Categories: Beverages

Ingredients

• 6 cups water
• 1 cup Thai tea leaves*
• 4 cardamom pods, rushed
• 1 whole clove, crushed
• 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup half-and-half **
• Garnish: lime-peel rose

Directions

1. Bring 6 cups water to a boil. Stir in tea leaves and next 3 ingredients, and cover. Remove mixture from heat, and steep 5 minutes.
2. Pour tea through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a pitcher, discarding tea leaves. Add sugar, stirring until dissolved; cool. Cover and chill 2 hours.
3. Serve tea in a glass over crushed ice. Top with 3 to 4 Tbsp. half-and-half; garnish, if desired.
4. • Thai tea may be found in the Asian sections of larger grocery stores or at Asian markets.
5. • Fat-free half-and-half may be substituted for regular half-and-half.

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