Brew homemade lemongrass tea with ginger and enjoy a cold, refreshing drink for the summer. Making iced tea in your Instant Pot or pressure cooker has never been easier, or more delicious.
What Makes Keto Tea So Great
- Lemongrass. If you've been growing lemongrass in your backyard, or if you have been eying it in the grocery store wondering how to use lemongrass, it's time to learn how to make some delicious lemongrass tea in your Instant Pot. This might very well be the best combination of ginger and lemongrass out there.
- Simple. So unlike my other beverage recipes where I'm super precise about ingredients to help you out, this one is a very forgiving recipe. There really isn't any need to measure out the lemongrass plant or ginger exactly. Just 5 simple ingredients and you've got some delicious and refreshing tea.
- Quick. You can have this simple and delicious low carb drink done in less than 30 minutes.
Where To Buy Lemongrass
Many grocery stores sell lemongrass to use in this Lemongrass Tea and many other delicious dishes. It is generally found with fresh produce, but you may also have luck finding it in the frozen food section.
If you're having trouble finding lemongrass at your local grocery store, you may have better luck checking an Asian market.
How to Make Lemongrass Tea
- Pick. I went out to my yard and picked some lemongrass leaves. Like about so many.
- Slice. Then, I sliced a few slices of fresh ginger..
- Cook. I put all this into an Instant Pot, added about 6 cups of water, 4 teaspoons Truvia, and then I cooked it at high pressure for 2 minutes.
- Cool. When it was done, I let it cool, and then added lemon juice to taste. I prefer to add this to cold tea so as to not "cook" the lemon juice, which changes its flavor.
- Serve. I served it over ice.
Why Make Lemongrass Tea In The Instant Pot?
I have spoken about the benefits of making Iced Tea in your Instant Pot. In a nutshell, the benefits of brewing tea in your pressure cooker are:
- Less bitter, but more robust flavor since the water gets "superheated" under pressure.
- Very little babysitting required.
- No worrying about the tea boiling over.
- Ability to make a tea concentrate, and then dilute as you go. Takes up less space in the fridge.
How To Use Lemongrass
You are probably more familiar with lemongrass stalks, which are often sold in the grocery store. We typically use lemongrass stalks to make Thai-style curries.
Lemongrass leaves are used in many parts of the world to make a hot tea that is considered very beneficial and very cooling during warm summer months.
What Does Lemon Grass Taste Like?
It's an herby, citrusy, lemony, aromatic, smooth flavor that I just absolutely love. It's honestly just like sunshine in a cup.
What Is Lemongrass Tea Good For?
You can find a lot of articles online talking about the health benefits of Lemongrass. I personally do not cite studies unless they are double-blind, controlled, longitudinal studies with random or near-random assignment (occupational hazard after getting a doctorate in experimental psychology, but still best practice).
So I don't know if it does indeed help with anxiety, weight loss, blood pressure and all those magical things.
I just know it tastes good, and that's good enough for me!
What Is The Best Time To Drink Lemongrass Tea?
Lemongrass Tea is great for helping with digestion. For this reason, I find it to have the most health benefit when drinking right after a meal.
However, this Keto tea is so delicious, you may find yourself reaching for it more often because of how cool and refreshing it is.
Tips and Tricks for Making Iced Lemongrass Tea
- Don't be afraid to use approximations for the amount of lemongrass, the amount of ginger, and the sweetener. Taste, taste, taste and adjust as needed.
- Allow the tea to cool before adding lemon juice so as to not "cook" the lemon juice.
- You can drink this tea hot as well. In this case of course, you will add the lemon juice to hot tea.
- Do NOT add fresh lemons or oranges into the pot to brew. I've tried that and it is sooo bitter you will end up wasting an entire pot of good tea.
- You can use honey to sweeten this tea for a different flavor.
- Try throwing in a bag or two of green tea into the pot for a change.
- I do not know how this will work with lemongrass stalks. If you try that, be sure to come into my Twosleevers Facebook group and let us know how it worked for you!
- When you're ready to serve the tea, fill an 8 oz glass with ice. Pour the chilled tea over it and serve.
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Once you've made this delightful and refreshing Lemongrass Tea you'll want to make it again and again. Don't forget to share this recipe with your friends on Pinterest and Facebook so they can enjoy it as well!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 cups Water
- 2-3 cups lemongrass leaves , loosely packed, cut into 3-4 inch pieces
- 4-5 coins Ginger
- 4 teaspoons Truvia , or 6 teaspoons sugar, add to taste
- 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Put water, lemongrass leaves, ginger, and Truvia into your electric pressure cooker or Instant Pot.
- Set the Instant pot on High Pressure for 2 minutes.
- Allow the pot to release pressure naturally for 15 minutes and then release any remaining pressure.
- Chill the tea. Once the tea is cold, add lemon juice and stir.
- Fill an 8 oz glass with ice. Pour in the chilled tea and serve.
Tips and Tricks for Making Iced Lemongrass Tea
- Don't be afraid to use approximations for the amount of lemongrass, the amount of ginger, and the sweetener. Taste, taste, taste and adjust as needed.
- Allow the tea to cool before adding lemon juice so as to not "cook" the lemon juice.
- You can drink this tea hot as well. In this case, of course, you will add the lemon juice to hot tea.
- Do NOT add fresh lemons or oranges into the pot to brew. I've tried that and it is sooo bitter you will end up wasting an entire pot of good tea.
- You can use honey to sweeten this tea for a different flavor.
- Try throwing in a bag or two of green tea into the pot for a change.
- I do not know how this will work with lemongrass stalks. If you try that, be sure to come into my Twosleevers Facebook group and let us know how it worked for you!
- When you're ready to serve the tea, fill an 8 oz glass with ice. Pour the chilled tea over it and serve.
- I don't trust the nutritional value for this recipe, as all the carbs are in the lemongrass, which you will not be consuming.
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KarenM
I would love to try this tea. It looks like an amazing recipe. But I can not find lemongrass leaves anywhere.....even at the H-Mart near me. I live in the Boston area so there are quite a few ethnic grocery stores. Can I use the stalks in place of the leaves? Is it hard to grow lemongrass?
URVASHI PITRE
yes you can definitely try stalks. It's easy to grow where I am in Texas, but I don't think it does well in colder climates.
Gretchen
I live in NY and the most successful thing we ever grew in our garden was lemongrass. It grew like a weed. It will it past through the winter but I harvested all the stalks and used my vacuum sealer to put them in bags and freeze them. I wish I had know. we could use the leaves for tea.
Sari
Loved it. I had for a long time lemongrass but never dared to use it and I don’t regret it.
Elizabeth
Can you do this with only the lemongrass? I'm not a fan of ginger, and I like the taste of lemongrass unsweetened. Thanks!
URVASHI PITRE
Yes absolutely! Best part about home cooking, is that you get to customize it as you like
Eva Ianaro
Urvashi — Thanks so much for your recipe! I am going to try this today. About how long will this last in the refrigerator?
Eva
Okay - now sipping on a little bit of heaven! Thanks again!I will be making this on a regular basis 😉
URVASHI PITRE
Yay!! So glad to hear. I love this tea
URVASHI PITRE
I think about 3-4 days for sure.
Julieta
Amazing recipes.thank u so much.must try to do at home.