Introduction: Caipirinha

Favorite crisp refreshing cocktails for family and friends and the featured drink at our wedding, Uma caipirinha maise. Caipirinha's are the favorite cocktails in Brazil. You can make the original lime or a peach caipirinha. They are easy and fun to make.

Step 1: Ingredients

  1. Cachaca
  2. Peach Schnapps
  3. Limes
  4. Sugar
  5. Muddler
  6. Ice
  7. Shaker
  8. Glass

Cut one lime into quarters and place in a glass with sugar. Sweeten to taste with the sugar, if you like tart drinks, less sugar, if you like sweet drinks, more sugar. Muddle the limes and the sugar until the sugar has mixed with the lime juice. Add ice to the top of the glass. Add 2 shots of cachaca and 1 shot of peach schnapps. Pour into shaker and shake until sugar has dissolved. Pour into glass and decorate with a lime wedge.

Step 2: Caipirinha

Caiphirinha's can be made with different fruits. You can use raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, peaches. Just muddle the fruit with the sugar and limes. Uma caipirinha mais!