Not many people know that the actual Thai Tea only has artificial vanilla and the yellow food coloring. As a Thai, I thank Chef John for elevating it into something more worthy of all the fame it gets. Very excited to try this recipe.
@@dearharuharu118 Honestly not particularly? If you search it up like two people spill the beans that it's just a sorta pre-made tea mix with artificial flavor. The phrase "Cheap and Cheerful" is used as it's not particularly meant to be some bougie gourmet thing.
just made this and it’s so delicious!! three things I love about this recipe: 1. simmering the spices for a bit before adding the tea. I love how this really brings out the flavor of the spices - I’ve seen this technique used in masala chai recipes too and it’s a great way to make sure you can really taste the spices. 2. the mix of rooibos and black tea is so nice and makes for a nice mellow cup of tea with no caffeine buzz!! lovely imo 3. the coconut milk on top!! I loooove coconut milk so I don’t know why I never thought of adding it to iced tea but it adds such a nice smooth texture and a bit of tropical fruitiness this time of year I’m obsessed with iced tea recipes so thanks for this new one to add to my repertoire chef john!! will definitely make it again 😋
My friend from South Africa gave me some rooibos specially grown there. I didn't like rooibos until I had real South African rooibos. It was delicious!
Apparently you are unfamiliar with southern sweet tea. Growing up in the south I can assure you that was just a touch of sugar by southern standards. Southern sweet tea honestly shares more in common with syrup than tea.
@@OmegaGamingNetwork You're not lying. My family's "recipe" is 100% just simple syrup with some teabags simmered in it. 1 cup of sugar and 2-3 tea bags for every cup of water. Simmer. Cool. Serve. With metformin and Ozembic. Preferably fried. LOL
During this heatwave in the northeast I've been drinking iced tea with lemonade and ice coffee with chocolate, vanilla and cinnamon, this tea blows those away, I've got to try it
Thank you for this version…it lends itself to any type of sweetener besides sugar. I love this tea, but being pre-diabetic for years, and recently declared full on diabetic II, I appreciate a recipe that doesn’t use the sweetened condensed milk. I can’t wait to try this with the coconut milk!
You are so correct that any amount of Thai iced tea is never enough. One of my favorite local places will give you a cup without ice for an extra dollar and it is SO worth it because that's like twice as much tea!
That’s what I do when I order horchata! I buy a huge glass of it as I leave the grocery store and then I put some over ice when I get home. The rest goes in the fridge to stay cold!
“If there’s a better beverage to serve with spicy foods, besides beer” is why I love Chef John. His slightly off kilter sense of humor aligns well with mine.
This is such a delight to see here! Thai tea is by far my favorite drink of all time, I have never tried it with coconut milk thank you for the suggestion!
This looks delicious. I have been using coconut milk instead of milk with mine as well. The only thing I would add is that I would use stevia or monk fruit sweetener and would take off the labels so the inks don’t absorb into the tea . Delicious!!
If you add Horchata to sweetened or unsweetened black iced tea, you get a Mexican style version of this tea. It tastes somewhat similar due to the cinnamon and milk in the Horchata.. I do this at a fast food restaurant called El Pollo Loco, which can be found in the American southwestern states.
I like a few slices of fresh ginger and some hibiscus flowers in my spiced tea. In addition to cardamom, star anise, and whole cloves, as in this recipe.
Chef John, you're the top guy of the Thai chai. This is very similar to the way I've made Thai tea since the 80s. Paper straws really are disappointing, so I use metal straws.
He must be part southern lol. I can't stand anything more than maybe a half teaspoon of sugar. Unless I'm making the spice tea we call "chai tea" in the west, then I'll add enough jaggery or unrefined brown sugar to balance out the heavier spice flavours
Chef John , since you are straining the tea anyway.... its probably a really good idea to open the teabags into the hot water so the paper doesnt soak up the best flavors
I do something similar, but use Darjeeling loose-leaf tea and add some slices of ginger to the spice mix, and lemon and honey instead of tamarind and sugar. And as I'm from the UK I drink it hot. :) Looking forward to trying your version though!
