Caipirinha

IBA officialMuddledOn RocksOld-fashioned glass

Ingredients

  • Cachaça50ml1⅔ oz
  • LimeHalf, diced
  • Sugar2 teaspoons

How to make it

Muddle lime and sugar in an old-fashioned glass. Fill with ice and add cachaça. Stir well.

About the Caipirinha

Brazil's national cocktail, the name means 'little countryside drink' in Portuguese.

Missing something?

  • No cachaça? Use Rhum Agricole (Both are sugarcane-juice spirits)
  • No cachaça? Use White Rum (Cleaner, less grassy)
  • No lime? Use Lime Juice (About 25 ml per lime)
  • No lime? Use Lemon
  • No sugar? Use Simple Syrup (About 7.5 ml syrup per teaspoon)
  • No sugar? Use Sugar Cube (1 cube is about 1 teaspoon)

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