Cachaça Sour

Name: Cachaça Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cachaça (unaged); 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 20 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 6 drop Ginseng bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Cachaça (unaged)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
²⁄₃ fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
6 drop	Bob's Ginseng Bitters (optional)
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a SOUR OR MARTINI/COUPETTE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of aromatic bitters.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

DRIP aromatic bitters onto cocktail and bull through the foamy head with a cocktail stick.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cachaça Sour contains 196 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
15.02% alc./vol. (30.05° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Recipe by yours truly in September 2025.

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