caipirinha.

[eugene11]

I had a few of these the other night at Fago de Chao the other night. These are great. The waiter described it as a mix between mojito and margaritas. It sort of is but not nearly as sweet. It was great. Its made with lime,sugar and cachaca.

Check it out.

 

[Fanny McLonghorn]

A brazilian guy I worked with was telling me about that, said it had lemon and something called "pinga". I thought he was calling me queer.

 

[utexas_61]

i had one of those as well when i went to fogo. they are lovely

 

[THEU]

I have only had one at La Dune in Dallas. It was very bitter and a bit harsh to me. Are they not like that at Fago de Chao?

 

[longhrnfan]

you have to ask them to make it with pinga or canchaca.

its lime, I'm sure the brazilian guy was just confused.


So good, and they will sneak up on you big time. Great for the ladies; they love em.

 

[Texas007]

I must have had about a thousand of these on a 6 day trip to Punta Cana. I think this was the only thing that would not give me violent, explosive diarhea.

 

[general35]

one of the strongest drinks ive ever had but have not been able to find one made properly in the united states. drank these daily when i was down on a study abroad program in buenos aires years ago...great drink

 

[Mr. Orange]

I think that pinga is just another name for cachaça in Brazil....same stuff. We bought a couple of liters of cachaça on the way to the airport leaving Rio a few years back. At our next party we tried like hell to make Caipirinhas for the crowd, but they mostly tasted like ****. We finally decided that the key must be using fresh juicy limes with a good flavor, because there really isnt that much else to them (just cachaça, lime and sugar).

 

[general35]

the key is the paste you make. key limes are the best and you really need to grind it with the suger and make a thick paste. it takes an entire small lime to make a good drink

 

[Poor Aggies]

I agree, it's the limes. I brought some chicasa back from Sao Paulo, and they aren't as good as back in Brazil. I tried some with Persian limes from Fiesta and they weren't too bad.

 

[Napoleon]

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[Bernard]

I discovered them in a bar my first night in Rio. I kept seeing the bartenders making these drinks with lime and sugar smashed together with crushed ice and some liquor. I spoke no Portugese and none of the staff spoke English, but I learned the name fast enough. I never knew what the liquor was unitl much later, but they tasted damn good on a hot night.

For the record, cachaca is basically rot gut rum that has historically been the buzz-inducer of choice for rural brazilians.

Bernard