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How to Make Lemongrass Tea

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As my friend and I headed to our cars after an evening of Bar Method, she pulls out a big bag of lemongrass from her trunk to give to me. Even though I knew my mom would stuff lemongrass in chicken when she cooked it.. I had no other idea what I could do with lemongrass. Then I remembered my vacation in Thailand last November and our trek through the humidity to find our hotel.... we were greeted by hotel staff with a glass of cold lemongrass tea. It was so refreshing. So I began to do research about making this tea and it seemed fairly easy.  L E M O N G R A S S    T E A Servings: 2-3 Time: 6-10 minutes 8 cups of water 4-6 stalks of lemongrass  1 tsp of agave per cup (really it is to your preference of sweetness) Small piece of peeled ginger (optional) 1 Cinnamon stick (optional) 1. Rinse the lemon grass 2. Either cut or fold/tie them enough that they are able to fit and stay in the pot that you are boiling them in...something like this: 3. Fill a pot with