Kiwi Caipirinha

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (23 ratings)

Glass:

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

Ingredients:
12 fresh Lime (fresh) chopped
3 barspoon Superfine/Caster/Baker's special sugar (white)
12 fresh Kiwi fruit (fresh) chopped
2 oz Cachaça from freezer
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
  2. Prepare 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 of caster sugar (or ½oz/15ml sugar syrup 2:1) and MUDDLE.
  3. Add kiwi slices 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 highball 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.
  6. STIR to ensure all ingredients are well mixed.
  7. Fill glass with ice. (If using large ice cubes, crack (rather than crush) four to five large ice cubes using an ICE TAPPER and drop into serving glass.)
  8. STIR before topping with more ice.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with stirrer (but no straws).

Strength & taste guide:

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

Review:

Fruity and refreshing, perfect for a summer afternoon.

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Benedikt’s Avatar Benedikt
14th July at 13:44
Tastes very nice, once tried it with gold (can also use overripe green) kiwis and lemon instead of lime, also a treat!
19th June 2020 at 07:45
I am going to try with kiwi gold
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
19th June 2020 at 08:37
I've not tried with golden kiwi but I suspect you'll need less sugar.