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Salty Lychee Martini

Name: Salty Lychee Martini
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Gin; 30 ml Manzanilla sherry; 15 ml Lychee liqueur; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1; 3 drop Rose water

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin (from freezer)
1 fl oz	Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa Sherry (chilled)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lychee liqueur
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s
3 drop	Fee Brothers Rose Water

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an Urban Bar Verdot Small Martini Glass 12.5cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered lychee.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered lychee.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Salty Lychee Martini contains 140 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.48% alc./vol. (44.96° proof)
20.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Manzanilla sherry — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created by yours truly in July 2026.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Manzanilla sherry, from the coastal town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, bolstered by saline solution, provides the salty fortified wine element of this lychee-flavoured Gin Martini.

Variations/similar cocktails

Lychee Martini

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$33.99 $2.06 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$16.99 $0.68 per cocktail Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa image

Giffard Lichi Li 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$29.99 $0.60 per cocktail Giffard Lichi Li image

Fee Brothers Rose Water 150ml - makes 999+ cocktails
$10.49 $0.01 per cocktail Fee Brothers Rose Water image

$3.35 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Dirk Wilson 6y

Sounds too sweet, however it was an amazingly light and refreshing drink, no 'hard' bite, yet it was there. Possibly the best drink for a hot summer day after work to refresh and revitalise

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