Thai Iced Tea - Cha Thai

Recipes Ingredients:

Sweetened Condensed Milk to
3 tb Thai Tea (cha thai)
-taste
6 oz Boiling water
Milk or:
Sugar or:
Half-and-Half

Recipe Instructions:

1. Place Tea in a Coffee filter in a drip cone. Preheat carafe with boiling water; discard water. Pour 6 ounces boiling water per serving into cone and let it drip through. Transfer brew to another container, then pour back through filter. Repeat until Tea is deep red in color, a total of 4 to 6 times. 2. Sweeten Tea to taste with Sugar or condensed milk. Fill tall glasses with ice cubes and add Tea to fill glasses halfway. Add Milk or half-and-half and stir. Variation: The Tea may be brewed in a teapot, but it will still need to be filtered through a paper filter or a very fine nylon strainer. Preheat pot with boiling water and allow to steep 6 to 8 minutes before straining. From the California Culinary Academy's "Southeast Asian Cooking", Jay Harlow, published by the Chevron Chemical Company, 1987. ISBN 0-89721-098-0.