LEMONGRASS DRINK

"It was a hot day, and they longed for something cool to drink.." and so the story goes. This is the story of how I managed to make my lemongrass drink.

5 years ago, my brother worked in a cafe that made a superb lemongrass drink, according to his standards. However, we could not remember the recipe. So I went on the internet and found, like I do, the simplest lemongrass recipe. Like my 3-ingredients tomato soup and easy blueberry jam, this recipe only needed 3 ingredients also. (In fact, I only used 2)

Recipe

Ingredients:

2 stalks (2/3 cup) of lemongrass

1 and 1/2 cup of water

1/2 cup sugar

*I used no sugar as modified in the recipe

Prep

Roughly chop the lemongrass stalks

Directions:

1. Bring the water to a boil over high heat in a saucepan

2. Add the lemongrass and boil rapidly for 5 minutes

3. Reduce the heat to low and simmer the tea for an additional 5 minutes

4. Strain the stalks from the liquid.

5. Stir in the sugar until dissolved

6. Serve warm, or chill in the refrigerator and pour over ice

7. Enjoy! :)

Optional;

> Add ice and garnish with lime wheels

> Cut open the stalks to release more lemongrass taste

Recipe inspired by: TheWanderlustKitchen https://thewanderlustkitchen.com/addictive-fresh-lemongrass-tea/