Caipirinha
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Rocks glass, 10–12 oz
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classic cocktail
cachaca
citrus
built
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz cachaca
- 2 tsp sugar
- Half lime, cut into wedges
Instructions
Muddle lime and sugar, add cachaca and ice, then stir.
Behind the drink
A little history
Early 20th century
Brazil
Brazil’s national cocktail combines cachaça, lime, and sugar. Its precise origin is uncertain, though one popular account traces it to a home remedy in São Paulo state before the formula simplified into the drink known today.
Caipirinha history