🍈 Lychee ki Cooler

Zero-proof spirit, citrus & fresh lychee — GupShup NYC

5 min
Floral & Sweet
Tall glass over ice
GupShup
0% ABV
Ingredients
  • 6 fresh lychees, peeled and deseeded (or 80ml canned lychee syrup + 4 lychees)
  • 60ml zero-proof spirit (Seedlip Garden 108 preferred for its floral notes)
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 10ml lychee syrup (from can) or simple syrup
  • Cold sparkling water to top
  • Ice
  • Fresh lychee on a pick & lime wheel to garnish
Method
  1. 1
    MuddleMuddle fresh lychees in a tall glass until crushed.
  2. 2
    AddAdd zero-proof spirit, lime juice, and lychee syrup.
  3. 3
    IceFill with ice.
  4. 4
    TopTop with sparkling water. Stir once.
  5. 5
    GarnishGarnish with a whole lychee on a cocktail pick and a lime wheel.

About This Drink

Lychee (litchi) cultivation in India dates back centuries, with the finest varieties grown in Muzaffarpur (Bihar) and the foothills of Uttarakhand. The fruit's combination of delicate floral sweetness with a faint musky note makes it a natural cocktail ingredient — it carries all the aromatics of a rose water without needing any additives. GupShup's Lychee ki Cooler ('lychee cooler' in Hindi) is the simplest expression of this: lychee, citrus, and a herbal zero-proof spirit as structure.

Bartender Tips

Fresh lychees from Indian or Chinese grocery stores in season (May–June) are incomparably better than canned — their texture and aroma are in another league. Canned lychees in syrup are a good year-round substitute; use the syrup from the can as your sweetener. Seedlip Garden 108 (with its hay, spearmint, and hop notes) bridges the lychee and citrus beautifully.

Origin
Restaurant
GupShup, New York City
Origin
India — lychee is grown across Bihar, West Bengal & Uttarakhand
Flavour
Floral & Sweet · Easy
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Where to drink this
Restaurant
GupShup
Address
409 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10016
Style
Modern Indian cocktail bar & restaurant
Accolades
One of NYC's top Indian cocktail destinations

GupShup (meaning 'gossip' or 'chatter' in Hindi and Urdu) is a celebration of Indian social culture through food and drink. The cocktail menu draws from the full breadth of the subcontinent — paan-inspired drinks, lassi riffs, spiced old fashioneds — with an energy that matches the name. One of the most vibrant Indian drinking experiences in New York City.

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