Lemongrass and Ginger Iced Tea
Lemongrass Ginger Iced Tea is a delicious sweetened ice tea bursting with lemongrass and ginger flavors for a refreshing, spicy and citrus-y iced tea.
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 4-6 Stalks of Lemongrass; tender parts sliced*
- 4 inches ginger; peeled and sliced
- ¾ cup sugar
- 10 black tea bags Lady Grey if you like
- lots of ice!
Instructions
- Bring lemongrass and ginger to a boil in 6 cups of water.
- Let simmer 15 minutes.
- Add sugar and stir until it dissolves (the order isn't important here, sometimes I throw it all in together).
- Let sit another 10 minutes.
- Add tea bags to 4 cups boiling water. Let steep 10 minutes.
- Strain out lemongrass and ginger and combine with tea concentrate in a pitcher. Serve with lots of ice and lemon slices if you like.
Notes
*More if not very fresh. The flavor really depends on how fresh the lemongrass is. If it isn't too fresh I might use 8 or 10 stalks.
** Luke adapted this recipe because he felt it was a fair bit of work and he wanted more quantity. I took it a step further and made 2 cups of simple syrup and then just added about ¾ cup of the syrup to about 9 cups of tea. This way I had enough of the syrup to make the tea three times. Delicious simple syrup is never a bad thing to have around. That said, I wanted you to have his original recipe, because he's worked on it for a long time to perfect it.
** Luke adapted this recipe because he felt it was a fair bit of work and he wanted more quantity. I took it a step further and made 2 cups of simple syrup and then just added about ¾ cup of the syrup to about 9 cups of tea. This way I had enough of the syrup to make the tea three times. Delicious simple syrup is never a bad thing to have around. That said, I wanted you to have his original recipe, because he's worked on it for a long time to perfect it.