This exotic and easy lychee mocktail is bursting with floral and fruity flavors, made with minimal effort. A perfect non-alcoholic drink for any occasion.

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With growing awareness of exotic fruit, lychee cocktails and mocktails have been gaining popularity. They are known for their subtle sweetness and unique fruity flavor that is somewhat between a rose and a watermelon, and they couldn't be easier to incorporate into your drinks for a subtle floral touch.

Lychees are an excellent choice for creating a wide variety of mocktails due to their rosy color, like this one and my lychee mojito mocktail, delicate aroma and lingering aftertaste. In this mocktail, we pair lychee with ginger and lemon for a refreshing floral virgin lychee martini with a slight spicy kick.

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Ingredient Highlights for Lychee Martini Recipe

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Fresh or Canned Lychees: Using fresh lychees is always a better option for a natural and sweet taste.
Lychee Juice and Lychee Syrup: Incorporating the lychee juice from a can of lychees adds a delicate and exotic touch to the mocktail. Storebought lychee syrup can be used instead if you'd like a more pronounced and sweet taste.

Where can I find lychee or canned lychee for my martini mocktail?

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Lychee fruit and canned lychee can be found in most Asian markets or in the international section of larger grocery stores.

Canned lychee is a great alternative if you can't find fresh lychee in your area. It retains most of the fruit's unique flavor and texture.

Instructions to Make Virgin Lychee Martini

To make a delicious and refreshing virgin lychee martini, follow these simple steps:

Make Ginger Extract

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To create your ginger extract, take a 1-inch piece of ginger and blend it with 2 tablespoons of water until it's completely broken down. Use a fine mesh strainer to filter out the pulp, collecting the extract in a jar. You can adjust the amount of water if necessary. Store the jar in the fridge to keep the extract fresh.

Blend the mocktail base

Before you assemble and combine your mocktail, place your martini glass in the freezer to chill. Open a can of lychees, reserving 1 tablespoon of syrup for the mocktail. Add pieces of lychee, the reserved syrup, the juice of one lemon, and your chilled ginger extract into the blender. Blend until you have a smooth consistency.

Shake the cocktail

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Transfer the mocktail base from the blender into a shaker cup with ice. Seal the lid and shake vigorously until the shaker cup feels cold, which should take about 30 seconds.

Serving in martini glass

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Remove your martini glass from the freezer. Using both a bar strainer and a fine mesh, pour the shaken mocktail into the chilled glass. Adjust the amount of mocktail to the size of the glass.

Garnish and Serve

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Garnish with a piece of lychee on a cocktail pick. Serve immediately and enjoy.

Top Tips

When creating this lychee mocktail, it's essential to use chilled glassware to make your drink as cold as possible.

To add tartness to your lychee martini, simply include more lemon juice or lime juice in the recipe. These citrus flavors complement the sweetness of lychee and add a refreshing zing to the beverage.

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More Mocktail Martinis!

As I martini girl, I can't get enough of dainty drinks in pretty glasses, and I absolutely LOVE experimenting with different flavors.

If you are in the market for more interesting, non-alcoholic martinis, I recommend my pornstar martini mocktail for a fruity variation, non-alcoholic chocolate martini mocktail for something or cinnamon rum martini for something sweet, or my pumpkin pie martini for a delicious fall themed drink.

If you're a coffee fan, try this 3-ingredient espresso martini mocktail.

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A frothy cocktail garnished with two lychees on a skewer is served in a martini glass, placed on a dark circular slate. Beside it are a bowl of lychees, a halved lemon, and some loose lychees on the slate.

Lychee mocktail martini

Course: Dessert, Drinks

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: ginger lychee mocktail, lychee mocktail, non alcoholic lychee martini, virgin lychee martini

Prep Time:10

Servings: serving

Calories: 67kcal

This exotic and easy lychee mocktail is bursting with floral and fruity flavors. With a simple and clean presentation, make this ginger lychee martini an elegant non-alcoholic drink for any occasion.

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Equipment

Ingredients

1- inch knob of ginger
2 tablespoons water
1 can lychee
1 tablespoon of lychee syrup from canned lychees
1 lemon juice of

Instructions

Transfer a martini glass to the freezer to chill.
Blend ginger and water in a blender, until you get a ginger extract. Strain and set aside. Rinse the blender.
Combine lychee, lychee syrup, juice of 1 lemon, and ginger extract in the blender. Blend until smooth, and transfer to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice for 30 seconds.
Transfer to a chilled martini glass, and top with lychee fruit speared on a cocktail pick.