{"id":886,"date":"2009-02-25T20:57:22","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T03:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2009-02-25T20:57:22","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T03:57:22","slug":"muddle-or-shake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=886","title":{"rendered":"Muddle or Shake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The question has plagued mankind since the development of the Caipirinha.\u00c2\u00a0 Should one muddle the cocktail or shake?\u00c2\u00a0 It’s the kind of question fights have been started over.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I couldn’t let this dilemma go unsolved any longer.\u00c2\u00a0 So I mixed up a Caipirinha show down for the benefit of all of us.<\/p>\n

\"Muddle<\/a><\/p>\n

Caipirinha (Shaken)<\/strong><\/pre>\n
2 oz Cacha\u00c3\u00a7a (Leblon)\r\n1 oz Lime Juice\r\n1\/2 oz Rich Simple Syrup<\/strong><\/pre>\n
Caipirinha (Muddled)<\/strong><\/pre>\n
1\/2 Lime cut in Wedges\r\n2 tsp Sugar\r\n2 oz Cacha\u00c3\u00a7a (Leblon)<\/strong><\/pre>\n
The verdict is a bit of a hard one.\u00c2\u00a0 Both of these varients have their pluses and minuses.\u00c2\u00a0 Certainly both are very tasty and I definitely wouldn’t turn either down.<\/p>\n
Shaken<\/strong><\/p>\n
Pro – Very simple to mix in batches ahead of time or in large quantities
\nPro – Tremendously drinkable
\nCon – Sourness of the lime covered by simple syrup
\nCon – Subtleties of the cacha\u00c3\u00a7a are lost<\/p>\n
Muddled<\/strong><\/p>\n
Pro – Classic recipe
\nPro – Bitterness from peel and oils adds to flavor
\nPro – Much more complex flavor
\nPro – More interesting presentation
\nPro – Cacha\u00c3\u00a7a flavor comes through more
\nCon – Longer prep
\nCon – Requires muddler
\nCon – Need fresh limes<\/p>\n
Okay, those last two cons for the muddled recipe are both a stretch.\u00c2\u00a0 You can use damn near anything blunt as a muddler and I’d certainly hope you were buying fresh limes for this drink anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 So, the final verdict?\u00c2\u00a0 Make the muddled version unless you’re either making them by the pitcher full or mixing tons and tons of them for a party.<\/p>\n
Still worried that you can’t make this drink due to a lack of muddler?\u00c2\u00a0 Fear not.\u00c2\u00a0 The good folks at Leblon Cacha\u00c3\u00a7a will happily send you a muddler for only the cost of shipping ($2.00).\u00c2\u00a0 I used mine to make the drink you see pictured above.\u00c2\u00a0 You can pick yours up right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The question has plagued mankind since the development of the Caipirinha.\u00c2\u00a0 Should one muddle the cocktail or shake?\u00c2\u00a0 It’s the kind of question fights have been started over.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I couldn’t let this dilemma go unsolved any longer.\u00c2\u00a0 So I mixed up a Caipirinha show down for the benefit of all of us. Caipirinha (Shaken) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[79,9],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-caipirinha","tag-cocktail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}