Recipe

Brazils National Drink Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago The Caipirinha is made with a base of cachaça, a 500-year-old, sugar cane-derived spirit. Combine the popularity of the Martini and the Cosmopolitan, and you have Brazil’s national drink—the Caipirinha, or Cachaça Sour. The Portuguese word poli... More Prep:10m Servings:1	Mystic_rive
	sugar limes cachaca

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Ingredients

2 teaspoons granulated sugar

4 Key limes, halved and seeded, or 2 small, juicy limes, quartered

2 ounces cachaça

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ICE-lots of it

Directions

Sprinkle the sugar over the limes, and muddle them in the mixing glass part of a Boston shaker until the sugar is dissolved and the lime juice is released. Pour an old-fashioned glassful of cracked ice into the mixing glass, add the cachaça, and shake to incorporate. Return all the contents to the old-fashioned glass.

Variations:

Caipirissima: Use rum in place of the cachaça.

Caipirosca: Use vodka in place of cachaca

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Comments

gourmetana 1 year, 2 months ago said:
I love Caipirinha! It is a great drink for the Summer and warm nights out. 5*

lura 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Wow...this sounds super. Thanks :)

mark555 1 year, 2 months ago said:
If I keep reading your recipes I am going to have to polish up on my speech, "Hi, I'm Mark and I'm an..." It does sound good.
Mark

trigger 1 year, 2 months ago said:
You always bring us the best history lessons.
Sounds good by the pitcher full.
Five forks

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