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Name: Caipirinha (A Couple Cooks)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 1/2 lime, cut into wedges; 1/2 tablespoon cane sugar; 2 oz cachaça

Caipirinha (A Couple Cooks)

drink rum built shaken caipirinha

Brazil's national cocktail: fresh lime and cane sugar muddled, then shaken with cachaça and strained over ice for a bright, rustic sour.

Source: A Couple Cooks · Sonja Overhiser

Prep: 5 min
Total: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink

Method: Shaken
Glass: rocks glass
Ice: cubes
Garnish: lime wedges

Ingredients

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1/2 lime, cut into wedges
1/2 tablespoon cane sugar
2 oz cachaça

Instructions

1.
Muddle the lime wedges and sugar in a cocktail shaker to release the lime's juices.
2.
Add the cachaça, fill with ice and shake until cold.
3.
Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.

Caipirinha (A Couple Cooks)

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