# Caipirinha

> Caipirinha, the IBA official recipe: 60 ml cachaça, 1 lime and 4 tsp sugar. Built in the glass and served over crushed ice.

Brazil’s national drink: lime and sugar muddled in the glass, then cachaça over cracked ice.

- IBA category: [IBA: Contemporary Classics](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/contemporary-classics/index.md)
- Main spirit: [Cachaça cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cachaca-cocktails/index.md)
- Method: Built (built straight in the glass)
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- Served: Over crushed ice
- Strength: about 17.6% ABV once diluted by ice, about 1.4 standard drinks (14 g of alcohol each)
- Volume: 101 ml (3⅜ oz) before ice, about 136 ml in the glass
- Taste: Sour

## Ingredients

Amounts are for one drink. Ounces use 30 ml to the ounce.

- 60 ml (2 oz) [Cachaça](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cachaca/index.md)
- 1 [Lime](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lime/index.md) (cut into small wedges)
- 4 tsp [Sugar](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/simple-syrup/index.md) (or 30 ml (1 oz) simple syrup)

## Method

1. Place lime and sugar into a double old fashioned glass and muddle gently.
2. Fill the glass with cracked ice and add Cachaça.
3. Stir gently to involve ingredients.

## Garnish

None. IBA serves it without a garnish.

## Variations

- **Caipiroska**: Vodka instead of cachaça.
- **Caipirissima**: Rum instead of cachaça.
- **Caipirão**: Licor Beirão instead of cachaça.

## One ingredient away

Drinks on the list that differ from the Caipirinha by a single ingredient.

- [Daiquiri](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/daiquiri/index.md): white rum instead of cachaça

## If you like the Caipirinha

- [Mojito](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/mojito/index.md): White rum, lime juice, mint, simple syrup and soda water
- [Mai-Tai](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/mai-tai/index.md): Aged rum, orange curaçao, orgeat, lime juice and simple syrup
- [Illegal](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/illegal/index.md): Mezcal, overproof rum, falernum, maraschino liqueur, lime juice and simple syrup
- [Old Cuban](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/old-cuban/index.md): Mint, aged rum, lime juice, simple syrup, Angostura bitters and sparkling wine

## Source

- Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/caipirinha/
- IBA video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nil7VZJBoEU
- Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice; brands vary.

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