[Sca-cooks] Siamese coffee

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

>OK, so I spent a fair amont of time at Inner Vagabond this Pennsic. 
>Now I need to find a recipe for Siamese (or Thai, if you prefer) 
>coffee.
>
>So far the only recipe I've found is sub-par.  I may have to dig up 
>the chai recipe I like and alter it.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Morgana

I gather this is not real Thai coffee, but some American invention. 
Thai coffee is just roasted pounded coffee, brewed (in Indonesia, it 
was boiled), and served with canned sweetened condensed milk. No 
spices added.

By "chai", i assume you mean "masala chai", since "chai" just means 
"tea" and doesn't include spices.

I gotta say that i loved masala chai, but i really detest the overly 
sweetened ones i find *with vanilla added* (oh, shock! oh, horror!) 
nowadays just about everywhere. I've got nothing personal against 
vanilla, but it doesn't belong in masala chai!

OK, step back, i'm now getting off the tea chest (since soap box 
didn't make sense here).

If you want spiced coffee, i have a Moroccan recipe on my website:
http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/ModernMaghribi/Drinks.html#coffee

It is best sweetened (which i don't normally do, but sugar helps 
bring out the spices) and probably without milk (which i do usually 
add).

I imagine this is nothing like the spiced coffee you seek, but it's tasty.

Anahita