ʻO Vodka a i ʻole gin: ʻo wai ka mea maikaʻi no ka hana ʻana i ka lychee martini?

I ka wā e mahana ai ke aniau, ua hiki i ka manawa e hoʻomākaukau ai i nā mea inu kauwela hou, a ʻo ka hana ʻana i kahi martini tropical ʻoiaʻiʻo ke ala kūpono loa e lanakila ai i ka wela o ke kauwela. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka ʻono momona o ka lychee, paʻakikī paha iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka gin a i ʻole ka vodka me kēia kīʻaha. No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai lychee martini maikaʻi loa, ua ninaninau ʻo Daily Food iā Nicholas Dukes, he bartender ma Pechanga Resort Casino.
"He nani ke hui pū ʻana o Gin me ka lychee i loko o nā cocktails no ka mea e hoʻopuka mai ana i nā nota mea kanu a me nā pua o ka lychee," wahi a Dukes. "E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ia mea: ʻo ka waikawa ʻala o ka gin e hoʻokō i nā nota herbaceous o ka juniper i loko o ka gin." ʻO kahi meaʻai gin martini maʻamau e koi ana i 76ml o ka gin a me kahi vermouth maloʻo e ʻono ai. No ka hana ʻana i ka lychee martini, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka ratio 1:1 o ka gin i ka liqueur lychee, a i ʻole e hoʻohui i ka wai lychee i kahi meaʻai gin martini e kū nei. E hoʻāʻo e hoʻohui i 30ml o ka wai lychee i loko o ka pahu, a laila e hoʻoponopono i ka nui i kou makemake.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka lychee i nā cocktails kekahi o nā ala he 14 e hauʻoli ai i kēia mea kanu. Ma waho aʻe o nā martini, paipai pū ʻo Dukes: "E hoʻāʻo e hoʻohui i ka syrup maʻalahi lychee i kahi gin a me ka tonic kuʻuna me kahi ʻomi o ka kukama a me ka lime no kahi mea inu kauwela hōʻoluʻolu a momona e hoʻomanaʻo ana i nā manawa hoʻomaha ma ka spa."
ʻAʻole makemake i ka gin? ʻAʻohe pilikia. Ua hōʻoia mai ʻo Bartender Nicholas Dukes iā mākou he hui kūpono nō hoʻi ka vodka a me ka lychee. "He ʻuhane palaoa kūlike ʻole ʻo Vodka i maʻalahi ke kāwili ʻia," wahi a Dukes. "ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka uhi ʻia ʻana o kona ʻono e nā ʻala ʻono o ka pea, citrus, a me nā memo strawberry maʻalahi i loko o ka lychee, kahi e hoʻonui maikaʻi ai i ka ʻuhane."
Paipai ʻo Dukes i kahi mana i hoʻololi ʻia o ka lemon martini: he vodka-lychee martini. "Ma ke kāwili ʻana i ka lychee me ka vodka, ka liqueur ʻalani, a me ka wai lemon i ʻomi hou ʻia, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kahi martini ʻono a nani hoʻi ke nānā aku." Inā ʻike mua ʻoe pehea e hana ai i nā martini ma ka home, ʻo kāu wale nō e hana ai, ʻo ke kūʻai ʻana i kekahi mau ʻōmole lychee e hoʻomākaukau ai no ke kauwela. Inā ʻaʻohe āu lako pā, hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai maʻalahi i kahi pahu ma Amazon a hoʻomaka e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kou mau mākau bartending home.