Busaba Eathai Lemongrass Tea (Herbal Infusion)

I've been in London a few weeks now and though I have been drinking tea regularly (breakfast, lunch, tea time, before and after dinner, before bed... really whenever I feel I need a pick me up or something to sooth my soul) I have yet to get out and try some of London's many tea shop and tea house teas.

So far my first encounter with tea that has not taken place at home has been at a quite nice Thai restaurant called Busaba Eathai on Old Street. Whilst everyone else ordered wine or beer to accompany their spicy meals I decided to try out the Lemongrass Tea.

This herbal infusion or tisane was nicely presented in a little white teapot with sipping cup, honey and cashew and coconut cookies. There was enough tea in the pot to fill my cup four times and keep it nice and hot the whole time (forgot to look at the make of pot as it really was quite good).

As it is not a tea but rather a lemongrass infusion I cannot comment on the leaf. The lemongrass looked, well... like lemongrass, stalky and green/white.

Liquor: Was a lovely light pink-gold (not well captured by my old phone's camera) and crystal clear. Oddly it didn't smell much of lemon, rather it smelt of almonds and a bit biscuity. I thought maybe the cookies had contaminated my first pour, but even with my nose firmly in the teapot it still came out almonds. The taste was rather the reverse, with the lemon flavour coming out more (though still not strong which surprised me considering how pungent lemongrass usually is) then the biscuit and frangipani flavours.

Overall it was a light infusion that went well with the spicy Thai food, helping to cut the burn and not overwhelming the food's flavours, however next time I'd have a beer instead.