No cold soups, no hot beverages. With the sole exception of Bovril. Because it's technically broth so counts as a soup not a drink. No matter what lies the label tell us. LOL
Just here for the people who have never had Southern sweet tea adorably thinking that was a lot of sugar for tea. I mean he put it in the name and here you are, shocked it's got enough sugar to barely count as sweet tea in any self-respecting home with Southern heritage.
When you get it at a restaurant and they charge you $5 for it, it's easy to limit your intake. If I made that at home, I'd drink the whole thing in one sitting. lol And as a diabetic who shouldn't even have one of those ... I'll have to live vicariously just watching this video. ;)
I've been making agua fresca with Truvia lately & enjoying it, I'm gonna give this recipe a try but I've gotta do the math re: conversion from sugar to Truvia first (and probably reduce further for personal taste ☕)
God bless you i love your unique style and all your catchfrases 😊 i recommend metal or glass straws . That way you still get to save the Earth, wile winning the fight against those ice cubes! Personally, I think glass is more fragile than the metal one, but it has no taste whatsoever . if they are big enough, they should get clean after most beverages , without a problem if you just put them standing up into the utensils basket in your dishwasher. I know you hate fussy stuff. I rinse mine directly after use so no sticky things or big lumps get stuck in them and then put them in the dishwasher. I only use the brush they usually come with for a quick hand washes if I need them immediately or if something really got stuck and didn’t wash out. I love your videos please keep up the good work❤
Thanks for the recipe! I think that silicone big straws are the best, bc they are bendy and reusable, but still tensile enough to mix with (I mix my coffee with my heat proof silicone bendy boba straw every day! )
I’ll hafta try this “sweeten the tea” method with Stevia (while expressing how envious I am of those who can tolerate real sugar and/or sweetened condensed milk)
I'll have to give this a try, but find it hard to believe anything could be better than Agua de Jamaica for a hot summer time drink. 😍 I'm surprised Chef John doesn't have a video for it already! (Unless I missed it) 😉👍❤🍸🍻
You should let the water come to a simmer and turn it off before adding the tea bags or the water will be too hot and your tea will be bitter. You should also never squeeze a tea bag as it'll extract fine, bitter particles! But I love Thai ice tea!
Also don't put the tags on the tea bags in the water during steeping they add bitter and or off flavours to the tea. They can also contain unsafe chemicals in the printing inks or the paper itself.
Actually the sweetened condensed milk is mixed in with the tea and the stuff they put on top is unsweetened evaporated milk. Also, no one makes it with coconut milk, Chef John. It might taste good so I'll have to try it but as a Thai person I've never seen anyone put coconut milk in it. I also have a cheat version that I make all the time where you can adjust the sweetener to your taste (and is a bit healthier as well.) You brew the tea as usual (personally I like to let it steep for at least 15 mins.) and use powdered whole milk instead of all the usual liquid milks. Then add sugar or sweetener of your choice to your liking. I use either Stevia or monkfruit sweetener. It tastes exactly like the real thing. You don't need to chill it cause the the milk powder and sweetener will bring down the temp and you can adjust the creaminess to your taste as well by increasing/decreasing the amount of powdered milk. One thing it won't have is the visual of the white liquid milk flowing into the orange tea under it. Also the version I make with no calorie sweetener is not sugar free cause there's sugar (lactose) in the milk powder. If you want this completely sugar free you might need to find plant based milk powder like coconut or soy. I reckon it would still taste good since the main flavor is the tea. The milk just adds richness and smooth mouth feel.
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"a touch of sugar" LOL
It's like a "shot" of vodka 😂
"A little bit more olivol"
You are the Josh Gad of how much sugar to add.
it just kept coming!!!!
This has to go into the archive along with the "shot of vodka," "A bit of olive oil," and "A small knob of butter"
Fun Tip: this tea, strained, and with a bit more heavy cream, makes a KILLER ice cream. I make it every Summer.
I have never heard Chef John praise anything this hard, outside of cayenne.
Not many people know that the actual Thai Tea only has artificial vanilla and the yellow food coloring.
As a Thai, I thank Chef John for elevating it into something more worthy of all the fame it gets.
Very excited to try this recipe.
