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Lychee Lemonade (Easy Lemon Lychee Iced Drink)

This lychee lemonade recipe has the best combination of lychees and lemonade into an all natural, refreshing iced tea, perfect for a hot day!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time3 minutes
Total Time13 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 1 liter
Calories: 947.8kcal
Author: Priya Maha

Ingredients

Lychee Syrup

  • 20 lychees (canned)
  • 120 ml syrup (from the canned lychee)
  • 120 g white sugar

Lemonade

  • 60 ml lemon juice (strained)
  • 750 ml drinking water (chilled)

Instructions

Making the lychee syrup

  • Open the lychee can. Drain the lychee fruits and separate the syrup into a separate bowl.
  • Add the fruits into a blender.
  • Measure in the syrup from the can into the blender. Process the fruits until fine.
  • Strain the lychee juice with a fine mesh sieve or cloth. Squeeze out all the juice and discard the pulp.
  • Add the lychee juice into a small pot. Add sugar to it.
  • 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

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

Notes

  • 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.
 

Variation:

  • Water can be replaced with soda water or sparkling water for a fizzy lychee lemonade.
  • To make rose lychee lemonade, add a quarter teaspoon of rose extract (rose essence) or 1 teaspoon rose water into the lemonade after adding lemon juice. Mix well.

Nutrition

Calories: 947.8kcal | Carbohydrates: 241.3g | Protein: 1.7g | Fat: 1.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 77.4mg | Potassium: 412.4mg | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 206.6g | Vitamin A: 3.4IU | Vitamin C: 151.8mg | Calcium: 42.9mg | Iron: 0.7mg