Caipirinha recipe

Cachaça, lime and sugar, muddled in an Old Fashioned glass and topped with crushed ice.

  • 2 mins total
  • 3 ingredients
  • Old Fashioned glass
Caipirinha in a rocks glass with crushed ice and lime

Recipe card

Caipirinha

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Old Fashioned glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Put the lime wedges and sugar in an Old Fashioned glass.
  2. Muddle gently.
  3. Fill the glass with crushed ice.
  4. Use a jigger to measure the cachaça into the glass.
  5. Stir gently with a bar spoon.
  6. Garnish with a slice of lime.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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