Caipirinha recipe

Relax and cool off with a Caipirinha! From GialloZafferano, Italy's #1 food website.
The caipirinha is a Brazilian cocktail made of lime, cane sugar, Cachaça (a sugar-cane distillate) and a lot of crushed ice.
Its name comes from a diminutive of the Portuguese word "capira" (simple, humble), which is the name of the people who live in the remote country areas of Brazil, a nation where the caipirinha is served in every bar, since it's very representative of that country.
Its simplicity and sweetness have made caipirinha one of the best drinks in the world.
Dice the lime and put it into a quite large old fashioned glass. Add the cane sugar, then crush everything well with a pestle, in order to squeeze the lime and blend its juice with the sugar. Crush roughly some ice and fill the glass, then pour in the Cachaça and stir well with a long stem spoon; add 2 short and wide straws and your caipirinha is ready!

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• caipirinha
• Giallo Zafferano
• Recipe
• drink
• lime
• cachaca
• cocktail Cachaça
• Crushed
• ice
• Lime
• Cane
• sugar

[leldux10]

Is it like mojito? Looks like perfect drink for hot summer day!

[yellowsaffron]

@leldux10 It is!

[belieb3r4ever]

is it like a alcohol drink ? im a kid and that looked delicious, so i guess i have to try, but i have fresca instead of the  cachacaD

[yellowsaffron]

@belieb3r4ever Yes, it's alcoholic, so avoid the cachaca

[toontownrox406]

CAIPIRINHA CAIPIRINHA!!! WOAH WAOH

[wololoaeo]

Some additional tips:

- Remove the white center part of the lime (it is bitter when mashed)

- Proportion: half a lime, 1 tbsp of sugar, 50ml of cachaça (as much ice as you want ou have)

- In Europe, dont use cane sugar because it is harder to dissolve (cane sugar found in Europe is different from cane sugar bought in Brazil). Normal sugar is ok

- If you can find, use wood-aged cachaça (golden color). I tastes fruity, and is so much better... you wont regret it.

[shahrabeen]

@toontownrox406 bamboleo mambolinha

[ZOROARKxXAVIER]

wheres the dancing anime girl?

[Wildhoneyish]

As has been pointed out already, the traditional Brazilian way to make a Caipirinha is by using brown sugar. Often barmen will use half brown sugar, and half refined sugar, in the cocktail. It really is a matter of taste! No matter what you do, be careful not to substitute the Cachaça for Rum, since there really is no substitute for Cachaça! Perhaps the nicest and most traditional recipe I found for the Caipirinha cocktail is the one on the website Alcomixer. I recommend it to everybody!

[Growupie]

@Th3Alchemista WTF! The brazilian way is with brown sugar and crushed ice. Você é maluco cara? :O

[1900Milena]

@Th3Alchemista Menos... bem menos... quase nada... o açucar mascavo pode sim modificar o paladar, mas qual é o problema do gelo ser um pouco menor que o diâmetro das pedras que vc usa? o copo não pode ter uma rodela de limão não? engraçado... sempre coloquei por ficar mais bonitinho.... affff..

[D4RkM0e]

no i will not show it to you:-D:-D

[D4RkM0e]

@Th3Alchemista i like hamburgers with everything...i would eat it combined with dog crap;-)

[Th3Alchemista]

@D4RkM0e cause it's a brazilian drink... do you like hamburgers with mayonnaise?

[D4RkM0e]

@Th3Alchemista who cares about the fuckig brazilian way homes?

[Th3Alchemista]

It looked nice but it's not the brazillian way to do it...

use normal ice NOT CRUSHED ICE!

user normal white sugar, NOT BROWN CANE SUGAR!

don't decorate the glass with a slice of lime, it's not the brazilian way...