Hana is flavoured sake - real rice-brewed sake with fruit added and the alcohol pulled down to about eight percent, half the strength of wine. How the lychee, fuji apple and raspberry differ, how to serve it, what to eat with it, and why lychee sake is not the same drink as lychee wine.

Lychee turns up on our shelf in four completely different bottles - an Italian sparkling moscato in a can at $16.99, a Japanese sake at $15.99, a sweet Israeli fruit wine at $24.99, and an aniseed arak at $26.99. What each one tastes like, how sweet it really is, and which one belongs on your table.