How to Make Lemongrass Tea: Easy Lemongrass Chai Recipe

Lemongrass tea is the perfect cup of tea to kick-start your day or cuddle into in the evenings.

Lemongrass Tea Recipe

Cook time: 2 minutes · Serves: 2

Ingredients

To make 2 cups, you will need

1 cup water
1 cup milk
2 tsp CTC tea
1 long lemongrass leaf, cut into small pieces
1/2-inch piece of fresh ginger
Sugar to taste

Method

Heat the water in a pan, and add the lemongrass and grated ginger.
Bring the water to a boil, then add the CTC tea.
After 30–40 seconds, add the milk.
Bring the chai to a boil again and add sugar as desired. Let the chai simmer for another minute. Strain, and enjoy!

Warning: This chai is highly addictive. Once you try this, it is pretty difficult to go back to plain chai.

From our readers

Comments left on the original Still Steeping post.

Amiyakumar B Behera · March 23, 2016
is this a perfect combination Lemon Grass with Milk?

Manish Sultania · January 20, 2017
Ya… You can… No issues… Infact, Lemon Grass enhances the taste of added into regular tea…

Originally published on Still Steeping, the Teabox blog, on November 22, 2015. Lightly edited for clarity in October 2026. For more ways to make your daily cup, explore all our chai teas.