Garnish:
Stirrer but no garnish
How to make:
MUDDLE lime wedges in the base of shaker to release juice and oils in its skin. Add cachaça and sugar. SHAKE with 6oz scoop crushed ice and pour all without straining into glass.
| 3⁄4 fresh | Lime (fresh) (chopped wedges) |
| 2 fl oz | Cachaça |
| 1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
History:
In its native Brazil it is usual to serve this drink with cubed ice (actually most usually holly tubular machine ice) but the drink travelled to, and became popular the UK at a time when the use of crushed ice was fashionable, so in this and other 'new' cachaça markets the use of crushed ice has become the norm.
For information on the history and other variations of the Caipirinha, please see our Caipirinha cocktail page.
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 23.53% alc./vol. (47.06° proof)
- 17.6 grams of pure alcohol
Difford's Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
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