Caipirinha
Brazil's drink: cachaça (rum's cousin) muddled with lime and sugar. Try the passion fruit version.
Say this
“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
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
- Cut the lime into wedges and muddle hard with the sugar in the glass.
- Fill with crushed ice, add cachaça and stir.
- Passion fruit version: add the pulp of 1 passion fruit when muddling.