Call it whatever you want, lychee, litchi, or lichee, one thing you can be sure of is that your palate will be full of sweet and floral flavors. Mostly grown in subtropical regions like China and Southeast Asia, this fruit is known for its vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
Lychee is typically enjoyed fresh and is also used in sherbets, juices, and ice creams. This inspired the creative minds at Unsobered to explore the idea of crafting cocktails with lychee. Here’s a list of some of the best lychee cocktails you need to try this year. Keep in mind, that some of these drinks may be on the sweeter side, but that’s just a reflection of the love from Team Unsobered.
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7 Lychee Cocktails That You Need To Try
- Lychee Spritz
- Lychee Mai Tai
- Leapin’ Lychee Cocktail
- Lemon Lychee Mojito
- Sparkling Watermelon Lychee Cocktail
- The Pale Man Cocktail
- Lychee Rickey Cocktail
1. Lychee Spritz
This cocktail, made using lychee liqueur, is one of the favorite cocktails of the team (which is why it is first on the list). With no soda water, a hint of lime juice, and some herbal notes, it comes out as a bright, perfectly balanced cocktail. The lime juice helps you balance the overly sweet taste of lychee making it an absolute summertime treat.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Lychee Liqueur
- 3 oz Prosecco
- ½ tsp lime juice
- Lime wedges
- Mint leaves
How To Make Lychee Spritz:
- In a large wine glass, pour lychee liqueur and add ice cubes.
- Next, add prosecco gently to get that ombré effect.
- Put in half a teaspoon of lime juice, mix it and garnish with a slice of lime and mint.
- What do you need more? Go on sip and enjoy the drink now!
2. Lychee Mai Tai
What else could be screaming summertime than a perfect Mai Tai cocktail? Now imagine if you give it a touch of Lychee. HEAVEN, literally heaven. No better way to describe it. Developed in the 1940s, this cocktail is rumored to have nearly depleted the world’s rum supply.
We envy those who haven’t tried lychee yet; you’re in for a treat! The taste of this cocktail is that of a mix of sweet and tarty notes, thanks to the addition of lychee in it. We can’t wait to get into it. Let’s move on to look at the ingredients of this cocktail.
Ingredients
- 1 oz rum
- ½ oz amaretto
- ½ oz triple sec
- 3 oz lychee juice
- 5 pcs lychee fruit
- ½ lime
- 1 tbsp sugar syrup
- Mint
How To Make Lychee Mai Tai:
- Combine the lychee fruit and lychee juice in a shaker. Use an immersion blender and blend the lychees so the mixture is smooth (you can also use a regular blender).
- Mix lychee fruit and juice in a cocktail shaker.
- Combine rums, triple sec, and amaretto in the shaker and squeeze in the lime juice.
- Add ice to the shaker and close the shaker. Shake it well for a few seconds.
- Pour the cocktail into a glass, garnish it with mint, and top it with lychee and lime wedge.
- Serve it immediately, I mean who can even wait when this beauty is in front of you?
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3. Leapin’ Lychee Cocktail
This neon-green cocktail is made using Midori, lemon juice, and lychee juice. Can you visualize something in front of you right now?
Melony notes of Midori go well with the taste of lychee syrup. What it also does is that it gives an amazing lime green color to the cocktail. Mix lemon juice for tartiness and sugar syrup to balance out the sweetness and vodka’s neutral flavor should be your go-to choice for cocktails on weekends.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. Midori
- 1 oz. lychee juice
- ½ lemon, juiced
- ½ oz. simple syrup
- 1 lychee
How To Make Leapin’ Lychee Cocktail:
- Add vodka, Midori, lychee juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup in the shaker.
- Fill the martini glass with ice water and keep it separately.
- Shake the cocktail shaker for a few seconds until the ingredients are fully mixed.
- Empty the martini glass and pour the cocktail in it.
- Garnish it with lychee and sip the godly flavor of this green cocktail.
