Lychee Martini

Lychee Martini

  • Serves: 1

  • Prep Time: 3 minutes

  • Cooking Time:

Lychee Liqueur

Lychee Liqueur

$35.00

Ingredients

  • 45 ml Lush Lychees Lychee Liqueur
  • 45 ml Lush Lychees Lychee Vodka
  • 10 ml fresh lime juice
  • Plenty of ice, for shaking
  • A whole lychee, to garnish

Our signature serve, and it uses both bottles — the liqueur and our vodka in the same glass.

The lychee martini earned its place on cocktail lists worldwide for a reason: it is clean, floral and dangerously easy to drink. Made with our own liqueur and vodka it is about as direct an expression of the orchard as a glass can manage.

Method

  1. Put your glass in the freezer for 10 minutes before you start. A warm glass is the most common reason a martini at home is disappointing.

  2. Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds with ice. More ice, not less — a full shaker chills faster and therefore dilutes less.

  3. Add the liqueur, vodka and lime juice.

  4. Shake hard for 12 to 15 seconds, until the outside of the shaker is painfully cold and frosted.

  5. Double strain into the chilled glass through a fine sieve, which catches the ice shards that would otherwise water it down.

  6. Drop in a whole lychee and serve immediately.

Tips

  • No shaker? A clean jar with a tight lid does the same job.

  • For a slightly drier version, drop the liqueur to 30 ml and add 5 ml more lime.

  • Make it for a group by mixing the liquids in a jug ahead of time, then shaking each serve to order over fresh ice.
Lychee Martini