Caipirinha Recipe
Brazil's national cocktail: cachaça muddled with lime and sugar over ice.
- Category: Contemporary Classics
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- ABV: 25%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Cachaça60 ml
- Lime (cut in wedges)1 piece
- Sugar2 tsp
How to Make It
- Muddle lime wedges and sugar in a rocks glass.
- Fill with crushed ice.
- Add cachaça and stir well.
- Serve with a straw.
Garnish
Lime wedge
The Story
Originated in São Paulo state, evolving from a folk remedy in the early 1900s.
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