4. Lemon Lychee Mojito
Summer is about to come. And if you want to enjoy this summery vibe, this is for you. And for that summery vibe, this amazing Lemon Lychee Mojito is ideal. A perfect mix of sweet, tart, minty, and a bit of rum’s dark flavor that represents peak summer. Just ensure that you have a grilled meal on the side to enjoy the ultimate vibe of this drink.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups Lychee
- 5 tbsp lychee syrup
- 4 oz white rum
- ½ oz lime juice
- Mint Leaves
- Sprite
How To Make Lemon Lychee Mojito:
- In a measuring cup, add mint leaves, lime juice, and white rum. Mix them using a wooden spoon.
- Once the mint leaves give out their juice, strain the mix into a cocktail glass and top it with Sprite.
- Garnish it with lychee and mint leaves.
5. Sparkling Watermelon Lychee Cocktail
I mean, we’d be doing an injustice to our readers if we didn’t include a combination of watermelon and lychee. Lower in ABV, this cocktail has spiked sparkling watermelon water in it. For someone who loves their cocktails less boozy, you’ve found your match. If you want to feel like Margot Robbie sipping a cocktail poolside, this is the most picturesque cocktail. The addition of lychee juice and watermelon helps you cool down on a tiring summer day.
Ingredients:
- 22 oz spiked sparkling seltzer in watermelon flavor
- 6 oz lychee juice
- 10 lychees
- 1 mini watermelon
- Mint leaves
How To Make Sparkling Watermelon Lychee Cocktail:
- Arrange a few lychees on the bottom of cocktail glasses beforehand.
- Mix watermelon and lychee juice in a blender with ice cubes.
- Pour it into the glass and top it off with spiked sparkling seltzer
- Garnish with mint leaves on the top.
6. The Pale Man Cocktail
One of the fruitiest cocktails on this list, the Pale Man Cocktail is perfect for a no-alcohol party, as it resembles orange juice (just ensure that no one takes a sip). A combination of strawberry, blackberry, grapes, and lychee make it a ‘berry’ nice cocktail. The neutral flavor of vodka is perfect for this cocktail as it blends in quite easily with all these fruity notes.
Ingredients:
- 20 oz. lychee syrup
- Strawberries
- 0.25 oz Blackberry flavored ginger ale
- 8 oz vodka
- Black seedless grapes
How To Make The Pale Man Cocktail:
- As we already mentioned it’s the berriest cocktail on the list, it also is one of the easiest cocktails to make (bery nice).
- Mix every ingredient mentioned above in the cocktail shaker together and shake well for a few seconds.
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7. Lychee Rickey Cocktail
One of the only few cocktails on the list that doesn’t use real lychees is the Lychee Rickey Cocktail. Similar to the previous cocktail, this is an easy cocktail to make. The main flavor of the cocktail comes from the lychee liqueur. It also is one of the stronger cocktails and the finishing punch is provided by lime and club soda.
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Dry Gin
- 1 oz lychee liqueur
- ½ oz lime juice
- 2 oz soda
How To Make Lychee Rickey Cocktail:
- Mix the dry gin, lychee liqueur, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker along with ice cubes for some time.
- Pour it into your cocktail glass and top it off with soda.
Summing up
We had to stop it for diabetic reasons. This is a lot of sweetness in one article, even for a Gujarati (And this is coming from a Gujarati). You now have an excellent list for when you find yourself with lychee and alcohol in the same room. What might happen? While we can’t say for sure, we can certainly anticipate some delicious, fruity cocktails on the table. Hope you enjoyed it. Thank you bery much for reading it till the end (We know we’ve to stop it with this pun game)
FAQs
What Does Lychee Pair Well With?
Lychee’s best partners are usually other tropical fruits like lemon, lime, and strawberries.
What Does Lychee Liqueur Go With?
Lychee liqueur pairs well with lime juice, lemon soda, and Sprite.
Is Lychee Drink Good For You?
Yes, it is a great source of Vitamin C and also contains fiber, minerals, and other nutritious elements in it.
What Alcohol Tastes Like Lychee?
There’s a liqueur that is lychee-flavored.
What Does Lychee Mojito Taste Like?
Mojito’s citrusy flavor is perfectly balanced by lychee’s sweet and slightly floral taste.
