Tag: Caipirinha
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Caipirinha – Carioca for a Week
Sipping a Caipirinha truly makes you feel like a Brazilian, if only for a short time. The fresh lime flavor, sweetness and grassy flavor of the cachaça meld in to a truly wonderful drink. The flavor is extremely refreshing, not unlike a slightly alcoholic limeade. Not to mention these drinks are exceedingly drinkable. That said,…
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Muddle or Shake?
The question has plagued mankind since the development of the Caipirinha. Should one muddle the cocktail or shake? It’s the kind of question fights have been started over. Well, I couldn’t let this dilemma go unsolved any longer. So I mixed up a Caipirinha show down for the benefit of all of us. Caipirinha (Shaken)…
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Caipirinha
This week, and specifically Tuesday, is Carnaval in Brazil and to celebrate I’m featuring Brazil’s national drink, the Caipirinha. The Caipirinha [KIE-PEE-REEN-YAH] is a fairly simple drink consisting of only cachaça [KA-SHA-SA], limes and sugar muddled together to create what Gary Regan lovingly refers to as “an elixir.” Sounds fantastic to me, sign me up.…