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Brazil's delicious national cocktail
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| Ingredients [ oz | cl ] | [ My Bar ] |
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| 2 oz Cachaça | [ Add ] |
| 2 tbsps Brown Sugar | [ Add ] |
| 8 Lime Wedge | [ Add ] |
Method: Prepare in shaker
Glass: Old-Fashioned
Times viewed: 20909
Average Score: 9.8 (4 votes)
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If you can't find cachaça where you live, use a good vodka. The drink will then be called caipiroska. No vodka? Use white rum and you will have a caipiríssima.
According to Wikipedia:
The word "caipirinha" is the diminutive version of the word "caipira", which refers to someone from the countryside, being an almost exact equivalent of the American English hillbilly. The word may be used as either a masculine or a feminine noun, but when referring to this drink it is only feminine (usage of diminutives is common in Brazil). However, a Brazilian hardly ever thinks of a "country person" when ordering a "Caipirinha". In the mind of a Brazilian, the word "Caipirinha" is mostly associated with the drink itself.
The famous Brazilian Caipirinha made with vodka.
Traditional cocktail from La Martinique
Added by David on 2009-07-04 18:20:45
Last updated on 2009-09-30 09:36:59
Status: Approved