Caipirinha

Step 3 Mash the ingredients

Mash the two ingredients (sugar and lime) with a muddler or a spoon. Be careful not to press too much, to avoid the lime to release its acid part contained in the peel.

Then fill the glass with crushed ice.

Comments

[eldavoloco]

  This is an excellent instructable on how to make a great authentic caipirinha! I have one minor quibble with this step, though. The skin of a lime contains lime oil...the acid is in the fruit. By muddling the fruit (mashing it with a spoon or muddler), you release both the juice of the fruit and the oil of the skin. The juice provides the acidity, and the oil a lovely floral quality. So I would encourage folks not to be shy in the muddling step!
 BTW, I love your caipirinha pic! It looks soooooooooo delicious it's got me wanting one!