Best 20 Caipirinha Recipes

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• In a large rocks glass squeeze and drop in 2 eighths of lime. Add sugar, crush and mix with a spoon. Pour in the cachaca and plenty of ice. Stir well.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Cut lime into 6 wedges. Squeeze the wedges into an old-fashioned glass, then add wedges. Add cachaça and sugar; use a spoon to muddle. Fill glass with ice, then stir well to chill.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• *Cachaça is a Brazilian brandy made from sugar cane.
• Cut up a lime into 8 wedges. Muddle the wedges in a rocks glass with sugar. Add Cachaça and top with ice. Stir and serve.

VIRGIN CAIPIRINHA (NON-ALCOHOLIC)

Steps:

• Place the fruit in the bottom of a mixing glass.
• Add the sugar cube and a dash of ginger beer.
• Muddle to release the juices.
• Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice.
• Top with ginger beer.
• Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint on top of the drink if desired.
• Serve with a straw.

CAIPIRINHA DE LIMO TRADICIONAL (CLASSIC BRAZILIAN COCKTAIL)

Steps:

• Cut off the lime ends with a sharp knife; discard. Slice lime in half; remove white pith from the center. Slice into 6 wedges.
• Place lime wedges skin side down into a glass; add sugar. Mash with a cocktail muddler, bruising the skin slightly. Stir in ice and cachaca.

STRAWBERRY KIWI CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Place strawberries, kiwi, and sugar into a glass; mash well with a cocktail muddler. Fill the glass with ice cubes. Pour in cachaca; stir.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Place all but 1 lime wedge in bottom of an old-fashioned glass with a little bit of crushed ice and simple syrup. Muddle all ingredients together until well blended. Fill the glass with crushed ice; pour in the Cachaca, the remaining simple syrup and the passion fruit puree. Shake vigorously and serve with a straw and the remaining lime wedge.

CAIPIRINHA (BRAZIL)

Steps:

• Cut the limes in half, and then cut each half into 8 pieces. Place 12 pieces of lime in each of 4 double old-fashioned glasses (or other 12-ounce glasses.) Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar into each glass. Using a muddler or the butt end of a large wooden spoon, mash the limes into the base of the glass. Try to dissolve the sugar as you do this, and stir occasionally. Fill each glass with 1 1/2 cups of ice and 1/4 cup of cachaca. Pour the contents of the glass into a shaker, and invert the glass into the shaker to act as a lid. Shake the glass and shaker to combine the sugar and cachaca for several seconds. Lift the glass from the shaker, and pour the contents back into the glass. Repeat the process with the remaining 3 glasses.

FRESH PASSION-FRUIT CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Scoop out flesh and seeds of passion fruit and transfer to a mixing glass or cocktail shaker along with sugar, and cachaca.
• Shake over ice and pour into an 8-ounce glass. Garnish with sugar cane stick.

JALAPEñO CAIPIRINHA COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In a highball glass, muddle the jalapeño pepper with the sugar and lime. The jalapeño seeds may be added back in to taste, but will make the cocktail hotter. Fill the glass with ice, then fill the glass with cachaca, and stir up from the bottom or shake to mix.
• Here's how you "muddle" ingredients for a cocktail:.
• Place ingredients into an old fashioned glass, small bowl or mixing glass.
• If using the glass, wrap a towel around it, in case it breaks.
• Using a wooden muddler or back of a spoon, crush ingredients against the sides and bottom.
• Mix so all ingredients are well married.
• Prepare your cocktail.
• Tips:
• A mortar and pestle may be used when making a lot of drinks.
• Always use the freshest ingredients.
• Wood will not scratch your glass.

PASSIONFRUIT CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• In a pitcher, combine powdered sugar, limes, passionfruit, and cachaca. Muddle all ingredients together. Add ice. Strain into rocks glasses over fresh ice, topping with a little club soda. Serve garnished with lime wedges.

PASSION-FRUIT CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Place lime rind in a heavy 12-ounce rocks glass; sprinkle with sugar. Add lime juice, cachaca, and passion-fruit juice; let stand 5 minutes. Fill glass with ice and stir until well combined. Garnish with lime wheel; serve immediately.

CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Cut the lime in quarters then cut them crosswise.
• Put lime and sugar in a tall glass and mash with a pestle (or a wood spoon, rolling pin, etc).
• Add the same amount of liquor on the lime juice and stirr.
• Add ice and stirr again.
• Here in Brazil, the guys that sell it at the beach put another glass upside down over it, hold both with one hand and shake.
• Great trick at parties.

GINGER CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Add lime quarters, sugar, ginger, and ice to a mixing glass or cocktail shaker; muddle well.
• Fill an 8-ounce glass 3/4 full with crushed ice. Add the cachaca.
• Pour the muddled mixture into glass with cachaca. Stir well to make sure sugar dissolves completely. Garnish with sugar cane stick.

TROPICAL CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• In a mixing glass, gently muddle fruits with sugar. Add ice and cachaca and shake vigorously. Pour into an old-fashioned glass and serve.

REFRESHING CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• Trim the ends off the key limes and halve lengthwise. Cut each half into 4 slices.
• In a cocktail shaker, using a wooden spoon or a pestle, muddle the key limes with the 1/4 cup of sugar until juicy and the sugar dissolves.
• Add the cachaça and the crushed ice and shake for 10 seconds; taste and add more sugar if desired.
• Pour (not strain) into an old-fashioned glass or tumbler ice and serve.

KIWI CAIPIRINHA

Steps:

• In cocktail shaker, combine the lime pieces and sugar and press with a muddler, to release the juice. Add the kiwifruit and and press with muddler to crush. Fill the shaker with ice. Measure in the cachaca. Cap and shake vigorously. Pour into and old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a slice of kiwifruit.

CAIPIRINHA COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place limes and simple syrup in a large pitcher and muddle until limes begin to break down. Add cachaca, ice, and cold water to pitcher. Stir well and serve.

CAIPIRINHA ORIGINAL OR WITH FRUIT

Steps:

• Place the lime pieces, pulp side up, in the bottom of an old fashioned glass or heavy tumbler.
• Add sugar to taste and crush the lime and sugar together with a pestle or the end of a wooden spoon (be sure to crush the pieces pulp side up or too much bitter lime oil will be released from the zest).
• Add the cachaca, stir to mix and add lots of ice cubes.
• Stir well again and serve.
• Optional: Shake all ingredients in a shaker till very well chilled.
• Optional: Add your choice of fruit to the lime to be muddled or in the shaker.

CAIPIRINHA (BRAZILIAN COCKTAIL)

Steps:

• 1. Place lime quarters and sugar in bottom of cocktail shaker. Muddle lime to release all the citrus juice.
• 2. Add crushed ice and cachaca to the shaker, and shake well.
• 3. Pour shaken cocktail into an old-fashioned glass, and serve with a garnish of fresh lime wedge.