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Cha yen is bright-orange black tea brewed strong with star anise and cardamom, sweetened with condensed milk and served over crushed ice with a final swirl of evaporated milk on top.
Cha yen took its modern form in mid-20th-century Bangkok, when imported British black tea was blended with star anise, tamarind and yellow food colouring (the famous orange hue) and sweetened with the cheap condensed milk that arrived via American post-WWII aid. The drink became a fixture at every noodle cart and night market by the 1970s. Each Bangkok stall mixes its own ratio of condensed-to-evaporated milk; the two-tone pour (sweet white over hot orange) is the visual signature, and the drink anchors every Sukhumvit Soi 38 noodle session.
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