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Lime wedges muddled with sugar, then cachaça over cracked ice: Brazil's national cocktail.
Makes 1 drink · about 4 min to make
Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.
Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.
Muddle gently: you want the juice and some oils from the lime, not a bitter pith-heavy mash. Cachaça, a Brazilian sugar-cane spirit, gives a grassy, funky backbone.
The IBA lists variations made with vodka (Caipiroska), rum (Caipirissima) and Licor Beirão (Caipirão).
The Caipirinha is a Brazilian cocktail that originated in the state of São Paulo.
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