Im pretty sure there's more flavoring to Thai tea than just vanilla. Any other Thai will tell you the same
@@dearharuharu118 Honestly not particularly? If you search it up like two people spill the beans that it's just a sorta pre-made tea mix with artificial flavor. The phrase "Cheap and Cheerful" is used as it's not particularly meant to be some bougie gourmet thing.
That is exactly what I found when I Googled it.
It depends on the brand of tea😊
Just remember to remove the labels before dropping the tea in. 😳
just made this and it’s so delicious!! three things I love about this recipe:
1. simmering the spices for a bit before adding the tea. I love how this really brings out the flavor of the spices - I’ve seen this technique used in masala chai recipes too and it’s a great way to make sure you can really taste the spices.
2. the mix of rooibos and black tea is so nice and makes for a nice mellow cup of tea with no caffeine buzz!! lovely imo
3. the coconut milk on top!! I loooove coconut milk so I don’t know why I never thought of adding it to iced tea but it adds such a nice smooth texture and a bit of tropical fruitiness
this time of year I’m obsessed with iced tea recipes so thanks for this new one to add to my repertoire chef john!! will definitely make it again 😋
Rooibos! South African here, and thanks for giving a shoutout to the literal best tea on earth!
The flavor is incredible, I love a good Rooibos. That said, it's lack of caffeine is disconcerting
My friend from South Africa gave me some rooibos specially grown there. I didn't like rooibos until I had real South African rooibos. It was delicious!
I love it for kombucha (rooibucha), with just one black teabag per batch, to make sure the living things get enough to eat!
@@TrueConnoisseur you are a drug addict, seek help. this is not a meme
“Adds a touch of sugar”
Dumps in half a truck load 😂😂😂
not that I didn't believe you, but I missed that part of the video and had to back it up so I could see the truck load.
Apparently you are unfamiliar with southern sweet tea. Growing up in the south I can assure you that was just a touch of sugar by southern standards. Southern sweet tea honestly shares more in common with syrup than tea.
It's the Gordon Ramsay tablespoon all over again.
😂
@@OmegaGamingNetwork You're not lying. My family's "recipe" is 100% just simple syrup with some teabags simmered in it. 1 cup of sugar and 2-3 tea bags for every cup of water. Simmer. Cool. Serve. With metformin and Ozembic. Preferably fried. LOL
During this heatwave in the northeast I've been drinking iced tea with lemonade and ice coffee with chocolate, vanilla and cinnamon, this tea blows those away, I've got to try it
Bravo for making spiced tea without red food dye. Delicious & refreshing without sugar is the best choice.
I love chef john, been watching him for years... But that is not a touch of sugar. Came to the comment section and it did not disappoint 😂❤
We all had the exact same reaction lol
It’s not a touch of sugar, but it’s also not too much:)
*I am a fan of
@@Legal_Sweetie333 there’s more than one kind of love
In my experience, with Chef John, sugar touches very hard
I think the "touch" measurement is maybe meant tongue in cheek?
Thank you for this version…it lends itself to any type of sweetener besides sugar. I love this tea, but being pre-diabetic for years, and recently declared full on diabetic II, I appreciate a recipe that doesn’t use the sweetened condensed milk. I can’t wait to try this with the coconut milk!
You are so correct that any amount of Thai iced tea is never enough. One of my favorite local places will give you a cup without ice for an extra dollar and it is SO worth it because that's like twice as much tea!
That’s what I do when I order horchata! I buy a huge glass of it as I leave the grocery store and then I put some over ice when I get home. The rest goes in the fridge to stay cold!
Ahhh. Finally another use for that honking brick of tamarind paste sitting in my pantry.
You can make jello with it too
“If there’s a better beverage to serve with spicy foods, besides beer” is why I love Chef John. His slightly off kilter sense of humor aligns well with mine.
I didn't think that was a joke. A bitter, hoppy IPA goes great with a super spicy Thai curry I used to have that combo a lot
This is such a delight to see here! Thai tea is by far my favorite drink of all time, I have never tried it with coconut milk thank you for the suggestion!
This looks delicious. I have been using coconut milk instead of milk with mine as well. The only thing I would add is that I would use stevia or monk fruit sweetener and would take off the labels so the inks don’t absorb into the tea . Delicious!!
