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Caipirinha

Name: Caipirinha
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: 60ml Cachaça; 1 Lime; 1 tbsp Sugar; To taste Crushed Ice

Dessert

⏱ 10 min

👥 Serves 1

Difficulty ⭐

Brazil's national cocktail, made by muddling lime with the sugarcane spirit cachaça.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The caipirinha is made with cachaça, Brazil's sugarcane spirit, and is officially recognized by law as the country's cocktail. As its name — 'little country girl' — suggests, it began as a simple rural drink and is now enjoyed every day at beaches and corner bars. The authentic way is to crush the lime, peel and all, to release its aroma and a touch of bitterness.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a beachside bar in Rio, people cool off on a scorching afternoon with an ice-cold caipirinha.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 1)

Cachaça 60ml
Lime 1
Sugar 1 tbsp
Crushed Ice To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Trim both ends of the lime and cut it into 4–6 wedges.
Put the lime and sugar in a glass and muddle until the juice and aroma are released.
Fill the glass to the top with crushed ice.
Pour in the cachaça and stir well.
Serve with the muddler left in, if you like.

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