#29 · classic
Caipirinha
Caipirinha ranks #29 among the 50 classics on this map — a rum & cachaça drink that reads balanced between sweet and bitter / dry and refreshing. Muddled lime and sugar with grassy Brazilian cachaça.
- Rum & cachaça
- Built
- Rocks
- Medium · ~20% abv
Flavor position
On the flavor map, Caipirinha sits in the bitter & refreshing corner (sweet–bitter score 58, refreshing–boozy score 14).
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Ingredients
- 50 ml cachaça
- ½ lime, muddled
- 2 tsp sugar
Method
- Build 50 ml cachaça, ½ lime, muddled, 2 tsp sugar in a rocks glass filled with ice.
- Stir gently to combine.
- Garnish with lime.