Thai Iced Tea - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 black tea bags
4 cups water
star anise, to taste (optional)
ground tamarind powder, to taste (optional)
cardamom (optional) or other spices, to taste (optional)
3/4 cup sugar or 3/4 cup alternative sugar, to taste

Preparation

Thai Tea Mix directions.
1. Bring water to boil and add the 4 tea bags. Add sugar and gently stir to completely dissolve sugar. Gently boil tea for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
2. Allow tea to steep for at least 30 minutes and allow it to cool. The more concentrated the tea flavor, the better the Thai tea tastes.
3. Remove the tea bags and set aside finished Thai tea to cool.
4. You can make this ahead of time and have the Thai tea chilling in the fridge.
Thai Tea Assembly:
half and half (some folks also use coconut milk, whole milk, sweetened condensed milk).
ice.