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Caipirinha
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...
Alasdair MacDonald
29th September 2022 at 16:43
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.
13th September 2025 at 14:46
Don't leave out the sugar, as it's essential to use sugar when muddling the lime to extract the essential oils from the lime peel. A caipirinha made right is sublime.