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Caipirovska

Name: Caipirovska
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3&frasl;4 fresh Lime (fresh); 60 ml Vodka; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fresh	Lime (fresh) (chopped wedges)
2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
MUDDLE lime wedges in the base of shaker to release juice and oils from zest.
SHAKE with 7oz scoop crushed ice and pour all without straining into glass.
Serve with straws.

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

Review

Vodka replaces cachaça in this Caipirinha-style drink.

AKA: Caipiroska, Caipivodka

Comments & Discussion

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Victor Pires Diniz 1y

Just a naming nitpick: I've been all around Brazil and I've never seen "caipiroska" spelled with a v like "caipirovska", currently the title in this page. Maybe it's out there somewhere, but "caipiroska" and "caipivodka" dominate in my experience.

For per the drink itself, it's nice, but a caipirinha always wins out for me. Still, it's a good showcase for the muddling, the "dirty pour", and the texture heterogeneity you'll find in more humble traditional Brazilian cocktails, with the sugar and citrus kernels intentionally left in there.

I think this cocktail makes less sense here in Brazil than abroad, where one not having easy access to cachaça is likely. I can't cite anything, but I bet its popularity here has a lot to do with the stigma cachaça had in the previous century... I'd also say in my experience this is more popular with older people and snobbish folks (except for us cocktail snobs :) ) for the same reason.

Loïc Pierre 1y

Tried with two different vodkas : one made with Zubrowka Biala, the other with Wyborowa. The difference was very subtle, and both cocktails were very good. When simplicity means success !

Ross McGill 2y

This is a hit! Fresh lime all the way

Eddie Sotheby 6y

Fresh lime with a hit

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