In Japan, where lychee liqueur is a million-litre-per-year business, consumers have rated Bols Lychee over three times higher than its competitors in independent tests. Since its launch in Asia in 2003, Bols Lychee has become popular all over the world, with amongst others The Lychee Martini as its leading drink. The Lucas Bols Master Distiller has developed a unique extraction process to obtain the rich sweet lychee flavour from its fruit, which has resulted in this best in class quality lychee liqueur. The lychee has a history of cultivation going back as far as 2000 BC according to records in China. Cultivation began in the area of southern China, Malaysia and Vietnam. Thanks to its popularity in Japan, Bols now sells Bols Lychee around the world.