Thai Iced Tea

Thai tea or Thai iced tea is popular in Thailand, Cambodia and Burma. Recipes vary, but are always made from strongly-brewed powdered black tea. Other ingredients in the powder vary, but may include spices such as star anise,cloves, cinnamon, tamarind and red and yellow food coloring. Thai tea is sweatened with sugar. Milk is added to the top of the glass at serving time and it is served cold.

The tea is poured over crushed ice, then whole milk, half and half or cream is poured over the tea and ice, without stirring, before serving--it is never mixed prior to serving--to add taste and creamy appearance. It is traditionally served in a tall glass. Thai tea will be orange in appearance when poured over ice (sometimes aided with food coloring as mentioned above).

Thai Iced Tea Recipe

Five years on, no end seen to Thai insurgency (TODAYonline)

Thai Muslim women smoke near soldiers in the country's restive southern Yala province.

Five years on, no end seen to Thai insurgency (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Thailand's new premier has vowed to tackle a separatist insurgency raging in the south, but the Muslim region on Sunday marks five years of bloodshed with little end in sight to the daily violence.

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BANGKOK--Thailand's new premier has vowed to tackle a separatist insurgency raging in the south, but the Muslim region on Sunday marks five years of bloodshed with little end in sight to the daily vio...

Five years on, no end seen to Thai insurgency (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's new premier has vowed to tackle a separatist insurgency raging in the south, but the Muslim region on Sunday marks five years of bloodshed with little end in sight to the daily violence.

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