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Our mission is to document the dishes, recipes, and chefs that push boundaries, preserve old traditions, and most of all, deserve to be recorded.

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Our Latest Video

The Wild Story Behind Thai Tea, and the Recipe that Changed Everything

In Thailand, it's Cha Yen, or Thai Iced Tea. In Malaysia it's Teh Tarik. In Myanmar, Laphet Yay, in Taiwan, Bubble Tea, and pretty much everywhere else in Asia it has its own name and tradition. But it's all the same thing: strong black tea, and sweet condensed milk. How did this happen? Which came first? And who are the people responsible for this surprising takeover?

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