Experiment 230: Thai Tea Mix

[mishalak]

1 tablespoon large grind cinnamon (bastard/cassia)
1 tablespoon large grind star anise
remainder of cup filled with English breakfast tea
sprinkled with 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and mixed

Background: Richard made a recipe that called for condensed milk. There is quite a bit left over. Therefore I am going to make Thai iced tea. Not having Thai tea mix I'm making my own by guessing what is in it. There may be too much cinnamon, but we'll see. I may also add a little dried orange peel, 1/2 teaspoon.

Results 17:00hrs: A half cup of the mixture brewed with three cups of fresh water results in a bit more than two and a half cups of mixture. This was combined with a scant half cup of sugar then cooled to room temperature. It was very good with ice and regular condensed milk, but the amount of cinnamon should be reduced by half in the test of this experiment. No orange peel was added this time, but it may be a good addition. 2 cloves were added to the mix as well, I do not know if this resulted in a detectable change. I like it, Richie does not.

Additional note a tablespoon of star anise is made with six of the stars ground up.
 

Comments

[eiricmacbean.livejournal.com]

Hm. Interesting variation. Sounds good, even if it's not what I'm used to for Thai Tea!
You're really close on your spices, but missing the cardamom, which I feel is the most distinctive taste. My recipe also has cloves.
Here's a link to the recipe that I've liked.
http://www.recipezaar.com/290197 It doesn't use the star anise, but if I've got some on hand, I add it in.
Rats, now I'm thirsty! LOL

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

The one you linked does used star anise, eight of them. So that is a higher ratio to the tea I used, but she is using a lot more water than I did. Possibly due to the longer steeping time. Or because mine is very strong and then the tepid liquid is poured over ice with the expectation that it will melt a lot of the ice and be thinned down. Or maybe I'm making it too strong.

[eiricmacbean.livejournal.com]

hm...brain fart on my part...you're right, the anise is in that recipe.
I blame a serious tea deficiency ;-)

[replyhazy.livejournal.com]

That sounds WONDERFUL!!

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It does need the amount of cinnamon reduced, but other than that I think this was a successful experiment. The results have been added.