Lychee Love
Seek, and ye shall find.
Last week, I embarked on a pilgrimage for the best of the lychee-infused products of the globe. Tirelessly, I tasted delicacies of all varieties.
I am happy to announce, my search is over.
Produced and bottled in Cognac, France, Lichido Liqueur is a combination of carefully aged cognac, premium vodka and the essences of lychees, guavas, and white peaches.
Let me count all the things I love about Lichido. It is a lychee martini in a bottle (not quite, but contains a lot of what makes lychee martinis special). It - despite what you may expect - is a very eye-pleasing shade of pink. It is sweet, yes - but not in a candy sweet way - but rather a refreshing fruity dessert-beverage way that will make both your nose and taste buds very happy. I drank it straight up that first night, and I immediately tasted both the peach and the lychee. These tropical tastes when accompanied by the cognac’s complex flavors and followed by vodka’s unmistakable warming sensation is quite pleasing indeed.
Check out just a few yummy cocktails you can make out of Lichido (if you don’t finish the bottle off on the rocks, that is!):
Lichitini
1 1/2 oz. Lichido Liqueur
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
One pitted Lychee
Razzle Dazzle
1 1/2 oz Vanilla Vodka
1 1/2 oz Lichido Liqueur
3 oz Raspberry Puree
Splash of Fresh Lime Juice
I love Lichido…I love it so much that I may not need to visit my favorite happy-hour lychee martini spot for a few weeks. (Why go to the mountain when it comes to you?) And one of you will feel a little of my happiness, because we are giving one bottle away!
Here’s a fun game for you - make up your own planned cocktail for your Lichido (and for extra points, name it!). Can be a spin on an old favorite or something new and exotic. The one that sounds the yummiest wins the bottle! Deadline to enter is Saturday, September 8th.
Fun fact! Aly Walansky wrote this story just for you on September 5th, 2007 |
September 6th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Want… have collection of liquors. Oh, and did I mention that I’m a bartender who has quite a talent for making drinks?
Let’s go for a new variation on an old favorite: the mojito. I will call it the Aly-land Mojito.
Starting with the traditional muddled limes and mint. Next, 1 and 1/2 oz light rum, 3/4 oz Lichido, fill with mint mineral water.
Something more flavorful, The Blue Aly.
Also rum based, (but a variation of another of my most recently made-up drinks, the Blue Gamer). 1 oz light rum, 1/2 Lichido, 1/2 oz Hypnotiq, 1/4 oz vanilla vodka. Fill with the Rachel signature mixer, mint mineral water.
I swear I will make these for all my friends if I win this liquor.
September 6th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Being that I make a living off of making drinks (being a bartender is the best job ever), this contest just SCREAMS for me to enter. So let’s see, this is what I’ve come up with thus far:
The Aly-licious Cranberry Lychee
1 1/2 oz Bacardi Limon Rum
1 1/2 oz Lichido Liqueur
Fill glass with cranberry juice.
Add a splash of fresh lemon juice and garnish with lemon on the side.
The Aly-politan
1 1/2 oz Lichido Liqeur
1 oz Rosie’s Lime Juice
1/2 oz triple sec or Cointreau
3 1/2 oz cranberry juice
Mix ingredients in a mixer with ice. Strain into a glass that has sugar on the rim. Garnish with a fresh lime twist.
The Tropical Aly
1 1/2 oz Malibu Mango flavored rum
1 1/2 oz Lichido Liqeur
Splash of grenadine
Fill glass with pineapple orange juice. Garnish with fresh pineapple wedge or orange peel.
Yummmmmy, now I really want to try some of these! Hehehe.
September 6th, 2007 at 9:12 am
The Girl Kiss
2.5 oz Lichido
.5 oz Midori
heavy squeeze of fresh lime
1 tbl blood orange puree (splash of OJ is ok…only ok)
shake shake shake
garnish with blood orange twist
party like a rockstar
September 6th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Desert Rose
2 oz Lichido Liqueur
2 oz Ketel One Citron Vodka
Splash Blue Curacao
Splash Rose Syrup
Dash Lime Juice
Rose Petals for garnish
September 6th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
The Sonic Lichitini
1.5 oz Lichido Liquer
1 oz Tanqueray Gin
1.5 oz Blue Gatorade
Garnish with Cherry
September 6th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
I have two tasty drink ideas:
1. The Lichido Razikaze
(mix in shaker with ice)
2 oz Lichido Liqueur
1 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Chambord or raspberry liqueur
splash of lime juice (opt.)
(pour in martini glass over two stoned lychees)
2. Frozen Lichido Daiquiri
1 cup frozen peaches
1/4 cup lime juice
2-3 oz Lichido Liqueur
1 oz peach scnapps
1/2 oz apricot brandy
Blend together in blender…slowly add ice until thick but pourable. (about 1 cup or so)
Serve in glass with lime twist on rim.
ENJOY!
September 6th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
I love the bottle and it would make a great addition to my personal bar.
As far as a drink I have be honest, it sounds so yummy I would drink it straight on the rocks and call it “Straight Lychee”
September 8th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Okay–so I’m NOT a bartender and the only drink I ever made up before was called “Trouble” and involved a 20 oz Solo cup Filled at least halfway with Malibu, Bacardi Razz, and 99 Bananas, then some ice added, and topped off with OJ (hence the name… I don’t know how many I drank at that Memorial Day party, but I sure did get myself into “trouble” hahahahahahaha. At least it was intended trouble, right?), but I shall attempt this one.
Lychee Mimosa
3 ounces Lichido Liqueur
2 ounces Sparkling Rosé or White Wine
Pitted Lychee
Ambrosé (Drink of the Gods, not Food of the Gods
)
2 oz Lichido Liqueur
1 oz Pama Liqueur
1 oz Pomegranate Juice
1 1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
Serve in a Highball glass over ice, garnish with a pitted Lychee or a maraschino cherry. May substitute Grapefruit juice for Pineapple juice if a tarter taste is desired.
Vixen’s Kiss
1 1/4 oz Lichido Liqueur
3/4 oz Chambord
Splash Cranberry Juice
Strain into rocks glass.
Alytini
1 1/2 oz Lichido Liqueur
1 1/2 oz Pama Liqueur
Pitted lychee
You know… if they made an acai liqueur, you could substitute that for the Pama.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:10 am
ALYsian
2 oz. Lichido
1 oz. Pear Liqueur
1/2 oz. Light Rum
Drizzle of Lychee Honey
Heavy Squeeze of fresh lime
Fresh Ginger, grated on medium grate
Strips of Candied Ginger and Lime Zest for garnish
Pour Lichido, Pear Liqueur, Light Rum, Lychee Honey, Lime juice, and Ginger in cocktail shaker w/ ice. Shake, then strain into martini glass. Garnish w/ Candied Ginger and Lime Zest.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:14 am
I wanted to do a fun twist on Absinthe, too, called ALYsinthe. You know, fire, sugar cubes and the like, but, due to the higher sugar content of Lichido, I didn’t think it’d be as tasty.
September 9th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Island Crush
2 oz. Lichido Liqueur
1 1/2 oz. Citron Vodka
2 oz. pink grapefruit juice
Pour over crushed ice and serve with wedge of lime.
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