How to Make Peach Orange Lemongrass Tea | Café-Style Recipe
This Peach Orange Lemongrass Tea recipe is fragrant, refreshingly sweet, and perfect for cooling off during hot summer days. It looks just as stunning and tastes just as delicious as the beverages from popular cafés. Cookbeo shares a detailed recipe in this article.
Ingredients
- 1 peach-flavored tea bag
- 20ml peach syrup
- 20ml sugar syrup
- 15ml canned peach juice
- 15ml fresh lime juice
- 1 slice of canned peach
- 3 slices of navel orange
- 3 lemongrass stalks
- 1-2 sprigs of mint leaves
Ingredient Notes
- You can use any tea bags like black tea, jasmine tea, or peach passionfruit tea. However, peach-flavored tea will enhance the distinctive flavor of this recipe.
- We use navel oranges because they are sweet, and their peel is not as bitter as other varieties. That's why navel oranges are often used in cooking to make sauces and add flavor.
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You can find peach syrup and canned peaches at stores specializing in baking and beverage ingredients or in large supermarkets. You can also make peach syrup and canned peaches at home. For a detailed guide on making canned peaches for tea, you can refer to the article here.
Jar of peach syrup 
Can of canned peaches - Sugar syrup can be purchased along with peach syrup and canned peaches. However, this ingredient is simple to make at home by cooking sugar with water until the liquid thickens into syrup. The sugar-to-water ratio is 1:2.
Instructions
Prepare Ingredients
Peel off the outer layer of the lemongrass stalks, rinse them clean, and let them drain. Use the back of a knife to gently smash 2 stalks to release their essential oils, then slice them thinly at an angle and place them in a cup. Reserve the remaining stalk for garnishing the tea later.
Place the tea bag in the cup with the lemongrass slices, and pour 110ml of hot boiling water over them to steep the tea and lemongrass. Use a spoon to gently press the tea bag and lemongrass to extract their flavors more intensely.
If you have extra time, you can simmer the lemongrass in 110ml of water first. Once it boils, use this lemongrass-infused water to steep the tea, which will enhance the lemongrass flavor.
Rinse the navel orange thoroughly and soak it in salt water to clean it. Then slice it into 3 thin slices, about half a centimeter thick.
Use only the top sprigs of mint, rinse them in salt water, and let them drain.
Slice the canned peach into 3-4 small pieces, which is the perfect size for this recipe.
Make the Peach Orange Lemongrass Tea
Place one orange slice in a cup and use a spoon or muddler to crush it, releasing its refreshing citrus flavor.
You can squeeze the orange juice directly into the cup, but muddling the orange results in better flavor integration and prevents layering in the drink.
Next, add 20ml of peach syrup, 20ml of sugar syrup, and 15ml of fresh lime juice to balance the sweetness. Then add 15ml of canned peach juice to enhance the peach flavor. Stir this mixture well.
Once the tea and lemongrass have cooled, strain the liquid through a sieve to obtain about 100ml of tea concentrate, and add it to the cup with the syrup mixture. Stir well again, then add ice.
At this step, it's important to mention the amount of ice. Cookbeo's recipe is based on a 300ml cup. With the above ingredients, you will have about 170ml of liquid, so you'll need approximately 130ml of ice to fill a 300ml cup.
However, fill the cup with ice just shy of the 300ml mark to avoid overflowing when you add the final garnishes: more orange slices, peach pieces, and the lemongrass stalk.
This tea concentrate can be used for cups ranging from 350ml to 400ml, as fruit teas tend to be more refreshing and less sweet with more ice. Just be sure to adjust the proportions so that the drink doesn't become too diluted.
After adding the ice, stir well. You can then pour the tea into a prettier 300ml cup. Garnish the drink with 2 additional orange slices around the rim, place 3-4 peach pieces on top, insert the reserved lemongrass stalk, and add a mint sprig beside it.
And there you have it—an aromatic, refreshing, and visually appealing cup of Peach Orange Lemongrass Tea that rivals the offerings of high-end cafés.
