Tra Sua An Do (Indian Style Milk Tea), Sweetened with Monk Fruit
Sweets and drinksDrinksVietnamabout 40 minutes, plus 8 hours chilling
This milk tea rests on a strong Indian black tea base, so the first taste is a thick tannic bite and the sweetness follows behind. The tea has to be strong enough that the milk cannot flatten it. The hard part is judging the leaf weight, since a little short leaves the glass thin.
Mixing the blend with the salt before either goes into the tea gets everything dissolved in a single stir. The common mistake is skipping the cold rest, which leaves the drink disjointed with a raw tea smell.
This batch weighs about 2.9kg, at roughly 5 calories per 100g.
Method
Put 100g Indian black tea into a cloth tea filter with 2.3 liters of boiling water, steep for 20 minutes, then lift the bag out to leave the tea base. For a lighter cup, use 70g Indian black tea mixed with 30g green tea.
Mix 288g kOBE Monk Fruit Blend evenly with 2.5 teaspoons salt.
Add the blend and salt mixture along with the oat milk to the tea base and stir until dissolved.
Whisk 127g kOBE Monk Fruit Blend with 158ml unsweetened oat milk until smooth and thick, then pour it into the jug and stir through.
Add 0.7kg crushed ice and stir until the ice has melted.
Keep it chilled for at least 8 hours before serving.
Pour 150ml into a 350ml glass, 170ml into a 500ml glass and 190ml into a 700ml glass.
Tips
Oat milk alone carries enough body for this tea, and a spoon of creamer powder makes it richer for anyone who wants that.
kOBE Monk Fruit Blend is a powder, so mixing it with the salt first means it all dissolves in one stir.
Where the base is made lightly sweetened, add 20ml kOBE Monk Fruit Blend syrup to a 500ml glass and 25ml to a 700ml glass.
Indian black tea steeped past 20 minutes turns harshly tannic, so time it with a clock.
A full 8 hours of chilling marries the tea and the milk and makes the drink far smoother.
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