Caipirinha

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Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail. It's so refreshing and delicious! Ask your liquor store to order cachaça for you if they don't stock it — there's no substitute.

Submitted by CAMILLA362
Updated on September 12, 2022
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Prep Time:
5 mins
Total Time:
5 mins
Servings:
1

Ingredients

  • ½ lime, quartered

  • 1 teaspoon white sugar

  • 2 ½ fluid ounces cachaça (Brazilian rum)

  • 1 cup ice cubes

Directions

  1. Squeeze and drop lime wedges into a large rocks glass. Add sugar and muddle until juices release.

  2. Pour in cachaça and ice. Stir well.

    close up view of a Caipirinha cocktail garnished with a lime slice in a glass
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