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Lychee Martini

Delicately floral and sweetly exotic, this vodka martini gets its signature perfume from lychee liqueur and fresh lychee juice.

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Lychee Martini cocktail made with vodka, served in a martini glass
Base
vodka
Glassware
Martini glass
Flavor Profile
sweetherbal

Ingredients

  • 2 oz vodka
  • 1 oz lychee liqueur
  • 1 oz lychee juice (from canned lychees)
  • 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
  • 1 canned lychee, to garnish

Instructions

  1. 1Add vodka, lychee liqueur, lychee juice, and lemon juice to a shaker with ice.
  2. 2Shake until well chilled.
  3. 3Double strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a lychee on a cocktail pick.

Origin & Story

United States/Southeast Asia fusion bars, 1990s–2000s

The lychee martini emerged from the wave of Asian-inflected cocktails in American and European bars during the late 1990s, as bartenders discovered that lychee's rose-like fragrance paired naturally with the neutrality of vodka. It became a fixture of upscale pan-Asian restaurants and cocktail lounges worldwide.