Cha Yen - Cold Thai Tea

One day on my lunch break, I was reading the Wall Street Journal and they were featuring a piece about Nestle's products around the world. Apparently, in Asia, sweetened condensed milk is used like a condiment - and Nestle sells it in a squeeze bottle to use on things like toast... and this tea! Went online to find a recipe for this Thai tea and found it on thaitable.com. Thai tea is orange and can be found at a Thai grocer "Thai chai."

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 1 -2  tablespoon  Thai tea
• 1  tablespoon sweetened condensed milk
• 1  tablespoon sugar
• 1  teaspoon milk
• 1  cup hot water

Directions

1. Add sugar and sweet condensed milk together in a cup.
2. Place a tea sock or cheese cloth directly above the glass with the sugar mixture in it.
3. Add the tea to the top of the sock or cheese cloth.
4. Pour hot water over the tea.
5. Set the tea sock aside.
6. Stir until the sugar and sweet condensed milk are dissolved.
7. Add ice and top the tea with milk. (Reduce sugar and condensed milk by half if you want to drink it hot.).