Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail, made with cachaça , sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil’s most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Like rum, it is made from sugarcane. Cachaça is made from sugarcane alcohol, obtained from the fermentation of sugarcane juice which is afterwards distilled.
Serve: On the rocks; poured over ice in an old fashioned glass.
Garnish: Lime
Ingredients:
1 2/3 fl oz Cachaça
1/2 Fresh lime cut into 4 wedges
2 tsp Muscovado Sugar
Prep:
Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça.
Tip:
A wide variety of fresh fruits can be used in place of lime. In the absence of cachaça, vodka can be used.
