# Caipirinha

Brazil’s direct, vivid union of grassy cachaça, muddled lime, and cane sugar over cracked ice.

Strength: 34% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Cachaça](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cachaca.md)
- 1 piece [Lime](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/lime.md) — Cut into small wedges.
- 2 teaspoons [Superfine sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/superfine-sugar.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Method

1. Place the lime wedges and sugar in an old fashioned glass, then muddle gently to release the juice and peel oils.
2. Fill the glass with cracked ice, add the cachaça, and stir thoroughly.

## Related drinks

- [Rabo de Galo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/rabo-de-galo.md): A robust Brazilian aperitif bringing cachaça together with sweet vermouth, earthy Cynar, and aromatic bitters.
- [Macunaíma](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/macunaima.md): Cachaça, lime, syrup, and a precise Fernet-Branca measure make this São Paulo modern classic bright, grassy, and darkly bitter at the finish.
- [Mint Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mint-julep.md): A cold, fragrant bourbon drink in which mint and a little sugar open the whiskey without obscuring it.
- [Poncha à Pescador](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/poncha-a-pescador.md): Madeira cane aguardente, lemon, and sugar are worked vigorously with the traditional mexelote into the spare, lightly foaming fisherman’s Poncha branch.
- [Jorge Amado](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jorge-amado.md): Paraty’s clove-and-cinnamon cane spirit meets muddled lime, fresh passion fruit, and sugar in a fragrant Brazilian drink named for Bahia’s great novelist.
- [Daiquiri](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/daiquiri.md): A crisp Cuban rum sour balancing fresh lime with fine sugar.
- [Madeira Cobbler](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/madeira-cobbler.md): Medium-dry Madeira, orange, and a teaspoon of sugar make the earliest named cobbler branch a cold, gently oxidative counterpart to the brighter Sherry Cobbler.
- [Dawa](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/dawa.md): Vodka, muddled lime, raw honey, and demerara sugar form this contemporary Carnivore-style Kenyan serve around its retained honey-coated dawa stick.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/caipirinha
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/caipirinha-9f7ad1c4.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/caipirinha/