Rum · Old fashioned glass
Caipirinha
Brazil's national cocktail
Strength
Medium
Difficulty
Easy
Method
Muddled
A Caipirinha is made with 60 ml cachaça, ½ lime and 2 tsp sugar. Muddled and served in an old fashioned glass.
Lime and sugar muddled right in the glass, then cachaça and crushed ice. Rustic, zesty and impossible to drink slowly on a hot day.
Ingredients
1 glass
- Cachaça60 ml
- Lime½ lime
- Sugar2 tsp
Preparation
- Cut the half lime into wedges and muddle with the sugar in the glass.
- Add crushed ice, then the cachaça.
- Stir.