Thai Iced Tea

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups water
• 1 cup thai tea leaves
• 4 cardamom pods, crushed
• 1 whole clove, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup half-and-half

Recipe

• 1 bring 6 cups of water to a boil.
• 2 stir in tea leaves, cardamom pods, crushed clove and cinnamon.
• 3 cover.
• 4 remove mixture from heat and let steep 5 minutes.
• 5 pour tea through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a pitcher, discarding tea leaves (caution--don't pour hot tea into a glass pitcher as it may break).
• 6 add sugar, stirring until dissolved; cool.
• 7 cover and chill 2 hours.
• 8 serve in a glass over crushed ice.
• 9 top with 3 to 4 tablespoons half-and-half.