"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" > wrote in message
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> "Peter Dy" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >
> >
> >
> > Yeah, I can see some of the confusion. But if the tea is red or if the
> tea
> > is black, it makes no difference if it is not spiced (going by the
> American
> > definition of Thai Tea). I'm sure Earl Grey is usually made with a
> certain
> > type of tea leaf, but if it is not perfumed with whatever Earl Grey is
> > perfumed with, it is not Earl Grey.
> >
>
> Some websites claim that the spiced Thai tea is made with red-leaf tea. I
> suspect they think so because the colour of the tea is orange-ish. Even
> Panta...singh (I always forget the name), however, has food colouring as
one
> of the ingredients, so I don't know where those websites get the red-leaf
> tea idea from.


Ah, ok. I think you are right. I've never heard of "red tea".


AFAIK, it's a black tea. Kasma Loha-Unchit says so, too,
> and I trust her. I should read what David Thompson has to say on the
> matter.


He has nothing on Thai tea, at least after looking at the index; can't find
Thai Tea in Kasma's indexes either.

Peter

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