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Addictive Fresh Lemongrass Tea

Fresh lemongrass tea is easy to make and oh-so-addictive!

Fresh lemongrass tea is easy to make and oh-so-addictive!

I’m back!!!

You guys, the past two weeks were such a whirlwind.

My kid sister, Emily, and I went to London for 4 days, Kenya for 6 days, and Paris for 4 days. I’m so exhausted I can hardly stay awake (THANKS, jet lag), but sipping on this fresh lemongrass tea is certainly helping me perk up!

Fresh lemongrass tea is easy to make and oh-so-addictive!

As soon as Emily and I got to London we swapped out our usual morning (and afternoon… and evening) coffees for hot tea with cream and sugar.

Every time we had a cup, we would smile over the steam rising from our mugs and say “why don’t we drink more tea at home?”

We continued our tea-drinking ways for the rest of the trip, and now that I’m home (where it’s HOT!) I am making pitchers of iced tea to get me through the day.

Now, you might remember me telling you that every time I get home from a trip abroad I crave Thai food like nobody’s business. I have no idea why this is, but it just happens so we’ll all have to accept it.

Fresh lemongrass tea is easy to make and oh-so-addictive!

Lemongrass is one of my favorite Thai flavors. I keep a zipper bag of leftover lemongrass in my freezer, so I decided to pull it out and make use of the stems that are too rough for mincing (like for this yummy Vietnamese recipe).

Alright, so in the picture above, you’ll see (from left to right): tough end pieces, tender root pieces, and trimmed “grocery-store-herb-section” lemongrass root.

I like to buy big bunches of lemongrass at my local Asian supermarket and keep it in the freezer. I use the tender root pieces for curries, and save the tough end stalks for making this tea!

Fresh lemongrass tea is easy to make and oh-so-addictive!

Technically I’m not sure we can even call this “tea” because it doesn’t contain any “tea leaves” per say, but you should stop being so nit-picky and just make it anyway.

Fresh lemongrass tea is easy to make and oh-so-addictive!

Ready, Freddy?

Here’s Your Recipe!

Addictive Fresh Lemongrass Tea

Addictive Fresh Lemongrass Tea

Yield: 8
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Fresh lemongrass tea is easy to make and oh-so-addictive!

Ingredients

  • 4 cups water
  • 2 cups roughly chopped lemongrass stalks
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • Lime wheels for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  2. Bring the water to a boil over high heat in a medium saucepan.
  3. Add the lemongrass and boil rapidly for 5 minutes.
  4. Reduce the heat to low and simmer the tea for an additional 5 minutes.
  5. Strain the stalks from the liquid. Stir in the sugar until dissolved.
  6. Serve warm, or chill in the refrigerator and pour over ice.
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  1. i know this sounds mean, but im really annoyed at the fact that you call this tea. It's a lemongrass drink. It does not contain tea. Please do not call it tea. Sorry if this some how offends you, but the recipe looks dumb to me without any tea in it and calling itself that.
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    • For NitPicky Briana: Of course this is tea! Anything you brew like this is a tea. It is an herbal tea in this case, just as much as Nettles tea, Echinacea tea, Peppermint tea, etc. Even compost when brewed is called "compost tea". Too bad you are so easily annoyed and for nothing. Cheers.
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    • Tea definition: 1. a hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water. "Katherine sipped her tea" 2. the evergreen shrub or small tree which produces tea leaves, native to southern and eastern Asia and grown as a major cash crop. According to definition 1 Tea is made with leaves, hence lemongrass tea. Couldn't be more simple than that. Cheers to lemongrass tea!
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  2. I've been growing lemongrass out on my porch for the past year to keep away the mosquito. (Works great!) I knew people cook with it, and had wondered if it could be made into a tea. I found your post and tried it. I thought it was okay, but my son LOVES it. Looks like I may have to split up the plant to start growing it for tea.
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  3. Why haven't I made this sooner! The key word is addictive! OMG, I could drink this all the time...except after 5pm I may need to add vodka. I just might tonight in fact! This is so fun. Lemongrass is one of my all time favorite things, this is so cool!
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  4. I only use the leaves that have grown tall, 2 feet say. cause we also here in Guatemala have several pots growing to prevent mosquitoes from joining us on the patio, works great. we do not add sugar or honey,just maybe a few cloves and dried turmeric bark.
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  5. Have never made lemongrass tea with sugar. Will do. Another recipe is add crushed ginger and/or mint leaves, brew for a little while, pour in a cup and add lemon juice..... Super for a cold winter morning!
    ★★★★★
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