Melon and Apple Caipirinha
A fruity, bubbly and sour cachaça cocktail ∙ Muddle ∙ 3 min ∙ 12.7% ABV ∙
The Melon and Apple Caipirinha is a muddled cachaça sour that adds fresh melon and unsweetened apple cider alongside the classic's lime and sugar.
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 Melon 1 slice and muddle again
- Add Cachaça 60 ml and Apple cider (unsweetened) 30 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
- Once the lime and sugar are muddled, give the melon a gentle press; mash it hard and the drink turns cloudy and pulpy instead of juicy.
History
The Melon and Apple Caipirinha is a fruit-forward spin on the Caipirinha, Brazil's national cocktail, adding muddled cantaloupe and unsweetened apple cider to the traditional lime, sugar, and cachaça. It belongs to the broad family of fruit caipirinhas that emerged as the drink spread beyond Brazil. Brazilian law restricts the name Caipirinha to the lime-and-cachaça original, so fruit versions like this one are typically classed as caipifrutas.
FAQ
What alcohol is in a Melon and Apple Caipirinha?
Cachaça, 60 ml of it, is the only alcohol. The rest is lime, sugar, muddled melon and unsweetened apple cider.
Do apple and melon go together?
Yes. The apple's tartness cuts the ripe sweetness of the melon instead of competing with it. Here unsweetened apple cider does that job against muddled cantaloupe.
