Thai Iced Tea
ชาเย็น (Cha Yen)
Strong spiced black tea, condensed milk, poured over a full glass of ice.
Black tea brewed very strongly — often with star anise, tamarind or cardamom — sweetened with condensed milk and poured over ice, with evaporated milk floated on top.
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That is 65 mg in a 16 oz (473 ml) over ice serving — a concentration of 13.7 mg per 100 ml. The scale above ranks whole servings, and servings differ in size, so a larger drink can sit further right while being weaker cup for cup.
CupCura editorial estimate. No public food database has measured this preparation, so this figure is our own and is not independently sourced.
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