Name: Caipirinha
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lime; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1/2 cup vodka or 1/2 cup sake; ice

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Recipe by ekives

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Brazilian national drink. You can change limes for kiwis, pineapple or passion fruit, or mix them, but you may cut on sugar.

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ingredients

1 lime
1 tablespoon sugar
¹⁄₂ 1/2 cup vodka or 1/2 cup sake
ice

directions

Cut the lime in quarters then cut them crosswise.
Put lime and sugar in a tall glass and mash with a pestle (or a wood spoon, rolling pin, etc).
Add the same amount of liquor on the lime juice and stirr.
Add ice and stirr again.
Here in Brazil, the guys that sell it at the beach put another glass upside down over it, hold both with one hand and shake.
Great trick at parties.

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photo by Diana Yen

9/6/2016

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9/6/2016

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review by unklepaul

6/22/2009

Excellent recipe! Add a spoon of brown sugar to give the cocktail an extra flavour boost, or try some fruity caipirinha alternatives.

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review by lethin

12/14/2008

the ratios here have a little less lime and sugar to the cachaca. That's pretty nice. Recommend Turbinado sugar, which you can get a good deal on at Trader Joe's.

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