How to Make a Caipirinha Cocktail.

 

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What is a Caipirinha Cocktail
Caipirinha is a simple cocktail that is made using cachaca, sugar and lime. Cachaca stands out when compared with other rum's, as it is made from sugar cane juice and the other rums are made using sugar cane molasses. Cachaca is a national drink of brazil. Caipirinha cocktail recipe is one of the drink made using Cachaca rum.

Caipirinha Cocktail History:

The Green lemon is used to prepare the caipirinha as its high concentration of Vitamin C and cachaca, the alcohol needed to expedite the absorption of the vitamins into the organism. Someone, somewhere decided to replace honey and garlic instead of sugar, that's how the modern-day caipirinha cocktail was born.

What is in a Caipirinha Cocktail:

Caipirinha cocktail is one of the very famous drinks, made with three simple ingredients Cachaca rum, sugar and lime. And there is a small difference between lime & lemon i.e Lime is green in colour and very strong in flavour and the lemon is yellow in colour and less strong in flavour compared to lime. 

Ingredients for Caipirinha Cocktail:

  • Cachaca rum - 2 oz (60 ml)
  • Caster sugar or brown sugar - 2 teaspoon
  • 1/2 cut the lime into 3 wedges
  • A soda - splash (optional)

Glassware: Highball or Old Fashioned glass.


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Method: Muddle.

Caipirinha Recipe is very Simple, 1/2 cut the lime into three wedges, add the lemon into the old fashioned glass and start to muddle using a muddler. Gently press and twist the lime using the muddler now add sugar and Cachaca rum and fill the glass with crushed ice and gently give it a stir.


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Garnish: There is no extra garnish for this drink if you still like to place a garnish, add a lime wheel on the top.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories 164 kcal | Protein 0.5 g | Carbohydrates 11.2 g | Dietary Fiber 1.9 g | Sugar 5.3 g | Vitamin A 33.5 IU | Vitamin C 19.5 mg | Calcium 22.2 mg | Magnesium 4 mg | Potassium 69 mg | Sodium 1.9 mg.

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