Teh Tarik: Pulled, Frothy Malaysian Milk Tea
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Alia Ali, Teh Tarik (Sweet and Frothy Malaysian Milk Tea).
A teh tarik (sweet and frothy malaysian milk tea) recipe for 2 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Cook. Pack tea leaves in one tea filter bag or tea ball infuser. Bring the water to a boil over a high flame in a mid-sized saucepan. Add tea bag and keep to boil till the color of this tea is a rich amber, around 2 minutes. Pour evaporated creamer (or heavy cream) and condensed milk (1 tablespoon) (if using evaporated creamer) or 1 condensed milk (1/2 tablespoons) (if using heavy cream) into the tea and keep to boil, now and then swirling the pan lightly, for 2 minutes. Take out from heat. Remove and discard the tea bag. Tip half of the tea in a kole, second saucepan or a big heatproof measuring cup. Add of condensed milk to each (1 tablespoon) mug. Working using one saucepan (or measuring cup) plus mug after another, pour the tea off the saucepan into the mug. Next tip the tea off the mug back in the saucepan. Keep to do this at least three extra times, lifting the pouring vessel higher plus higher every time to "stretch" or "pull" the tea during every move; the tea should become frothy. Finish using the tea in the mug, next repeat the pulling process using the second vessel of tea plus mug. Offer hot. (see notes).
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Low salt: 0.11 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 152 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Caffeine · Free sugars
- Per serving: at least 48 mg caffeine (serving: 1 glass (about 238 ml tea)). Source: about 238 ml brewed per serving × USDA FDC SR Legacy #173227 (brewed black tea, 20 mg/100 g) This brew uses more tea per ml than standard brewed tea, so the real amount is likely higher..
- Scaling: making more servings does not change the caffeine in each serving; what counts is how many servings you drink in a day. 1 serving: 48 mg · 2 servings: 96 mg · 3 servings: 144 mg · 4 servings: 192 mg.
- General guideline: EFSA Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine (2015): for healthy adults, up to 200 mg in a single dose and up to 400 mg per day do not raise safety concerns. 1 serving = 12 % of 400 mg. EFSA
16.9 g per serving
33.8 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 67.6 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 440 kcal |
| Protein | 5.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 19.7 g |
| of which sugars | 19.7 g |
| of which free sugars | 16.9 g |
| Fat | 38.8 g |
| of which saturates | 24.7 g |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.17 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.2 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
