Drink a Caipirinha in Brazil

“Outside of Brazil the caipirinha has been gaining in popularity, but I can tell you that I’m yet to discover a foreign version that tastes quite like a home grown Brazilian one. [...] Your first will be simply delicious. The second will make you suitably merry. The third may mean it’s time to go home, or at least move onto lemonade for a while. When made well caipirinha is deceptively strong, I suppose on account of the contrast of zingy lime, sweet sugar and refreshing ice, which in combo lead to a failure of your taste buds to take note of the cachaça in the background.”

“years before when I went to Brazil for the first time with my Brazilian husband to see the Christ it was 9 in the morning and they had a caipirinha cart out front and we said why not? They made them so nice! Great way to start the day in Rio!”