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Thai Tea

  • 17-01-2012 3:59pm
    #1
    MungBean
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    Went to Thailand a few years ago and in several of the hotels we were given a cold lemon tea of some description while we waited to check in. Tasted like a melted loop the loop. I assume its a traditional Thai drink.

    Does anyone know what its called or how to make it ?


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  • #2
    rocklord42
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    To be honest I cannot remember what Loop the Loops tasted like !!

    It was either:
    a) Nam Chaa - sweet thai (green/white) tea or
    b) Nam Manow - a lime drink that can be served either sweet or salty

    If the drink had ice in it then it's normally the second one.

    And it wasn't lemon either way, it was lime. Thais don't have a lot of lemons.

    Either of these ring a bell ?


  • #3
    MungBean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭MungBean


    rocklord42 wrote: »
    To be honest I cannot remember what Loop the Loops tasted like !!

    It was either:
    a) Nam Chaa - sweet thai (green/white) tea or
    b) Nam Manow - a lime drink that can be served either sweet or salty

    If the drink had ice in it then it's normally the second one.

    And it wasn't lemon either way, it was lime. Thais don't have a lot of lemons.

    Either of these ring a bell ?

    Loop the loops are lemon and lime flavour so it may have been lime alright I thought it may have been made with lemon grass or something. It was cold but I dont think it had ice in it. Just cold, served in a wooden cup and tasted of loop the loops. Not sure if it had a cloudy yellowish green colour or whether all my thinking of loop the loops has confused my memory of it.

    I googled both those but there isnt much info popping up, dont suppose you know how to make them or where to buy them ?


  • #4
    rocklord42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭rocklord42


    Here's a recipe for Nam Manow:
    http://asiansupper.com/recipe/thai-limeade

    and here's one for Nam Cha but leave out the condensed milk fr the one you are thinking of (I think)
    http://www.phamfatale.com/id_453/title_Thai-Iced-Tea-Tra-Thai-in-Vietnamese/

    but good luck on finding some of the ingredients such as the actual tea, I don't think anyone is bringing it in, though if anyone is in Ireland it will be yer one at kingfisher teas. You will also need to work pretty hard to get Tamarind Seeds, I have only ever seen the seedless Tamarind blocks. You can get star anise and rock sugar in the health food stores (or at least some of them).


  • #5
    MungBean
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    rocklord42 wrote: »
    Here's a recipe for Nam Manow:
    http://asiansupper.com/recipe/thai-limeade

    and here's one for Nam Cha but leave out the condensed milk fr the one you are thinking of (I think)
    http://www.phamfatale.com/id_453/title_Thai-Iced-Tea-Tra-Thai-in-Vietnamese/

    but good luck on finding some of the ingredients such as the actual tea, I don't think anyone is bringing it in, though if anyone is in Ireland it will be yer one at kingfisher teas. You will also need to work pretty hard to get Tamarind Seeds, I have only ever seen the seedless Tamarind blocks. You can get star anise and rock sugar in the health food stores (or at least some of them).

    Thank you very much for the info :)


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