What is Lemongrass Tea?
Lemongrass tea is prepared with fresh or dried green lemongrass leaves, white lemongrass stalks, or roots. It’s a herbal tea, tisan.
You might have spotted lemongrass tea on your Asian neighborhood restaurant’s menu, or you got introduced to it while at the spa.
Various Asian food joints such as Thai and Vietnamese restaurants will suggest you have a lemongrass tea after food.
In reputable spas, it is commonplace to serve a hot cup of lemongrass tea or even cold fruit infused waters before treatment. It helps you relax your body and mind.
I, personally, came across lemongrass tea for the first time on my first visit to India back in 2007. In the Indian subcontinent, they commonly serve up lemongrass tea prepared with the green leaves.
If you are looking to start a new year with new resolutions or if you just decided to change your ways for the better, then my lemongrass tea recipe will be a useful hot beverage in your repertoire.
Ingredients
Here is a quick ingredient overview. Us and metric measurement details with step-by-step instructions are located further below in the printable recipe card.
- Lemongrass
- Water
- Sweetener (optional)
- Black Tea (optional)
- Fresh Lemon Slice (optional)
You can choose to make lemongrass tea with fresh or dried lemongrass.
Fresh Lemongrass: Use either root bulbs, white stalks or green blades. I use green blades because we grow them at home. If you purchase lemongrass in stores, you will only get bulbs and stalks. All parts make for a good herbal tisan tea.
Dried Lemongrass: Get dried lemongrass chopped or in powder. Both are a fine choice, but organic is preferred or dried oregano without treated pesticides.
Flavor Variations
Besides adding black tea leave to your lemongrass while your tea is brewing in the pot, you can also add the following ingredients to enhance your tea even further:
- Green tea leaves, white tea or oolong
- Fresh ginger root slices
- Fresh turmeric root slices
- Lime instead of lemon slices
- Honey to sweeten or dried stevia leaves if you want to make it vegan
- Other culinary herbs such as tulsi (holy basil) and peppermint.
You can turn this lemon grass tea into a cool lemongrass iced tea, by placing the strained tea into the fridge to cool down completely.
Serve your lemongrass iced tea with ice cubes and enjoy on a hot sunny day.
How to make it?
Follow these 3 main steps to prepare lemongrass tea from scratch at home.
Step 1
Rinse your lemongrass to get rid of impurities, but be careful to not cut yourself because lemongrass blades are sharp.
Cut your lemongrass into smaller pieces with a kitchen scissor.
Step 2
Keep a pot with water to cook on the stove and add in your lemongrass leaves.
Optional: Add loose tea leaves to the tea if you want to add caffeine to your lemongrass tea recipe.
Step 3
Simmer your tea in the pot covered for about 10 minutes (and 6 minutes if you add tea leaves).
Keep away from heat and allow the tea leaves to get infused for a few more minutes.
Strain tea from the leaves and serve hot with or without sugar.
How to prepare Tea Bags with Lemongrass?
Instead of boiling fresh lemongrass, you can prepare your tea bags at home with your dried or fresh homegrown lemongrass.
First, cut and dry your fresh and green lemongrass tea blades OR use dried lemongrass chopped.
Secondly, get these empty tea bags.
Thirdly, stuff your empty tea bags with your dried or fresh lemongrass pieces.
The smaller the lemongrass blade pieces, the better.
At last, you just need to use your teabags like any other tea bag. Place the tea bag in a cup and top with boiling hot water. Steep for 5 minutes or so before taking out the tea bag and discarding it.
FAQ
How much lemongrass tea should I drink?
Find a balance when consuming lemongrass tea. 1–2 cups of hot brewed lemongrass tea can be enjoyed daily if you like.
When to drink lemongrass tea?
Whenever you feel like it! I think the best time to enjoy a freshly prepared cup of lemongrass tea is on a rainy day as a little pick me up or to relax after a long day. Paul says, that people in Goa tend to prepare Lemongrass tea during the rainy season, in India. I mainly prepare lemongrass tea in the evening after food to help my digestion and to get me into sleep mode.
Is lemongrass tea acidic?
No, lemongrass is not acidic because it’s a grass and not a citrus fruit.
Who needs to avoid drinking lemongrass tea?
This Lemongrass tea recipe should be avoided during pregnancy and those who take prescription diuretics. In that case, I highly recommend consulting your physician.
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