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Red tea reference[edit]

The red tea reference links to a disambiguation page. Someone who is familiar with the subject should clarify which type it is.

"Red tea" is a commonly-used Asian term for what is known as "black tea" in the West (contrast with green tea). It is NOT rooibos, also known as "red tea", and really not a tea at all. This confused me as well, so I cleared it up in the article. --JD79 22:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lime?[edit]

Is Lime Thai tea flavored with actual lime fruit, or with Kaffir lime leaves? - the article is unclear. -- 18:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

The red tea referenced in the article is not just black tea. There is a distinctive taste to this tea, even when it is made without the sweet cream. I suspect it is an oolong, but don't really know. It is commonly known as "thai tea", as distinguished from "thai iced tea". Thai iced tea is thai tea, brewed, and served with sweet cream, over ice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattbeckwith (talk • contribs) 22:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'm a little confused about exactly what kind of tea it is made with. Some type of black tea, I think, but it tastes smoky - why? Is it smoked like Lapsang Souchong? Surely someone knows. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.18.56.104 (talk) 18:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thai tea is a black tea, usually a china tea (keemun?) flavored with star anise powder. Sometimes they add vanilla, and they usually soak the leaves in some orange food coloring to get it that nice deep orange color. A lot of Thai restaurants also actually boil the tea for hours to get it really, really strong. Ceramufary (talk) 06:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pearls[edit]

I think the link to Pearls in the first section is misleading. When people order 'thai iced tea with pearls' they mean tapioca spheres, not actual pearls. Any reason I shouldn't remove this misleading link? MalignantMouse (talk) 23:33, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Frappe[edit]

What is meant by the term "frappe" in this article? Milkshake? If so, that would seem to be a little-known regional dialect. Can we look into this and redirect the link accordingly? Noble-savage (talk) 22:02, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My experience going to various coffee shops in Thailand, is that 'frappé' means 'taking the iced version of a drink, putting it in a blender, and crush that ice!'. The result, finely crushed ice and tea/coffee/milk (whatever your drink) is poured into a plastic cup (since these tend to be fancier than the 10฿ oliang stalls) and drunk with a straw. Since the ice is crushed, it is also consumed. It is very similar to the process described to make a smoothie. V85 (talk) 17:25, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Type of black tea[edit]

What specific type or types of black tea are used to make Thai tea?

ICE77 (talk) 00:03, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

according to the Arbor Tea blog, it is Keemun Black Tea. Jerry guru (talk) 03:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it's a locally grown landrace (traditional or semi-wild) version of Assam, called Bai Miang (ใบเมี่ยง): http://research.trf.or.th/node/3282 Originally Ceylon was used, but this cheaper local variety supplanted it. Food coloring was added to replicate the orange hue of strongly-brewed Ceylon. Use of Bai Miang also explains the unique taste of Thai tea. 203.131.217.12 (talk) 07:11, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Arbor Tea - unattributed source?[edit]

I was looking for a recipe, and found almost the same exact text: http://www.arborteas.com/teablog/tea-preparation/how-to-make-thai-tea-aka-thai-iced-tea-a-thai-tea-recipe-from-arbor-teas/ not sure what to do: add a reference? Jerry guru (talk) 03:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the date of the arborteas article, the opposite is likely the case: arborteas copied the wikipedia text. - Takeaway (talk) 22:57, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Couple o sources[edit]

Kortoso (talk) 00:13, 7 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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