Ingredients

Equipment

• Saucepan 1.5 qt.
• Good for sauces, and scorched flour recipes.

• Rubbermaid High Heat Silicone Spatula
• Essential for life.
• Stainless Steel Colander
• Sturdy and useful for ice baths and straining.
• Warring WW200 Commercial
• If you are serious about waffles, this is a commercial grade iron that we use in our lab.
• Amazon Stainless Steel Whisk 14"
• Commercial grade stainless steel whisk.
• Stainless Steel Bowl
• A rule we carried from the kitchen to our homes; No Glass.

Let's Get Cooking 🤙🏽

• Add milk to sauce pan and turn heat to low.
• Simmer until a light boil is achieved.
• Be very careful not to over-do it!
• Add Loose Leaf Cha Thai to the hot milk and fully incorporate.
• Once leaves are fully saturated in the milk turn off the heat.
• Let the loose Cha Thai step for 10 minutes.
• The slurry should look a little (or a lot) like ground taco meat.
• Add your water to the slurry and strain.
• The water allows for the mixture to cool down and compensate for lost water content from evaporation and saturation into the leaves.
• Strain mixture and set aside,
• This should yield a little over 350g of bright orange Thai tea concentrate.
• Bask in the spiced sweet aroma emanating from your mixture.
• Seriously, the highlight of this recipe.
• Preheat Waffle maker to 350F or 176C.
• Add Manoa Mochi Baking Mix into a bowl.
• Add 350g of the strained liquid into mixing bowl and whisk together until fully incorporated.

• Add batter to pre-heated waffle iron and close the lid.
• Flip waffle maker and cook until desired doneness.
• Usually about 3-5 minutes.
• Remove from iron and serve!

Pro Tips 🤙🏽

• In the image we used whipped cream, chocolate shavings, and a caramel sauce. If you want to go for more of a traditional route, try using dollops whipped cream and a heavy drizzle of condensed milk. 
• To spice up the waffles, try adding a bit more of the spices found in Thai tea. Star-anise, cardamon, cinnamon, and tamarind powder are usually found in your average cup.
• Using a waffle iron that flips, as well as preheating are key to making the perfect waffles.