Caipirinha
Brazil's national cocktail—cachaça muddled with lime and sugar, pure tropical refreshment
- 2 ozcachaça
- 1lime(cut into wedges)
- 2 tspsugar(white or demerara)
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The Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail and the country's most famous cultural export after soccer and Carnival. Made with cachaça—a spirit distilled from fresh sugarcane juice—muddled limes, and sugar, it captures the vibrant, tropical spirit of Brazil. The name comes from the Portuguese word for "little countryside drink." Unlike rum, which is made from molasses, cachaça has a distinctive grassy, funky flavor that makes the Caipirinha unique.
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