Frothy Bittersweet Pulled Tea

The Mamak community of Malaysia and Singapore, descendants of Indian and Malay marriages, have invented a hot beverage commonly called “pulled tea.” An ultra-strong brewed Orange Pekoe black tea, sweet from condensed milk, is dramatically tossed from one oversized stainless steel mug, to another in a long thin stream. This aerial agitation creates a nose-tickling foam on the sweet beverage, similar to the froth on a cup of cappuccino.

During this theatrical preparation the tea is no