How to Make Lemongrass Tea
Lemongrass Tea is an easy-to-make delicious herby beverage that leaves you refreshed after having a cup of tea.
My home in Pune city, about 7 years ago had lemongrass in the backyard and lemongrass tea with milk was our daily go to drink every evening. Apart from having many health benefits, its lemony, citrusy flavor is addictively delicious. Sometimes, lemongrass tea is all you need for a quick pick me up!
Lemongrass tea is
- easy to prepare
- tastes delicious
- can be prepared with fresh lemongrass or dried ones
- can be made with or without milk
- leaves you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated
Lemongrass Tea Benefits
Lemongrass tea has many health benefits. It helps in relieving anxiety and aids in weight loss. It also helps in lowering cholesterol and preventing infection. Regular intake of lemongrass helps in relieving pain and bloating and in boosting oral health and red blood cell levels.
How to Make Lemongrass Tea
There are many ways that you can prepare Lemongrass Tea. You may use fresh lemongrass or dried lemongrass for making tea. You may also brew the tea with or without milk. Further, you can also make lemongrass iced tea. The options are endless.
Making Lemongrass Tea at Home
- How to make lemongrass tea from fresh lemongrass and without milk
Pour water into a pan and add freshly cut lemongrass. Add loose tea/tea leaves/tea bags to the water and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 7-10 minutes. Strain and serve with or without adding sugar. - How to make lemongrass tea from dried lemongrass
The method remains the same. Depending on whether you have dried lemongrass, leaves or stalks, adjust the instructions a little. If you are using lemongrass stalk, bruise them a little with the side of a knife. This will help infuse the flavor more on the tea. - How to make lemongrass tea with milk
Pour water into a pan and add freshly cut lemongrass. Add loose tea/tea leaves/tea bags to the water and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 7-10 minutes. Add milk and simmer for a few more minutes. Add sweetener of your choice and serve hot.
How to Make Lemongrass and Ginger Tea
I add a little bit of chopped ginger too while making my lemongrass tea. Here are the step-by-step instructions with pictures.
- Bruise the lemongrass stalk a little with the side of a knife. This will help infuse the flavor more on the tea.
- Pour water into a pan and add freshly cut lemongrass.
- Add loose tea/tea leaves/tea bags to the water and bring to a boil. If you are adding ginger, now is the time. Add chopped or grated ginger to the boiling water.
- Simmer for about 7-10 minutes.
- Add milk and simmer for a few more minutes.
- Add sweetener of your choice. You may use honey, sugar, stevia, or erythritol.
- Strain and serve hot with biscuits, tea cake, or tea rusk.
Lemongrass Tea with Milk
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Lemongrass Tea
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 3 persons 1x
Description
Lemongrass Tea is an easy-to-make delicious herby beverage that leaves you refreshed after having a cup of tea.
Ingredients
3-4 Dried Lemongrass Stalks or
1 Fresh Lemongrass (Leaves and Stalk)
2 cups Water
1.5 tablespoon Loose Tea or
1 tablespoon Tea Leaves or
2 Tea Bags
1 tablespoon Grated Ginger, optional
½ cup Milk
2 teaspoon Sugar or Honey
Instructions
Bruise the lemongrass stalk a little with the side of a knife. This will help infuse the flavor more on the tea.
Pour water into a pan and add freshly cut lemongrass.
Add loose tea/tea leaves/tea bags to the water and bring to a boil. If you are adding ginger, now is the time. Add chopped or grated ginger to the boiling water.
Simmer for about 7-10 minutes.
Add milk and simmer for a few more minutes.
Add sweetener of your choice. You may use honey, sugar, stevia, or erythritol.
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Beverages
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American/Indian
Keywords: lemongrass tea recipe, how to make lemongrass tea, how to make lemongrass and ginger tea
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Grace says
Lemon grass tea with milk is my favorite tea every morning. I have planted some shrubs on my kitchen garden for the purposes of using it with my family. I have also planted rosemary shrubs too which is also very good with memory. My friends love my tea always when they visit me. Some visit me just for to take my delicious tea.
Thanks for sharing.
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Sandhya Bhattaram says
This is my favourite tea!! 🙂
Harshita Nanda says
Lemongrass tea is one of my favourites!! I too put in a plant this winter to make tea for myself
Varsh says
Lemongrass and ginger tea is my favourite! For a change I sometimes use jaggery as sweetener. This tea has such a refreshing taste!
Aesha Shah says
We have a lemon grass tea plant at home. Love the flavour.
Anita Sabat says
Very nicely explained with super pics.
Yes, this is refreshing. The tea-lovers in my family had loved this when I had made.
These days ready-made sachets are available.
Ujjwal Mishra says
My father in law is very fond of lemon grass tea. He has planted and maintained one shrub of lemon grass specially for that.
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