Does anyone know how to make Thai Iced Tea like they serve in the restaurants?

Thai Tea Recipe From Scratch

1 gallon water

8 Chinese star anise, ground

1 tablespoon orange flowers

1 tablespoon powdered vanilla

1 pinch of clove powder

1 pinch chopped cinnamon

3/4 quart long cut China black tea leaves

1 to 2 cups sugar

1 quart half & half

red food coloring

crushed ice

Boil water. Add star anise, orange flowers, vanilla, clove, cinnamon, and tea leaves to boiling water. Continue boiling for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Cover and allow to steep until luke warm. Strain, and add sugar to taste. Serve in a clear glass over plenty of crushed ice. Top with half & half.

Traditional Variation: Substitute coconut milk for half & half.

Decaffeinated Variation: Substitute decaffeinated tea leaves.

Low-fat Variation: Substitute evaporated milk or rice milk for half & half.

Natural Variation: Substitute unrefined cane sugar for refined sugar and beet powder for food coloring.

This is as good as the store bought version if not better

Try the site it has a few ideas

Second site is the food networks by Emeril Live

I just happened to make some. I actually started making it and realized that I hadn't brewed any tea so this is what I did. I filled a glass with ice cubes, then added a lemon wedge and some honey, then I added some Vanilla Chai Spice Coffeemate creamer and finally I topped it off with milk. It still tasted good minus the tea.

Eeek, Thai iced tea means you mix tea with milk and some herb...eeeek. Sorry, I just don't dig the taste. And I wonder why they put spices in all their food, even the desserts. Eeek, eek, eek.

Thai women are beautiful though :p And the beaches are awesome :D

Basically it is the Thai tea leaf brewed cold like any other tea, and they add condensed milk.

go to this site for made from scratch Thai iced tea ... http://blueray.com/thaitea/recipes.html

soak the tea leaves in room temp water (will take quite sometime).

then put it in the chiller, juz add ice & condensed milk when u wanna drink