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Encyclopedia > Caipirinha
This drink is designated as an
IBA Official Cocktail
Caipirinha
National cocktail of Brazil
Type: Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:
Served: "On the rocks"; poured over ice
Standard garnish: lime
Standard drinkware: Old fashioned glass
IBA specified ingredients:
Preparation: Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça.
Notes: A wide variety of fresh fruits can be used in place of lime. In the absence of cachaça, vodka can be used.

Caipirinha (pronounced [kaj.pi.'ri.ɲɐ]) is Brazil's national cocktail made with Cachaça (pronounced IPA: [ˌkaˈʃasɐ]), sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled alcoholic beverage. Like rum, it is made from sugarcane, however, cachaça is made from sugarcane juice whereas rum is made from molasses, a byproduct of the sugar refining process. It is common to substitute vodka or rum in drinks made with cachaça, including the Caipirinha. An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 461 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (567 × 737 pixel, file size: 110 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Studio photo of a caipirinha with a sugar cane swizzle stick taken December 2006 using a Cannon PowerShot S2 IS 5. ... Main article: Cocktail Wikibooks Bartending has a page on the topic of Cocktails A cocktail is a style of mixed drink made predominantly with a distilled beverage, such as vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, or tequila, mixed with another drink other than water. ... Cachaça Java, from Salinas-MG, Brazil Cachaça (IPA: ) is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. ... Image File history File links Old_Fashioned_Glass. ... An old fashioned glass The old fashioned glass is commonly found in bars and pubs, it is not very tall but is a little wider than the Hi-Ball, making it suitable for cocktails that have fewer ingredients. ... An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ... The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. ... Cachaça Java, from Salinas-MG, Brazil Cachaça (IPA: ) is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Image:Teaspoon sugar. ... Wooden muddler A muddler is a bartenders tool, used to muddle -- or make a mash of -- fruits, herbs, and/or spices in the bottom of a glass to release their flavor. ... Cachaça Java, from Salinas-MG, Brazil Cachaça (IPA: ) is the most popular distilled alcoholic beverage in Brazil. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... This article is about sugar as food and as an important and widely-traded commodity. ... Lime has several meanings: Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Lime (mineral) - a group of calcium compounds and minerals in which they predominate, including: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit... יחכיטכיגיגיוגקאטגקעיגקDistillation is a method of separating chemical substances based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the beverage. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical... Molasses or treacle is a thick syrup by-product from the processing of the sugarcane or sugar beet into sugar. ...

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Popularity

The Caipirinha is well known both inside Brazil and around the world. The beverage is the national drink of Brazil,[1] and is enjoyed in restaurants, bars, and many households throughout Brazil. The International Bartender Association has designated it as one of their Official Cocktails, adding to its worldwide recognition and appeal. The IBA has labeled the Caipirinha as one of the 50 greatest drinks of all time.[2] Outside of Brazil, particularly in the United States, the availability of cachaça is limited, so few bars serve the drink, although it has become popular, and widely available in the UK since about 2006. An IBA Official Cocktail is one of several cocktails selected by the International Bartenders Association (IBA) for use in the annual World Cocktail Competition (WCC)[1] in bartending. ...


Now that first-rate brands of cachaça are available outside of Brazil, the popularity of cachaça and its related drinks are increasing, especially in the United States.[3]


Name

The word "Caipirinha" itself is the diminutive version of the word "caipira", which refers to someone from the countryside, being an almost exact equivalent of the American English hillbilly. The word may be used as either a masculine or a feminine noun, but when referring to this drink it is only feminine (usage of diminutives is conspicuous in Brazil). However, a Brazilian hardly ever thinks of a "country person" when ordering a "Caipirinha". In the mind of a Brazilian, the word "Caipirinha" is mostly associated with the drink itself. Caipira is a Brazilian Portuguese term used to designate inhabitants of rural, remote areas in some brazilian states, particularly São Paulo, Minas Gerais and the western brazilian states. ...


Trivia: Caipirinha were the specialty drink at Trovata's New York Fashion show.


Variations

Caipiroska, basically same as Caipirinha, except with vodka instead of Cachaça
Caipiroska, basically same as Caipirinha, except with vodka instead of Cachaça

Although Caipirinha is made out of cachaça, lime, ice and sugar, this name is also given to describe a style of drink. Thus you may hear of such drinks as "Passionfruit Caipirinha", etc. Most variations arise from the unavailability of some ingredient: Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...

  • Fresh fruits used to create variations of Caipirinha might be lime, tangerine, grapefruit, kiwi, passion fruit, pineapple, berries, grapes, and caju. Occasionally dairy or soy milk products are added for a creamy variation. All these variations are usually given the generic name of Batida.
  • Caipirovka, Caipirovska, Caipivodka or how the IBA calls it: Caipiroska - with vodka.
  • Caipirissima - with rum.
  • Sakêrinha - with sake and tangerines instead of limes.
  • Caipirão - with Licor Beirão (Portuguese liqueur)
  • At the south of Brazil, caipirinha made from Steinhager is very appreciated, since there are a couple Steinhager factories at there (probably because of German immigration).

Technically, caipirinha is a specific type of Batida and the word should not be used to indicate other drinks with fruit juice. Lime has several meanings: Look up Lime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Lime (mineral) - a group of calcium compounds and minerals in which they predominate, including: Limestone Agricultural lime - a mineral soil additive Calcium oxide (also quicklime) - a chemical compound Calcium hydroxide (also slaked lime) - a chemical compound Lime (fruit... Binomial name Citrus reticulata Blanco For other uses, see Tangerine (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Macfad. ... Species See text. ... The fruit of Passiflora edulis Passion fruit (Portuguese: Maracuj ) comes from passion flower vines, plants of the genus Passiflora, native to tropical and sub-tropical America. ... For other uses, see Pineapple (disambiguation). ... This article is about the fruit. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis... Binomial name L. The Cashew (Anacardium occidentale; syn. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikibooks using the Transwiki process. ... Vodka bottling machine, Shatskaya Vodka Shatsk, Russia Vodka (Polish: wódka, Russian: водка) is one of the worlds most popular distilled beverages. ... This article is about the beverage. ... Sake barrels at Itsukushima Shrine. ... Binomial name Citrus reticulata Blanco For other uses, see Tangerine (disambiguation). ... Licor Beirão is a Portuguese liqueur. ... Steinhäger is the most well–known German gin, a spirit flavoured with juniper berries. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikibooks using the Transwiki process. ...


See also

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References and notes

  1. ^ Mackay, Jordan (August 10, 2006). Made in Brazil. 7x7 San Francisco. Hartle Media, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  2. ^ IBA Homepage. IBA (2005-2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-14.
  3. ^ Willey, Rob (February 2006). Everyday with Rachael Ray. Cane and Able. Retrieved on 2007-01-14. “The caipirinha--a sour-sweet combination of crushed limes, sugar and cachaça—has become the darling of American bartenders, and first-rate cachaça is at last finding a place on American liquor-store shelves.”

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