Cachaca 51 38°

€ 25.00 / 1 L

May only be produced in Brazil. Is used in cocktails such as Caipirinha and is the 4th best-selling drink, after vodka, Korean soju and whiskey, in the world with more than 20 million sales per year. The secret of success is most likely its subtle sweetness and pleasant aroma

Food pairing

The basic ingredient of a lot of cocktails

Alcoholcontent

38 %vol

Caipirinha recept

Caipirinha is the diminutive derived from the Brazilian word caipira. This is a Brazilian condescending term that is used to refer to unskilled (sometimes naive or even stupid) rural residents

Recipe for one cocktail

Cachaça - 5 cl

Lime - 1 piece (you use half)

Cane sugar - 2 tsp (white or sugar syrup)

Crushed ice

Preparation

Wash the lime thoroughly and roll back and forth with the palm on the table to release the juices.

Cut the lime in half and then in four, cut away the hard white skin as much as possible and remove seeds that have a bitter taste . Put the lime wedges with zest in a wide layer of glass, such as a whiskey glass. Sprinkle cane sugar. Mash the lime wedges with a muddler, not stomping too hard, because the inside of the green skin (the white film) can release a bitter taste.

Fill the glass to the brim with crushed or grated ice (do not use too fine ice).

Pour the ice with the cachaça and stir the cocktail well with a stir bar