Heh, heh… 3:04 love when Chef John does this: “add a little touch of sugar!”
I love using the "Red Rose" brand tea. It gives it plenty color while being just a pure black tea I believe.
*like
@@Legal_Sweetie333love ❤
@@Legal_Sweetie333 I know you're used to telling people what to think but no I meant what I said.
Luzianne is also a good brand in my experience, but I haven't had the chance to try Red Rose yet.
Another excellent drink with spicy food: horchata!
Thai spiced horchata!
It's there anything better to drink with spicy food other than beer? Yes, mango Lassi
💛💛💛
Mango Lassi is a perfect dessert to a spicy meal, as an accompanying drink I prefer ayran.
If you add Horchata to sweetened or unsweetened black iced tea, you get a Mexican style version of this tea. It tastes somewhat similar due to the cinnamon and milk in the Horchata.. I do this at a fast food restaurant called El Pollo Loco, which can be found in the American southwestern states.
There's actually no milk in horchata. It's just water, rice, sugar, almonds, cinnamon, and maybe some vanilla.
Horchata is African... More specifically Nigerian
Sounds Delicious 😋
@@beastmastreakaninjadar6941traditionally maybe not but a lot of places will supplement with dairy now
I like a few slices of fresh ginger and some hibiscus flowers in my spiced tea.
In addition to cardamom, star anise, and whole cloves, as in this recipe.
I could drink this stuff all day ❤
I will be trying this, I absolutely love spiced sweat tea's.
If it has to be strained, I'd just use loose leaf tea
then do that Lisa
Good point.
That's you cooking.
That’s how to get high-quality tea leaves, but my counter just has tea bags.
@@sandrastreifel6452 absolutely.
Thank you chef John. I've had Thai Tea many times.
Chef John, you're the top guy of the Thai chai. This is very similar to the way I've made Thai tea since the 80s. Paper straws really are disappointing, so I use metal straws.
Yum! Inky label is my favourite tea as well!😊
Chef John went from showing us a "lighter, less sweet" tea to "I'm going to give you all diabetes." in 3 minutes flat with that little touch of sugar.
Traditional Thai ice tea uses sweetened condensed milk as the sweet, creamy addition!
He must be part southern lol. I can't stand anything more than maybe a half teaspoon of sugar. Unless I'm making the spice tea we call "chai tea" in the west, then I'll add enough jaggery or unrefined brown sugar to balance out the heavier spice flavours
@@RolloTonéBrownTownThai tea is extremely sweet, that’s just how it is. Sweeten the tea or the condensed milk either way.
I'm going to try it with cream + vanila extract instead of coconut milk. Thanks, CJ!
Wow.... I'm going to try to make this....
This looks delicious! I’ve had Thai iced tea in restaurants and wished I could make some at home. Now I can! Thank you so much, Chef John!
I luv chai flavored tea, I did not know it is easy to create. Ty
This isn't exactly chai but it's close. This is Thai tea.
i need this in my life!!!
Throwing in the teabags with the paper is a psychopath move
Nice. My wife loves this.
The slurp at the end was pure class!
No it isn't
Chef John , since you are straining the tea anyway.... its probably a really good idea to open the teabags into the hot water so the paper doesnt soak up the best flavors
One of my favorites.
Congrats on 4.5mil Chef John! Can’t wait to give this a try.
I do something similar, but use Darjeeling loose-leaf tea and add some slices of ginger to the spice mix, and lemon and honey instead of tamarind and sugar. And as I'm from the UK I drink it hot. :)
Looking forward to trying your version though!
No cold soups, no hot beverages. With the sole exception of Bovril. Because it's technically broth so counts as a soup not a drink. No matter what lies the label tell us. LOL
Yeas, I like slices of ginger and some hibiscus flowers in my spiced tea.
I've never tried tamarind
Oh, that’s just perfect!
FINALLY A GOOD RECIPE! AND BY MY FAVORITE YT CHEF NO LESS!
Yumm! I will make it now! make a video about clear ice, please!
My BFF is allergic to dairy. I can't wait to try this with her!
