Caipirovska
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Caipirovska
Serve in an Old-fashioned glass
| 3⁄4 fresh | Lime (fresh) chopped wedges |
| 2 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 1⁄2 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
How to make:
- 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.
Review:
Vodka replaces cachaça in this Caipirinha-style drink.
AKA: Caipiroska, Caipivodka
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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.