This Weeks Cocktail

 

caipirinha

caipirinha2 This is a traditional cocktail from Brazil, known as the 'Peasants Drink' The Caipirinha is a very intense drink containing a whole lime, sugar and spirit. The original spirit used for this cocktail is Cachaca.
Glass 10 oz rocks
Method muddle
CrushedIce Recipe 1 lime cut into 6 wedges
2 bar spoons Demarara sugar
Crushed ice
50ml Cachaca

Dice the lime wedges and place in a rocks glass. Pour over the sugar and muddle with a large muddler. Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the spirit choice and stir. No garnish is required for this drink as the lime remains inthe glass.