Name: Caipirinha · Cocktail recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 60 ml Cachaca; 1 lime (quartered); 2 pieces Sugar

Drink type Servings

Measurement system

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Caipirinha

Description

The Caipirinha is not just Brazil’s national cocktail; it is one of the clearest examples of how a few ingredients can capture a place. Cachaça brings grassy sugarcane funk, fresh lime gives bite, and sugar does more than sweeten: it helps pull the oil from the peel and turns the drink into something bright, fragrant and direct.

It should taste rustic in the best way. Not polished like a martini and not diluted into a long drink, but crushed, cold and alive with lime. The beauty is in the rhythm: muddle, stir, ice, sip. It is a beach drink, a barbecue drink and a reminder that simple cocktails are only simple when every ingredient matters.

Ingredients

60 ml Cachaca
1 lime (quartered)
2 pieces Sugar

Equipment needed

Muddler – Used to muddle the lime and sugar. Bar Spoon – Used to stir the finished drink.

Instructions

Put the lime quarters and sugar into rocks glasses, dividing evenly if making several drinks.
Press the lime gently to release its juice and work it into the sugar. Avoid grinding the peel.
Fill the glasses with ice. Add: 60 ml Cachaca.
Stir from the bottom to mix in the lime and sugar, then serve in the same glasses.