Ingredients

  • 2 ozcachaça
  • 1lime(cut into wedges)
  • 2 tspsugar(white or demerara)

🔧 Tools

muddlerjiggercocktail shaker

Instructions

  1. Cut lime into wedges and add to rocks glass
  2. Add sugar
  3. Muddle firmly to release lime juice and oils
  4. Fill glass with ice
  5. Add cachaça
  6. Stir well to dissolve sugar
  7. Garnish with lime wheel

📜 History

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.