Caipirinha (no added sugar and low-calorie)
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Ingredients
Lime (fresh)
1/2 oz Sugar-free sweetener syrup
3/4 oz Chilled water
1 1/2 oz Cachaça (unaged)
How to make
Serve in a highball (max 10oz/300ml)
- 1 <strong>1.</strong> Cut lime in half (from pole to pole) and slice on half into 3-4mm thick half-moon shaped segments and drop into the base of a robust rocks glass
- 2 <strong>2.</strong> Add sweetener and MUDDLE
- 3 <strong>3.</strong> If using cubed ice straight from the freezer, add chilled water (or optionally add fruit of your choice) and MUDDLE some more
- 4 If using watery ice then omit water
- 5 <strong>4.</strong> When sure muddling has fully extracted fruit juice, POUR the muddled fruit and sweetener into serving glass (preferably a 30cl / 10oz hi-ball glass)
- 6 <strong>5.</strong> POUR cachaça (stored in the freezer) into the rocks glass (the glass used to muddle) and swirl to rinse glass before pouring cachaça into serving glass
- 7 STIR to mix with other ingredients
- 8 <strong>6.</strong> If using cubed ice, crack (rather than crush) four to five large ice cubes and drop into serving glass
- 9 STIR before topping with more ice and serve with a stirrer (but no straws).
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
History
A sugar-free Caipirinha, avoiding the issue of crunchy undissolved sugar crystals.
The Caipirinha cocktail: its history, flavour profile, and preparation instructions.