Caipirinha (low-calorie)
A citrus and sour cachaça cocktail ∙ Muddle ∙ 3 min ∙ 18.6% ABV ∙
The Caipirinha (low-calorie) muddles fresh lime with a sugar-free sweetener syrup instead of sugar, then adds cachaça and cracked ice.
Ingredients
1
Servings
Garnish
Instructions for 1 serving
- Pre-chill a glass
- Cut half a Fresh lime into wedges and drop into a sturdy rocks glass
- Add Sugar-free sweetener syrup 15 ml and muddle
- If using cubed ice straight from the freezer, add Chilled water 20 ml and muddle again (omit water if using watery ice)
- Once the juice is extracted, transfer the mixture to the serving glass
- Pour Cachaça 45 ml into the muddling glass, swirl to rinse, and pour into the serving glass
- Stir to combine
- Crack 4-5 large ice cubes and drop into the serving glass
- Stir, top with more ice, and serve with a stirrer
Tips
- Eight to ten firm presses get the juice and oils out of the lime; keep going and the pith turns the drink bitter.
History
This low-calorie Caipirinha replaces the traditional sugar with a sugar-free sweetener syrup, plus a little chilled water when the ice is dry, keeping the cachaça-and-lime base intact.
The Caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail of cachaça, lime, and sugar, takes its name from "caipira," a term for a person from the Brazilian countryside.
