Caipirinha

Caipirinha

IBA official cocktail
Caipirinha
Type	Cocktail
Base spirit	Cachaça
Served	On the rocks: poured over ice
Standard garnish	sugarcane, lime (ingredient)
Standard drinkware	Old fashioned glass
IBA specified ingredients†	60 ml cachaça 1 persian lime cut into small wedges 4 teaspoons white cane sugar
Preparation	Place lime and sugar into a double old fashioned glass and muddle gently. Fill the glass with cracked ice and add Cachaça. Stir gently to involve ingredients.
Notes	Caipiroska – instead of cachaça use vodka
† Caipirinha recipe at International Bartenders Association

Caipirinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [kajpiˈɾĩɲɐ]) is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça (sugarcane hard liquor), sugar, and lime.^[1] The drink is prepared by mixing the fruit and the sugar together, then adding the liquor.