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During my period of study in Portugal I tried to know and to understand every aspect of the portuguese/brazilian culture and it was there that I meet Caipirinha. The easy way to prepare it and its good taste made Caipirinha famous all over the world.
The main ingredient is the cachaça, a distilled alcoholic made from fermented sugarcane. In the XVI century the residuate of sugarcane was given to slaves and to animals. This fermented residuate was called by the spanish "cachaza" and by the portuguese "cagassa".
Then someone had the great idea to distill it, and this originated a strong alcoholic that became famous really soon.
Apart from being an alcoholic beverage it was considered also as a medicine, something like an elixir that could be given to heal from flu (grippe) and fever.
The ingredients are:
- Cachaça (5-6 cl. / 1T fl oz);
- 1/2 Lime;
- 2 teaspoons of white sugar;
- ice.
The main ingredient is the cachaça, a distilled alcoholic made from fermented sugarcane. In the XVI century the residuate of sugarcane was given to slaves and to animals. This fermented residuate was called by the spanish "cachaza" and by the portuguese "cagassa".
Then someone had the great idea to distill it, and this originated a strong alcoholic that became famous really soon.
Apart from being an alcoholic beverage it was considered also as a medicine, something like an elixir that could be given to heal from flu (grippe) and fever.
The ingredients are:
- Cachaça (5-6 cl. / 1T fl oz);
- 1/2 Lime;
- 2 teaspoons of white sugar;
- ice.
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Take a lime, divide it and then cut into four wedges.
Place the lime into the glass. I left the glasses for about half an hour into the freezer, to maintain the cocktail cold while you're drinking.
Place the lime into the glass. I left the glasses for about half an hour into the freezer, to maintain the cocktail cold while you're drinking.
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I've never drank caipirinha in brazil, but it seems it would be the only way to better understand caipirinha science! :P
BTW, I love your caipirinha pic! It looks soooooooooo delicious it's got me wanting one!
Dare I say that, in portuguese, "cachaça" should sound something like "cachassa"? ;-)
The word cachaça can be divided in 3 syllables: ca-cha-ça, and I would suggest this pronounciation: KA-SHA-SSA.
If you want to listen to the word pronounced by brazilians try here