How to Make Caipirinha
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5
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Total Time
5 mins
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Servings
2 servings
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Calories
320 kcal
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Cuisine
South American, Brazilian
How to Make Caipirinha
Description
How to Make Caipirinha combines fresh lime juice and muddled lime pieces with granulated sugar and cachaça, Brazil's distinctive sugarcane spirit. The method involves extracting juice from whole limes, then muddling additional lime wedges with sugar to blend textures and flavors before mixing everything with cachaça. Served on ice, the drink has a crisp and tangy profile with a granular texture from the muddled lime, providing a tactile and aromatic element to the cocktail experience.
The procedure emphasizes a gentle stir to dissolve sugar and a balance of citrus and spirit. The cocktail works well as a vibrant refreshment, especially in warm weather or as an aperitif. It highlights the bright, slightly bitter lime balanced by the sweetness of sugar and the distinctive flavor of cachaça.
Ingredients
- 5 whole lime
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 3/4 cup cachaça
- ice to taste
Instructions
- juice 3 of the limes and set aside - you'll want about a 1/3 of a cup of juice, give or take
- cut the other 2 limes in 8 pieces each
- Add the sugar and the lime pieces to a cup and muddle until you've juiced all the little pieces and they're nicely combined with the sugar
- add the lime juice and the cachaça to the muddled limes and stir gently to dissolve the sugar - approx. 2 minutes
- fill 2 cups with ice, and top them with caipirinha
Saúde!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 2servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 320 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 320kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 19g | 6% |
| Protein | 0.02g | 0% |
| Fat | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sodium | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 3mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 1IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 1mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.03mg | 0% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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