Caipirinha

Caipirinha is the best known Brazilian drink. It is a cocktail made of cachaça, sugar, limes and ice. Cachaça is a distilled alcoholic beverage made of sugarcane.

Ingredients for one glass of caipirinha

• lime
• cachaça
• granulated sugar
• two icecubes

Preparation
Cut a lime into pieces and put these in a flat-bottomed glass. Add one or two spoons of sugar (Brazilians like it probably sweeter than you do). Crush the lemon with a pestle or a spoon to release its juice. Add the ice cubes. Some people like to crush the ice before adding, others simply add the whole ice cubes. Add the cachaça while mixing until the lemon and the ice cubes are just covered.

Caipivodka?
If you replace the cachaça with vodka, you’ll have a drink called caipivodka.