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Caipirinha

São Paulo, Brazil America/Sao_Paulo

History

Brazil’s national drink likely descended from a rural medicinal mixture of lime, garlic, and honey; cachaça and sugar transformed it into a celebration.

Other · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

  • 12 oz cachaça
  • 21 lime, cut into wedges
  • 32 tsp superfine sugar

Method

  1. 01Muddle lime and sugar, add cachaça and crushed ice, then stir.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.