The quintessential Brazilian cocktail

Why mess with perfection? This easy-drinking icon is the ideal marriage of citrus and sweetness. Distilled from fermented sugar cane juice, cachaça has an unmistakable flavor. Perhaps because of its sunniness, a Caipirinha is said to ward off the common cold.

Ingredients

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Preparation

Muddle lime and sugar cane syrup in a double old fashioned rocks glass. Add cachaça and fill with ice. Stir quickly with a swizzle stick or barspoon.