If you are European or in North America, you're probably used to this drink being served with crushed ice, but until you have tried it with small cubes...
Very keen on this when our lime tree is in fruit. A great variation is the sakerinha with sake instead of cachaca. Apparently São Paulo has the biggest Japanese expatriate community in the world.
The normal sugar used in Brazil is similar to our castor sugar. When I was there, we made caipirinha in a jug with a pestle, just adding more cachaca, green lemons (look like limes but taste like lemons), sugar and ice as the evening wore on..and on...
I have been making Caipis for many years, in fact it's the first cocktail that I have ever made. I am going to attempt this elaborate version but was wondering about the bit about adding a little water or juice, is that to try and extract more of the lime juice ?
My husband will read me the steps or I won't be able to follow lol
great stuff thanks. Yes step 3 was clear, I only ever use ice from freezer and will crack some with my hammer and lewis bag. I will think of someone I hate during the process lol.
a Daiquiri would be my favourite cocktail and I leave out the sugar, but no amount of sugar could make this palatable. Maybe I have a particularly rough bottle of Cachaca but I won't be trying this again.