Tropical Caipirinha
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Ingredients
Lime (fresh)
3 barspoon Powdered sugar
1 1/2 oz Cachaça (unaged)
1/2 oz Coconut rum liqueur
3/4 oz Pineapple juice
How to make
Serve in a highball (max 10oz/300ml)
- 1 <strong>1.</strong> Cut lime in half (from pole to pole) and then slice one of the halves into eight 3-4mm thick half-moon shaped segments and drop into the base of a robust rocks glass
- 2 <strong>2.</strong> Add 3 bar spoons caster sugar (or ½oz/15ml sugar syrup 2:1) and MUDDLE
- 3 <strong>3.</strong> When sure fruit juice is fully extracted and the sugar dissolved, transfer the muddled fruit and sugar into serving glass (preferably a 30cl / 10oz hi-ball glass)
- 4 <strong>4</strong> POUR cachaça (stored in the freezer), coconut liqueur and pineapple juice (also chilled) into the shaker base or glass used to muddle and swirl to rinse before pouring into serving glass
- 5 STIR to ensure all ingredients are well mixed
- 6 <strong>5.</strong> Use an <a href="/bar-equipment-and-barware/250/ice-tapper">Ice Tapper</a> to crack (rather than crush) four to five large ice cubes and drop into serving glass
- 7 STIR before topping with more ice and serve with a stirrer (but no straws).
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
40.0% alc./vol.
History
While tropical drinks are often sweet, this has a tropical flavour with a distinct adult sourness.
Information regarding the history and variations of the Caipirinha cocktail.