Red Grape Caipirinha

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (13 ratings)

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

Ingredients:
12 fresh Lime (fresh) chopped
3 barspoon Caster/ Superfine/Baker's special sugar (white)
8 fresh Red grapes (seedless)
2 oz Cachaça from freezer
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Stirrer (spoon, wooden lolly stick or stick cut from sugar cane)

How to make:

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 grapes 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).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 5/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 4/10
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History:

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

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Stefano Bolli’s Avatar Stefano Bolli
6th November 2020 at 23:16
A little too much on the sweet side, but I like it: the final result really depends on the ingredients.