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Caipirinha

Brazil's drink: cachaça (rum's cousin) muddled with lime and sugar. Try the passion fruit version.

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“A Caipirinha with Leblon”

Restaurant: Most restaurant bars can make it.

Cachaça

Good callLeblon
SplurgeNovo Fogo

If they can't make it: A Daiquiri or Mojito

Caipirinha

What you need

Glass: Rocks

Making a pitcher? 8 oz is 1 cup, and a 750 ml bottle is about 25 oz. Stir the batch with ice, or add the bubbly and soda right before pouring.

Make it

  1. Cut the lime into wedges and muddle hard with the sugar in the glass.
  2. Fill with crushed ice, add cachaça and stir.
  3. Passion fruit version: add the pulp of 1 passion fruit when muddling.

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