Blueberry Caipirinha
Muddle ∙ 3 min ∙ 22.2% ABV ∙
The Blueberry Caipirinha is a Caipirinha with fresh blueberries muddled in with the lime and sugar, then stirred with cachaça over crushed ice.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Cut half a Fresh lime into wedges and drop into the glass
- Add Powdered sugar 3 bsp (or 15 ml sugar syrup) and muddle
- Add Fresh blueberries 10 pcs and muddle again
- Add Cachaça 60 ml and stir until the sugar dissolves
- Fill the glass with crushed ice and stir
- Top with more crushed ice and serve with a stirrer
Tips
- Muddle the lime with the sugar first, then the blueberries. Press gently; grind the lime pith and the drink turns bitter.
- Frozen blueberries shed water as they thaw and thin the drink, so use fresh ones.
- Stir the cachaça into the fruit until the sugar dissolves before adding crushed ice, so no grit is left at the bottom.
History
The Blueberry Caipirinha is a fruited variation on the Caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail of cachaça, sugar, and lime. It adds fresh blueberries to the muddled lime, following the long-standing Brazilian practice of swapping in other fruits to create flavored "caipifruta" versions of the original drink.
FAQ
What is a Blueberry Caipirinha made of?
60 ml cachaça, half a fresh lime, 3 barspoons of powdered sugar and 10 fresh blueberries. The lime, sugar and berries are muddled in the glass, then the cachaça is stirred in until the sugar dissolves, and crushed ice goes on top.
What kind of alcohol is in a Blueberry Caipirinha?
Cachaça, a Brazilian spirit distilled from fresh sugarcane juice rather than molasses, which is what rum is typically made from. It gives the drink a grassy, slightly funky sweetness that plain white rum does not replicate.
Is Blueberry Caipirinha stronger than mojito?
Yes, at about 22.2% ABV. It has no soda water to lengthen it, while a mojito is topped with club soda.
Is Blueberry Caipirinha Portuguese or Brazilian?
Brazilian. It is a fruit variation on the Caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail, and is made with cachaça, a spirit produced almost exclusively in Brazil from sugarcane.
