Lychee Lemonade - Easy Lemon Lychee Iced Drink

If you like lychees and lemonade, you will love this lychee lemonade recipe. It's has the best combination of lychees and lemonade into an all natural, sweet and tangy fragrant drink that is totally refreshing.

This is a made from scratch recipe, with fresh lemon juice and canned lychee fruits. It is as easy to make as lemonade and is a perfect variation to the regular lemonade.

What is lychee?

Lychees are tropical fruits that are native to China and some parts of the South East Asian region.

They are small round fruits with pink red skin that is thin and coarse. Beneath the skin is the sweet lychee flesh in white and at the core of the fruit is a long brown seed. Both the skin and seed are not edible. The flesh is juicy and sweet with a slight hint of citrus taste and has a lovely floral fragrance.

Lychees are also sometimes spelled 'litchi'. These tropical fruits are easy available in canned form. The fruits are perfect to be enjoyed on their own and also make excellent addition and flavoring to many desserts and beverages like lychee jelly, lychee tea, lychee syrup, as well as the lychee lemonade recipe on this page.

There are only 4 ingredients required to made this iced lemon lychee drink - lemon juice, sugar, lychees and water. You start by making the lychee syrup and mix it with lemon juice and chilled water to make a pitcher of perfectly sweet and tangy lemonade.

How to Make Lychee Lemonade

Ingredients

• Lemon juice
• Sugar
• Lychees in can
• Water
• Lemon slices (optional - for garnish)

Making the lychee syrup

1. Drain the lychee fruits and separate the syrup into a separate bowl.
2. Add the fruits into a blender.
3. Measure in the syrup from the can into the blender. Process the fruits until fine.
4. Strain the lychee juice with a fine mesh sieve or cloth. Squeeze out all the juice and discard the pulp.
5. Add the lychee juice into a small pot. Add sugar to it.
6. Cook the syrup over low heat until the sugar is all dissolved. Stir occasionally. Once the sugar is dissolved, bring the syrup to a boil and turn off the heat.

Mixing the lychee lemonade

1. Pour chilled water into a mixing glass.
2. Mix lychee syrup into it.
3. Next, pour in the strained lemon juice. Mix well.
4. To serve, add some lychee fruits into a serving glass.
5. Top with ice cubes and pour in the lychee lemonade.
6. Garnish with thin lemon slices and mint leaves.

Notes

Can you make the syrup without straining the processed lychees?

• Technically, you can. However, I do not recommend it as you will feel the lychee pulp as you drink the lemonade. This might not be favored by everyone.

Can this lychee lemonade be made with fresh lychees?

• I have not tried making this drink with fresh lychees.
• Nevertheless, fresh lychees can definitely be used to make this lemon drink. You will need to increase the amount of sugar used in the recipe to substitute the syrup from the canned lychees.

How to adjust the sweetness and sourness of this lemonade drink?

• If you find the lemonade not sweet enough, you can always increase the sugar to suit your liking. And if you wish to add more after mixing the drink, simply remove about a quarter cup of lemonade into a small pot and add sugar to it. Heat up the lemonade to dissolve the sugar.
• Use caster sugar to dissolve your sugar faster. As soon as the lemonade becomes warm, turn off the heat and stir the juice to dissolve the sugar. The heat will help the sugar dissolve quicker.
• Pour the sweetened lemonade back into the remaining lemonade and mix well.
• If, on the other hand, you find that the lemonade is not sour enough, you can simply add more lemon juice to it. Do it is small increments of about 1 teaspoon to avoid of adding too much lemon juice.

Can you adjust the number of lychee fruits used in this recipe?

• Yes, you can. If you like a stronger lychee taste in your lemonade, you can always add more lychees when making the syrup.
• Alternatively, if you want a milder lychee taste, you can always reduce the number of fruits used.

How long will this lemonade drink last and how to store it?

• This lemonade is best served chilled, hence if not serving immediately, keep it chilled in the fridge.
• This drink can last for a good 3 to 4 days in the fridge.
• Only add the ice cubes right before serving to avoid the lychee lemonade from becoming diluted. Similarly, only add the lychees right before serving.

Like this lychee lemonade recipe? Here are my other posts you might want to check out:

• Lychee Syrup
• Lychee Jelly - An Easy Fruit Jelly Recipe
• Lemonade Recipe - 3 Easy Methods
• Brown Sugar Lemonade - Flavorful and Refreshing
• Honey Lemonade - 3 Ingredients Natural Goodness
• Frozen Lemonade Concentrate - A Homemade Recipe
• Pretty in Pink Blueberry Lemonade
• Butterfly Pea Lemonade

Recipe (Printable)

Here is the full printable version of my easy lychee lemonade recipe.

And that's that. My easy and refreshing, super yummy lychee lemonade recipe.

Enjoy!