You can use fresh lemongrass bulbs, stalks, or leaves to make this tea or dried lemongrass. Either way, this tea is simply refreshing and great any time of the day.
If you use fresh lemongrass, cut your clean and rinsed lemongrass with a pair of scissors into smaller bits.
2-3 stalks Lemongrass
Add the fresh cut lemongrass to the cooking water. If you use dried lemongrass, add that instead to the water.
Bring the water with the lemongrass to a boil. Once it's boiling, turn down the heat and then let it simmer for 5 minutes covered.
Take from the heat and keep aside to steep covered for another 5 minutes.
Strain the herbal lemongrass tisane with a sieve and collect the hot herbal tea in a cup.
Optional: Serve hot with a slice of lemon and a tea bag, and you may add sugar, although I recommend trying it without sugar.
Sugar, Lemon Slice, Black Tea Bags
Notes
You can use fresh or dried Lemongrass to make your homemade herbal tea. Every part of fresh lemongrass can be used here. The lower root bulb and white stalk tend to be more tender and I like to use them in other dishes, and therefore I use the green blades to make tea. If you buy lemongrass, you will only get lemongrass bulb or stalks in stores, and in that case, use those parts to make your tea. If you are growing lemongrass at home, use the blades instead, so to keep the bulb and stalks for other dishes (i.e., Thai curries).To prepare lemongrass tea with dried leaves, use about 1–1 ½ Tablespoon dried lemongrass per cup.Tips:
Turn this fresh lemongrass tea into an iced lemongrass tea by cooling it in the fridge and serving with ice cubes.
Add a tea bag of black tea when serving this lemongrass tea if you are looking for more flavors in your tea.