Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça, sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. The video below is in Portuguese, but the gentleman shows a great way to cut the lime (or lemon) to muddle very well.
Main alcohol: Cachaça
Ingredients: Half a lime cut into 4 wedges, 2 Teaspoons sugar, 1 2/3 oz Cachaça
Preparation: Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça.
Served: On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish: Lime, Sugar cane
Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass
I change this up a little, and use simple syrup instead of granular sugar so I can muddle faster and not have a grainy mix. These are simply fantastic for the summer! My personal favorite over a Mohito.
Main alcohol: Cachaça
Ingredients: Half a lime cut into 4 wedges, 2 Teaspoons sugar, 1 2/3 oz Cachaça
Preparation: Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça.
Served: On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish: Lime, Sugar cane
Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass
I change this up a little, and use simple syrup instead of granular sugar so I can muddle faster and not have a grainy mix. These are simply fantastic for the summer! My personal favorite over a Mohito.
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