# Jorge Amado

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.

Strength: 25% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 50 ml [Gabriela cravo-e-canela aguardente](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/gabriela-cravo-canela.md)
- 1 whole [Lime](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/lime.md) — Use one small fresh Tahiti lime, trim the ends, and cut it into wedges.
- 0.5 whole [Fresh passion fruit](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-passion-fruit.md) — Scoop the pulp and seeds from half a ripe fruit.
- 1 teaspoon [Sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/sugar.md) — Use a level teaspoon, about 5 g.

## Glassware

Small tumbler

## Method

1. Muddle the lime, passion-fruit pulp, and sugar thoroughly in a shaker.
2. Add the aguardente and cubed ice, shake hard, and open-pour into a chilled small tumbler.

## Related drinks

- [Caipirinha](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/caipirinha.md): Brazil’s direct, vivid union of grassy cachaça, muddled lime, and cane sugar over cracked ice.
- [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.
- [Daiquiri](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/daiquiri.md): A crisp Cuban rum sour balancing fresh lime with fine sugar.
- [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.
- [Gimlet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gimlet.md): A taut two-part classic concentrating dry gin and preserved lime into a piercing, bittersweet drink.
- [Whiskey Smash](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/whiskey-smash.md): Muddled lemon flesh and peel make this bourbon-and-mint cooler more pulpy and aromatic than either a Whiskey Sour or a Mint Julep.
- [Bee's Knees](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bees-knees.md): Gin, lemon, and honey form a spare Prohibition-era sour whose floral softness makes a useful counterpoint to the whiskey-based Gold Rush.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jorge-amado
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/jorge-amado-4cdb1e0c.webp
- Recipe source: https://mapadacachaca.com.br/receitas-com-cachaca/jorge-amado-o-drinque-da-gabriela-cravo-e-canela/