agua de hierba luisa

my mother just made me an organic tea from leaves an old woman grew in her backyard.

the leaves are from a type of grass that is similar to lemon grass. i don't know what the real name for the leaves are. i think it is called cedron.

my grandmother used to grow lemon grass in her garden outside our house when we were little.

the leaves are boiled and then served. maybe with a little bit of sugar.

the tea was called 'agua de hierba luisa'.

today was my mother's birthday.