Ginger lemongrass tea recipe
This ginger lemongrass tea recipe is a fragrant, no-caffeine tisane that tastes great both hot and chilled. Jazz it up with some edible flowers, mint leaves or slices of lemon to make the perfect summertime drink!
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 36kcal
Equipment
- Rolling Pin Substitute: something heavy to bash the lemongrass
- Sharp scissors Substitute: knife and cutting board
- Pot
- sieve Substitute: tea strainer
Ingredients
- 1 Cup lemongrass, bashed then cut into rounds, about ½-inch long 2.82 oz/ 80g or 8 lemongrass sticks for me (will be different if your stalks are of different lengths) Substitute: lemongrass leaves
- 3 slices ginger No need to peel.
- 4 Cups water
- Brown sugar Optional. Substitute: honey, white sugar etc
Instructions
- Place the lemongrass, ginger and water in a pot. Bring to the boil over high heat.
- Reduce the heat and simmer for a minimum of 10 minutes. Taste, and simmer for longer if the flavor is not strong enough.
- Once happy with the flavor, switch off the fire and sieve out the lemongrass and ginger. (You can keep them to add to soup.)
- For hot tea: sweeten to taste then serve now.
- For iced tea: allow the tea to cool then refrigerate for at least 1-3 hours. After chilling, serve with or without ice cubes.
Notes
Soil can get trapped in the layers of the lemongrass stalks, so wash carefully!
Variations
- Lemongrass green tea: add some loose leaf teas (or tea bag) to your tisane if you need a pick me up
- Lemongrass tea with lime: add a squeeze of calamansi lime (substitute: lemon juice) to each cup of lemongrass ginger tea
- Tropical tea: Pandan leaf and lemongrass is a common combination in South East Asian cuisine. Add some pandan leaves to your pot for added flavor.
- Indian lemongrass tea with milk: Add some milk and black tea leaves. (About ½ Cup of milk for every 4 Cups of water used.)
Nutrition
Calories: 36kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 26mg | Potassium: 255mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 3mg