Caipirinha

One sip of this sweet Brazilian cocktail will make you think you’re on a beach in Rio de Janeiro. Cheers!

Start to finish: 5 minutes (5 minutes active)
Servings: 4

Ingredients
• 4 juicy limes, quartered into wedges
• 6 tablespoons sugar or brown sugar
• 8 ounces cachaça
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 1 lime, sliced into rounds
• Mint leaves (optional)
• Sliced star fruit (optional)

Directions
1. Divide the lime wedges into 4 small glasses. Add 1-1/2 tablespoons of sugar to each glass. Mash with a muddler until you get as much juice out of the lime as possible.
2. Add 2 ounces of cachaça and 1/4 of the lime juice to each glass. Stir well with a spoon.
3. Garnish each glass with a slice of lime. If desired, garnish with mint leaves and star fruit slices as well.

Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice that’s commonly used for cocktails in Brazil.