Name: Lychee & Blackcurrant Cocktail
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Lychee liqueur; 7.5 ml Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice); 7.5 ml Crème de cassis liqueur; 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Lychee

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

2 fl oz	Gin
1/2 fl oz	Kwai Feh lychee liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
1/4 fl oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Review:

Originally named "Lychee & Blackcurrant Martini", this is a cocktail of its time - perhaps now best forgotten. Gin-forward with fruity notes of lychee and blackcurrant.

History:

Created in 2004 by yours truly.

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Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
22.22% alc./vol. (44.44° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Lychee & Blackcurrant Cocktail

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