Ginger Lychee Gimlet
By Christopher Nur
For 7,000 years, the Chinese have
celebrated the medicinal properties of ginger and its ability to cleanse and warm the body. Duly taking note, ginger devotees are amassing in this country by the day. How better to usher in Spring and good health with the snappy taste of a ginger cocktail?
1 oz. Oronoco rum
.5 oz. Lillet Blonde
1.5 oz. lychee syrup
1.5 oz. ginger infused syrup
one whole lime squeezed
Pour 1 oz. of Oronoco rum into pint glass. Add Lillet Blonde, lychee syrup, ginger syrup and fresh squeezed lime. Shake and pour into chilled martini glass. Garnish with candied ginger.