Cocktails with Cachaça : Batida (Shaken)

Batida is a Brazilian cocktail  made with the national alcoholic drink cachaça. In Portuguese, batida means shaken or milkshake (In a different context, the word also means a crash, usually used when referring to a car crash). It is made with cachaça, fruit juice (or coconut milk), and sugar. It can be blended or shaken with ice.

In Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, batidas are traditionally served with the Brazilian national dish, feijoada.

A variation is made adding sweet condensed milk or sour cream.

The drink is commonly made with vodka instead of cachaça (which has limited availability outside of Brazil).

The most common fruit used in a Batida are lime, passion fruit and coconut.

Type     

Cocktail

Primary alcohol by volume    

    * Cachaça

Served     

On the rocks; poured over ice

Standard drinkware    

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Zombie glass

Commonly used ingredients    

    * 2 parts cachaça

    * 1 part fruit juice

    * 1 tbsp sugar

Preparation     

Mix and pour into chilled glass.