Just here for the people who have never had Southern sweet tea adorably thinking that was a lot of sugar for tea. I mean he put it in the name and here you are, shocked it's got enough sugar to barely count as sweet tea in any self-respecting home with Southern heritage.
I'm never shocked at the actual amount of sugar used, just at his description of "a touch of sugar"!
That's pretty much the amount of sugar I use for a gallon of iced tea, not a glass 😆 ... But yeah, Southern iced tea is very, very sweet. ❤
Explains the size of the average southerner
Trying this tomorrow in the 40 degrees Celsius of Cyprus
@massiveattackdrop No frappe?
You should make a double batch and make ice cubes out of the tea ❤🍵
Yaaassss, I want one now. I’ve never tried it with coconut milk. Interesting.
Did... did he seriously put the whole tea-bag in there, label and all? Absolute madman. Look forward to trying this at some point.
You put the teabag and their labels in the simmering water :O I dunno about that, not worried about the ink and or whatever else?
It’s usually not an issue but I would say just cut off the tag
Lovely John❤
When you get it at a restaurant and they charge you $5 for it, it's easy to limit your intake. If I made that at home, I'd drink the whole thing in one sitting. lol And as a diabetic who shouldn't even have one of those ... I'll have to live vicariously just watching this video. ;)
You mean that "touch" of sugar is over your daily intake? 🤣
I've been making agua fresca with Truvia lately & enjoying it, I'm gonna give this recipe a try but I've gotta do the math re: conversion from sugar to Truvia first (and probably reduce further for personal taste ☕)
Use Stevia.
7 tea bags in just 4 cups of water. That’s a strong buzz
The rooibus has no caffeine.
A "little touch" of sugar!? That wasn't a little touch. That was a full GROPE!!! 😂😂
a downright molestation, even. Chef John is claiming this is a less sweet tea and yet when I make sweet iced tea it has about a third of this sugar!
I love using coconut milk when making avocado and banana smoothies.😋
God bless you i love your unique style and all your catchfrases 😊 i recommend metal or glass straws . That way you still get to save the Earth, wile winning the fight against those ice cubes! Personally, I think glass is more fragile than the metal one, but it has no taste whatsoever . if they are big enough, they should get clean after most beverages , without a problem if you just put them standing up into the utensils basket in your dishwasher. I know you hate fussy stuff. I rinse mine directly after use so no sticky things or big lumps get stuck in them and then put them in the dishwasher. I only use the brush they usually come with for a quick hand washes if I need them immediately or if something really got stuck and didn’t wash out.
I love your videos please keep up the good work❤
I have always wanted to know how to make this tea!!!!! It my absolute favorite ‼️‼️‼️
My favorite is rosehips and hibiscus 🌺 tea for the thai tea 🧋
Yes. And ginger.
It's fun to play around with spices and ... I don't know if hibiscus is considered a herb or what.
@@lakrids-pibe absolutely 👍 ginger is a very big part of good thai ice tea😋Thank you.
i love how your videos never change even after 10 years. OG viewer
I thought Chef John grew up in upstate NY. And here I thought I was one of the super fans.
Thanks for the recipe!
I think that silicone big straws are the best, bc they are bendy and reusable, but still tensile enough to mix with (I mix my coffee with my heat proof silicone bendy boba straw every day! )
Great job, chef. I will try this tomorrow for lunch.
Milk goes good with spicy food!! 🤣🤣💜
Ur boiling the tea with the plastic/paint tags attached in the water ? excellent . Nick Rochefort would approve of this John S. works masterpiece.
I’ll hafta try this “sweeten the tea” method with Stevia (while expressing how envious I am of those who can tolerate real sugar and/or sweetened condensed milk)
Your tamarind syrup made me think of pomegranate molasses, which I really love (and which is great over good vanilla ice cream).
The tea bags tags are part of the recipe? 😂
The paper tag adds a nice cardboard impression to the flavor pallet.
🤫The true secret is in the ink ...😉
Add mystery to the preparation!
He only put them in only because they would've caught fire hanging outside the pot
I cringed.
Have you tried making the tea cold brewed? I bet it would work.
Why is everyone talking about the sugar when HE COOKED DA TEA PAPER
I agree!
Who wants printer’s inks and dissolved bits of paper in their tea???
