Raspberry Caipirinha

Name: Raspberry Caipirinha
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1&frasl;2 fresh Lime (fresh); 3 barspoon Superfine/caster sugar; 8 fresh Raspberries; 60 ml Cachaça (unaged)

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Ingredients
¹⁄₂ fresh	Lime (fresh) (chopped)
3 barspoon	Superfine/Caster/Baker's special sugar (white)
8 fresh	Raspberries
2 fl oz	Cachaça (unaged) (from freezer)

Garnish: Stirrer (spoon, wooden lolly stick or stick cut from sugar cane)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Method:

1. Cut lime in half (from pole to pole) and then slice one of the halves into eight 3-4mm thick half-moon shaped segments and drop into the base of a robust rocks glass.

2. Add 3 bar spoons caster sugar (or ½oz / 15ml sugar syrup 2:1) and MUDDLE.

3. Add raspberries and MUDDLE some more.

4. When sure fruit juice is fully extracted and the sugar dissolved, transfer the muddled fruit and sugar into serving glass (preferably a 30cl / 10oz hi-ball glass).

5. POUR cachaça (stored in the freezer) into the rocks glass (used to muddle) and swirl to rinse glass before pouring cachaça into serving glass. STIR to ensure all ingredients are well mixed.

6. Crack (rather than crush) four to five large ice cubes and drop into serving glass. STIR before topping with more ice and serve with a stirrer (but no straws).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

For information on the history and other variations of the Caipirinha, please see our Caipirinha cocktail page.

Review

A fruity twist on the popular Caipirinha.

Variations/similar cocktails

Substitute other berries and fruits for raspberries. Add raspberry liqueur in place of sugar. Use rum in place of cachaça to make a Raspberry Caipirissima.