Cocktails with Cachaça : Caipirinha

 

Caipirinha (Portuguese pronunciation: is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça , sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled  alcoholic beverage. While both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products, most rum is made from molasses. Specifically with cachaça, the alcohol results from the fermentation of sugarcane juice that is afterwards distilled.

 

Type     

Cocktail
 

Primary alcohol by volume    
    * Cachaça

Served     

On the rocks; poured over ice
 

Standard garnish     

lime

Standard drinkware       

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Old fashioned glass
 

Commonly used ingredients    
    * 5.0 cl (1⅔ fl oz) cachaça
    * ½ Lime cut into 4 wedges (or tahiti lime, but not green lemon)
    * 2 teaspoons crystal or refined sugar

Preparation     

Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça. 

Notes     

A wide variety of fresh fruits can be used in place of lime. In the absence of cachaça, vodka can be used.