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Caipirinha

Old-fashioned glass · Ordinary Drink · Brazil

Caipirinha pairs Sugar with a citrus and sweet character in a old-fashioned glass.

Caipirinha cocktail

Ingredients

  • 2 tspSugar
  • 1Lime
  • 2 1/2 ozCachaca

How to make it

  1. Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon).
  2. Fill the glass with ice and add the Cachaça.

Story

Brazil’s national cocktail muddles lime with cachaça and sugar—simple, bright, and inseparable from carnival energy.

Best for

curious · social · citrus · sweet

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