Make homemade Thai tea ice cream at home without an ice cream maker! This is an ice cream recipe using a blender! This easy Thai tea ice cream recipe will shock you how easy it is to make ice cream at home from scratch. It is packed with flavor and has the perfect amount of sweetness. Add boba on top of your ice cream to turn it into a boba tea ice cream!
What is Thai Tea?
Thai tea is a drink that originated from Thailand but is now popular across the world. The tea is made from brewing Ceylon tea leaves or black tea leaves with spices like the star anise, cardamom, and crushed tamarind. When the tea is brewed in hot water, it gives it the liquid its famous bright orange amber color. Dairy milk or coconut milk and sweetener, such as condense milk or sugar, is then added to the tea to make the famous Thai tea drink. Thai tea has abundance amount of caffeine and antioxidants due to the tea leaves and collection of spices.
Adding Milk to Tea?
The idea of adding milk to tea is an old tradition found all over the world. Even Britains are a fan of adding milk to tea. According to The Sun, a UK News Company, the concept of adding milk to tea can be traced back to the 18th century. People would pour milk into hot tea to prevent the hot tea from cracking the delicate tea cups. There are also theories that milk would prevent the fine china tea cups of the wealthy from staining as well as adding milk to poor quality tea would made it taste better. I personally love milk with tea because it adds the creamy rich taste to tea and does not overpower or remove the tea flavor.
Making Ice Cream with a Blender
You will be using a blender for this easy ice cream recipe. I recommend using a quality powder blender, but a regular blender will work. Powder blenders are designed to maintain torque and cool temperature so it can handle tough ingredients. It is designed to give the you the smoothest texture when blending ingredients, so soups, smoothies, and ice cream. A brand of high performance powder blender that I recommend is the Vitamix. I own one myself. The Vitamix is easy to clean, gives the smoothest texture to anything I blend, and has great warranty.
Thai Tea Ice Cream Recipe, Make Thai Tea Ice Cream with Brewed Thai Tea
Serving Size = 8 large scoops
Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups heavy cream
¾ cups of brewed Thai Tea
¼ cup condensed milk (can use sugar instead)
Step 1
Brew Thai tea. Boil one cup of water in a pot on the stove. Once water is boiling, add 4 tablespoons of Thai tea into the pot. Let tea boil in water for about 2 mins then turn off the heat. Let tea sit in water for about 10 minutes.
Step 2
Prepare pouring tea into a cup. Strain the tea using a tea bag or cheese cloth. Put tea into the refrigerator for about one hour or until tea is completely cold.
Step 3
Add 1 ¾ cup of heavy cream, ¾ cup of brewed tea, and ¼ cup of condense milk into your blender. Blend on high for about 3-5 minutes or until mixture is a soft serve ice cream texture.
Step 4
Your ice cream is now ready to be eaten (if you like a very soft serve texture) or you can pour your ice cream mixture into an ice cream container and freeze for a stiffer ice cream texture.
If you do not have an ice cream container, any airtight container will work. Some plastic containers will get brittle in the freezer so check to make sure it is freezer safe.
OPTIONAL STEP
Add toppings to your ice cream such as boba or crushed peanuts!
Thai Tea Ice Cream Recipe, Make Thai Tea Ice Cream with Brewed Thai Tea
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup heavy cream
- ¾ cup brewed Thai tea
- ¼ cup condensed milk can substitute with white granulated sugar
Instructions
- Brew Thai tea. Boil one cup of water in a pot on the stove. Once water is boiling, add 4 tablespoons of Thai tea into the pot. Let tea boil in water for about 2 mins then turn off the heat. Let tea sit in water for about 10 minutes.
- Prepare pouring tea into a cup. Strain the tea using a teabag or cheese cloth. Put tea into the refrigerator for about one hour or until tea is completely cold.
- Add 1 ¾ cup of heavy cream, ¾ cup of brewed tea, and ¼ cup of condense milk into your blender. Blend on high for about 3-5 minutes or until mixture is a soft serve ice cream texture.
- Your ice cream is now ready to be eaten (if you like a very soft serve texture) or you can pour your ice cream mixture into an ice cream container and freeze for a stiffer ice cream texture.If you do not have an ice cream container, any airtight container will work. Some plastic containers will get brittle in the freezer so check to make sure it is freezer safe.
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