Lychee And Coconut Water Is An Unexpected Pairing That Simply Works — Here’s How
Lychee is a fruit known for building a sweet, lightly creamy nuance and a floral elegance into cocktails. Coconut is tropical royalty, known for its soft, fleshy, creamy and luxe qualities which add lots of nutty and sweet flavours to cocktail blends. When lychees and coconuts are brought together, they form an intriguing backdrop over which different spirits and mixers can work their magic to create interesting concoctions.
This unexpected pairing of bright, fruity and nutty notes seems to work rather well in the making of tropical mixes to produce crisp, zesty and well-balanced blends. The cocktail base created with the use of lychee syrup or chunks and coconut water makes for a line-up of drinks that is bright enough for seasonal sipping, nonetheless complete with flavour twists that keep the blend on its toes.
Read on below to know more about some of the cocktails which incorporate lychees and coconut water to build the base of these blends and why this flavour pairing seems to work each time:
Lychee Coconut Mojito
A fairly straightforward drink to blend using lychee flesh muddled with 4-5 fresh mint leaves, a tablespoon of fresh lime juice and a dash of simple syrup, this is a mojito variation reflecting a fruity and floral tropical nuance. The blend can be finished off with the addition of 30 ml good quality white rum, topped off with about 45 ml chilled coconut water. The entire mix can be served over crushed ice with coconut shavings for garnish to reveal a crisp and cool quality, that exudes a tropical, beachy touch.
Lychee Tender Coconut And Gin Cooler
What makes this gin cooler stand out is the integration of about 20 ml Tanqueray No. Ten Gin or any other premium gin of choice with about 10 ml lychee liqueur – a mix of botanical and fruity flavours. The 60 ml tender coconut water which completes the cocktail builds a nutty element into the drink, leading to a well-balanced combination of sweet, fruity, tropical profiles. A ginger slice for garnish introduces a slightly spicy zest into the cocktail to lend it a more complex nuance.
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Rum Punch With Lychees And Coconut
The classic punch recipe can be infused with versatile ingredients to transform it into a seasonal mix. One such variation comes in the form of 30 ml lychee juice added to a mix of 20 ml of any premium rum of choice, 40 ml coconut water and 10 ml orange liqueur. The drink acquires a rich, fruity, citrusy and caramelised depth when these flavours come together, finished off with the tartness that comes from a couple of dashes of orange bitters. An orange wheel garnish provides the rum punch with a finishing tropical touch.
Lychee And Coconut Fizz
A sophisticated drink finished off with a floral elegance, the lychee and coconut fizz is a blend of 20 ml lychee purée and 20 ml coconut water with 10 ml elderflower liqueur and 20 ml sparkling wine or champagne. Complete with a light effervescence and a fruity, clean finish, the spritzer functions as a delicate brunch-time drink, garnished with a lychee skewer for that added sweet and perfumed flourish.
Lychee Coconut Martini Cocktail
One of the martini cocktail variations that has gained quite a bit of popularity in contemporary mixology is the lychee-infused version of this classic blend. Bring together 20 ml lychee purée and 15 ml coconut water to form the base of this drink which is complemented by the clear flavours of 30 ml of any premium vodka of choice used to blend the martini cocktail. The drink reveals rather smooth, elegant and tart tasting notes – quite suitable for a cocktail gathering hosted early evening.
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