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Caipirinha

Cachaça, lime and sugar, muddled in the glass. Brazil's national drink.

GlassRocks glass
GarnishNone
5ozRocks / Old-Fashioned holds 5 oz of liquidShort glass built over ice. Half its volume is ice, so liquid stays low.

Build

Cachaça2 oz60 ml1 oz30 ml1 ½ oz45 ml2 ½ oz75 ml3 oz90 ml
Lime½, in wedges
Sugar2 cubes

Rescaled to your 1 oz30 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.

Rescaled to your 1 ½ oz45 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.

Already built on your 2 oz60 ml pour.

Rescaled to your 2 ½ oz75 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.

Rescaled to your 3 oz90 ml pour. Written around 2 oz60 ml.

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Method

  1. Muddle the lime wedges with the sugar in a shaker.
  2. Add the cachaça and ice.
  3. Shake moderately and pour the whole thing into a rocks glass.

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