You are, after all, the sweetie of your Thai spiced sweet tea!
That flaccid paper straw at the end 😆
“a little touch of sugar” sir that would put me in the hospital 😂
"We're going to add a touch a sugar."
Said the Gods of the Sugar Mountain
I'm a half n half gal but I'll have to try the coconut milk
Chef John giving NUMI Tea a free spotlight! Awesome, I love ❤️ NUMI Tea. They are a great company 💯👌🫖🍵
That slur at the end always got me in trouble with my mom, “ oh Bruce stop that”, …but mom. I miss her
I'll have to give this a try, but find it hard to believe anything could be better than Agua de Jamaica for a hot summer time drink. 😍 I'm surprised Chef John doesn't have a video for it already! (Unless I missed it) 😉👍❤🍸🍻
Chef John the tea tastes great I set my kitchen on fire please respond
"a little touch of sugar" adds a sugar cane field
You should let the water come to a simmer and turn it off before adding the tea bags or the water will be too hot and your tea will be bitter. You should also never squeeze a tea bag as it'll extract fine, bitter particles! But I love Thai ice tea!
Also don't put the tags on the tea bags in the water during steeping they add bitter and or off flavours to the tea. They can also contain unsafe chemicals in the printing inks or the paper itself.
@nistrum385 I either use loose leaf or tea bags without tags on them generally, but I completely agree!
The most addictive drink on the planet. I can not drink just one and its not cheep in a Thai restaurant.
I can't abide milky anything in tea, but I love sweet Thia-style iced tea without it.
Me too
a classic Chef John touch of sugar :)
Actually the sweetened condensed milk is mixed in with the tea and the stuff they put on top is unsweetened evaporated milk. Also, no one makes it with coconut milk, Chef John. It might taste good so I'll have to try it but as a Thai person I've never seen anyone put coconut milk in it.
I also have a cheat version that I make all the time where you can adjust the sweetener to your taste (and is a bit healthier as well.) You brew the tea as usual (personally I like to let it steep for at least 15 mins.) and use powdered whole milk instead of all the usual liquid milks. Then add sugar or sweetener of your choice to your liking. I use either Stevia or monkfruit sweetener. It tastes exactly like the real thing. You don't need to chill it cause the the milk powder and sweetener will bring down the temp and you can adjust the creaminess to your taste as well by increasing/decreasing the amount of powdered milk.
One thing it won't have is the visual of the white liquid milk flowing into the orange tea under it. Also the version I make with no calorie sweetener is not sugar free cause there's sugar (lactose) in the milk powder. If you want this completely sugar free you might need to find plant based milk powder like coconut or soy. I reckon it would still taste good since the main flavor is the tea. The milk just adds richness and smooth mouth feel.
I thought Chef John really doesn't like his Pyrex, because I heard "transfer it into this horrible measuring cup."
I feel like you're trolling people by putting the paper in the water..
Will this recipe still work if I cut the tags off the tea bags?
That Looks So Good
Will this work with tea bags only
i mean people like tea with sugar
You need vanilla in that case.
Paper straws are *always* a regret
As a dolphin. I agree.
Metal is definitely where it is at
7:01
You are, after all,
on your way to therapy,
after your last slurp
of this Thai Spiced Sweet Tea🥹
Be well, stay kind and blessings to all✨
Can someone tell me the name of the song playing at 4:20? It’s stuck in my head!
P.S. : Maybe substitute the processed sugar for honey? Just an idea 💡.... Peace and Love ❤
"The Tea is Gone" could be a blues tune.
😅😅😅
Pleeeeease can you help me whip up a taro milk tea? I NEED it and WISH it. Thanks in any case!!
Id suggest to cut the tags from the tea bags so you don’t get any traces of Ink
if you're concerned about diabetes just swap out the sugar with 1/2 erythritol and 1/2 stevia. I promise you it'll be indistinguishable from sugar.
The perfect heat killer for (to) hot food would be the Indian beverage Mango-Lassi.
Teabags with the tags for the extra cardboard kick?😂
he's also squeezing the teabags, to make sure he gets all the bitter dregs in there, though maybe it's hard to notice behind the dump truck of sugar.