumed in quantity because it is a 100% natural drink and don’t have any side-effects. Some ingredients added to Thai tea can cause the problem for patients already has diseases. In such case it is necessary to consult a doctor before consumption because proper precaution needs to be taken. For e.g. Sugar being a harmful ingredient for diabetes shouldn’t be added while preparing Thai tea for diabetic patient.

Thai tea also helps in treating human body by increasing energy, reducing cancer risk and cholesterol, stabilizing digestive system and keeping the body free from viruses. There are much more benefits or advantages which you can explore by reading more articles about Thai tea available online.

If you have ever eaten in a Thai or perhaps a Vietnamese restaurant, then you have probably seen an interesting orange colored beverage in a tall glass go by with a waiter or waitress you’ve often wondered just what kind of drink this might be. You’re pretty sure it’s a Thai drink after all, you are in a Thai restaurant! What you have seen is called Thai Iced tea. It doesn’t look much like any tea that you are probably used to seeing. But, it is tea! It’s just prepared in a different way that you may not have heard of before. It looks intriguing, and it tastes wonderful, and is very welcome on a hot summer day, or whenever you are eating hot, spicy food.

Normally, Thai restaurants are not too giving when it comes to their recipes. But, the recipe for Thai Iced tea wasn’t too hard to come by. It is such a staple Thai beverage that almost anyone who knows their Thai food can tell you how to prepare it. The type of tea that is used in Thai restaurants is called Lapsang Suchong and it can be found on the internet. You can also use any good quality black loose tea and end up with the same results. You will need around 2/3 cup of black tea leaves to make two glasses of Thai Iced tea.

You’ll also need 1 and 2/3 cup of good-tasting water, preferably purified, 1/2 cup of sugar, and 1 1/2 cups of evaporated milk, which is the amount that is in a 12 ounce can of the drink. Add to the recipe ingredients a few pieces of kitchen equipment, such as a teakettle or a large cooking utensil to boil water in, a large tea strainer, or you can go Asian for this recipe and try to locate a traditional Asian tea sock! Have ready a pitcher that can take the heat of boiling water, and a long spoon for stirring.

Place the water into the kettle or utensil and bring it to a rolling boil. Remove the water from the stove’s heat. You don’t want the tea to boil, as this would make it bitter. Add the 2/3 cup of black tea leaves to the water, and stir them with the long spoon to make sure that they have all been covered with water. You want the tea leaves to steep for 5 minutes. When 5 minutes have passed, it’s time to strain the tea into the pitcher, and remember, it needs to be a pitcher that can take the heat, for that tea is going to be very hot. This might take a little time, as 2/3 cup of tea is quite a lot to strain. Poor the tea through the strainer a little at a time, and when it begins to fill up with wet tea leaves, you can stop and remove the tea leaves, and then began to strain the tea again.

Fill the two glasses with ice cubes. Take the tea pitcher, and pour the cool tea over the ice, but do not fill the glass all the way to the top! You want to leave around one fourth of the glass empty up at the top. Get out the evaporated milk, and slowly pour it into the top of each glass. You will need either a straw or an iced tea spoon to drink Thai Iced tea properly. Some people like to mix the milk into their iced Thai tea right from the start. Others enjoy sipping their sweetened tea through the layer of milk. It all depends on how it tastes best to you, and it’s fun to experiment with both ways!