Cocktail · Brazil
Caipirinha
Make Brazil’s Caipirinha with cachaça, fresh lime and sugar, using precise oz and ml quantities and the correct muddling technique.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Rocks glass
- Base
- Cachaça
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) cachaça
- 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
- 2 tsp (10 ml) superfine sugar
Garnish
Lime wheel, optional
How to make it
- 1Chill a rocks glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Gently press the listed fruit or mint with the sweetener in the rocks glass to release aroma without shredding it.
- 3Add cachaça, superfine sugar, fill with ice and churn until cold.
- 4Finish with lime wheel, optional and serve immediately.
The story behind Caipirinha
The Caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail and a direct showcase for cachaça, the country’s sugarcane spirit. Muddled lime and sugar soften its grassy intensity without hiding it.