Cocktail Cabin
Caipirinha
Cachaça, lime and sugar, muddled into Brazil's national drink.
Batch (12 drinks) - measured in Millilitres (UK)
SinglePitcher (6)Batch (12)
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Ingredients
- 720 ml Cachaça - An unaged one, and there is no substitute - rum is not the same drink
- 12 limes Lime - A whole one, cut into wedges, with the pith trimmed off if you can be bothered
- 237 ml Sugar - White cane sugar, and a little more if your limes are sour
- 2839 ml Ice - Crushed, or cracked in a tea towel with a rolling pin
Batch (12 drinks) - about 3.8 l of measured ingredients, before ice and dilution.
Timings and per-glass steps are written for one drink and are not scaled. A full jug takes longer to chill, so stir or shake until it is properly cold rather than by the clock, and pour over fresh ice one glass at a time.
Quick version
- Muddle lime and sugar, add cachaça, fill with crushed ice and stir.
Method
- Cut the lime into six or eight wedges and drop them into a rocks glass.
- Add the sugar and press the lime with a muddler - firmly enough to release the juice and the oil, gently enough not to shred the pith.
- Pour in the cachaça and stir to dissolve the sugar.
- Fill the glass with crushed ice and stir again, until the outside of the glass frosts.
- Top up with a little more ice, and serve as it is.