One of my favorite summer drink in Hong Kong, is the red bean coconut milk ice drink (红豆冰). This drink can be ordered at a cha can ting 茶餐厅. It is very easy to make.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp cooked red beans
- sweetened coconut milk
- evaporated milk or almond milk
- crushed ice
Most difficult part of the drink is the red beans. The red beans need to be cooked till it is soft. This can take up to 2 hours depends on what kind of red beans you are using. When the red beans are soft, add some sugar to your liking and crush the red beans a little bit. Take a glass and add the red beans about 1/3 of the glass. Add some crushed ice that fills up to the top of the glass. Add now coconut milk till 2/3 of the glass and finally, add the evaporated milk or almond milk. For the full version, add a scope of vanilla ice.