Luo Han Guo and Chrysanthemum Liang Cha - Monks' Fruit and Chrysanthemum Tea

4.6 from 11 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Drink Vegetarian

Cuisines: Chinese

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 1 hour 10 mins

Total Time: 1 hour 15 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 10 cup water
• 1 monk's fruit (Chinese: luo han guo)
• 25 gram dried longan (Chinese: gui yuan)
• 25 gram dried chrysanthemum flower
• 3 slices licorice
• 50 gram rock sugar

Instructions

1. Bring water to a boil in a pot. Crack the monk's fruit open, then add to the boiling water. Boil for 3-5 minutes, then use the back of a ladle to break the fleshy pulps and seeds of the monk's fruit to pieces.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and return to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.
3. Turn off heat, ladle to glasses and serve hot/warm. You can eat the longan, but not the other solid ingredients.