Classic Caipirinha

Contributed by Olie Berlic

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This delicious, deceptively potent cachaça-based cocktail is traditionally flavored with muddled limes. In Brazil, however, guava and passion fruit are commonly used too, as is caju, the sweet, vanilla-scented fruit of the cashew tree.

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Recipe: Classic Caipirinha

Ingredients

1/2 lime, sliced into 4 wedges
1 to 2 teaspoons sugar or simple syrup
1 cup ice
2 ounces cachaça

Gently muddle the lime and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add the ice and cachaça, shake, and pour the drink with ice into a large rocks glass.

From Cachaça: The Spirit of Brazil
Published May 2008

Classic Caipirinha

Recipe: Classic Caipirinha

Ingredients

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