Lemongrass Green Tea Cooler Mocktail Recipe
Green tea steeped with bruised lemongrass, chilled and sharpened with lime.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Green tea150 ml (5.1 oz)
- Lemongrass1 piece
- Fresh lime juice20 ml (0.7 oz)
- Simple syrup20 ml (0.7 oz)
How to Make It
- Bruise the lemongrass and steep it in the hot green tea for five minutes.
- Strain and chill the tea completely.
- Pour into a highball glass over ice with the lime juice and syrup.
- Garnish with a lemongrass stalk.
Garnish
Lemongrass stalk
What it tastes like
It smells of lemon and lime peel, it has a green, botanical backdrop and it drinks cool and easy.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
- Simple syrup
- One part sugar to one part water, stirred until it dissolves — no need to boil it. Keeps a month in the fridge. No syrup? Use the same amount of honey, loosened with a little water.
The Story
Iced tea with lemongrass is standard street refreshment across Vietnam, sold from glass jars on the pavement.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Lemongrass Green Tea Cooler mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Lemongrass Green Tea Cooler contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Lemongrass Green Tea Cooler hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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