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'''Thai Tea''' (also known as '''Thai Iced Tea''') or "cha-yen" (ชาเย็น, lit. "cold tea") in Thailand, is a drink made from strongly-brewed [[assam tea]].

~~Other ingredients~~ may include ~~added~~ orange blossom water, star anise, crushed tamarind seed or red and yellow food coloring, and sometimes other spices as well. This tea is sweetened with sugar and condensed milk and served chilled. Evaporated milk, coconut milk or whole milk is generally poured over the tea and ice before serving to add taste and creamy appearance. However, in Thailand, condensed milk and sugar are mixed with the tea before it is poured over ice and then topped with evaporated milk. At markets, it can be seen to be mixed through pouring the tea at heights of about 4 feet back and forth. This show is part of the selling strategy but there are also professional held competition in making iced tea.

== Ingrediants ==

Ingredients may include, appart from black tea, orange blossom water, star anise, crushed tamarind seed or red and yellow food coloring, and sometimes other spices as well. This tea is sweetened with sugar and condensed milk and served chilled.

Evaporated milk, coconut milk or whole milk is generally poured over the tea and ice before serving to add taste and creamy appearance. However, in Thailand, condensed milk and sugar are mixed with the tea before it is poured over ice and then topped with evaporated milk. At markets, it can be seen to be mixed through pouring the tea at heights of about 4 feet back and forth. This show is part of the selling strategy but there are also professional held competition in making iced tea.

It is popular in Southeast Asia and in many American restaurants that serve Thai food. Although Thai tea is not the same as [[bubble tea]], a beverage that contains large tapioca pearls, Thai tea with tapioca pearls is a popular flavor of bubble tea.

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 '''Thai Tea''' (also known as '''Thai Iced Tea''') or "cha-yen" (ชาเย็น, lit. "cold tea") in Thailand, is a drink made from strongly-brewed [[assam tea]].
-Other ingredients may include added orange blossom water, star anise, crushed tamarind seed or red and yellow food coloring, and sometimes other spices as well. This tea is sweetened with sugar and condensed milk and served chilled. Evaporated milk, coconut milk or whole milk is generally poured over the tea and ice before serving to add taste and creamy appearance. However, in Thailand, condensed milk and sugar are mixed with the tea before it is poured over ice and then topped with evaporated milk. At markets, it can be seen to be mixed through pouring the tea at heights of about 4 feet back and forth. This show is part of the selling strategy but there are also professional held competition in making iced tea.
+== Ingrediants ==
+Ingredients may include, appart from black tea, orange blossom water, star anise, crushed tamarind seed or red and yellow food coloring, and sometimes other spices as well. This tea is sweetened with sugar and condensed milk and served chilled.
+Evaporated milk, coconut milk or whole milk is generally poured over the tea and ice before serving to add taste and creamy appearance. However, in Thailand, condensed milk and sugar are mixed with the tea before it is poured over ice and then topped with evaporated milk. At markets, it can be seen to be mixed through pouring the tea at heights of about 4 feet back and forth. This show is part of the selling strategy but there are also professional held competition in making iced tea.
 It is popular in Southeast Asia and in many American restaurants that serve Thai food. Although Thai tea is not the same as [[bubble tea]], a beverage that contains large tapioca pearls, Thai tea with tapioca pearls is a popular flavor of bubble tea.
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