Hosting a party at home with family and friends? We’ve got two incredible Brazilian cocktails to share with your friends on a summer’s evening. Your taste buds will seriously tangle from these two refreshing mixes and your friends will be bound to ask for the recipe. It doesn’t even have to be the weekend to deserve one of these waiting for you when you get home!
Brazilian Cocktail Recipes
VELHO BARREIRO CACHAÇA CAIPIRINHA COCKTAIL
Ingredients
1/2 lime sliced in 4-6 wedges
2 teaspoons caster sugar
Ice cubes
50mL Velho Barreiro Cachaça
Method
1. Remove the ends of the lime
2. Cut the lime in half and remove the bitter centre pit from the lime
3. Slice half of the lime into four wedges
4. Place lime wedges in a glass
5. Add caster sugar to the glass
6. Muddle the lime and sugar in order to extract the juice and essential oils from the skin of the lime
7. Fill the glass with ice cubes
8. Pour the Cachaça all the way to the top of the glass
9. Pour the contents of the glass into a cocktail shaker, shake well and pour it back into the glass.
Alternatively, if you don’t have cocktail shaker, use crushed ice instead of ice cubes and stir into the cocktail thoroughly.
GUARANÁ GINGER
Ingredients
45 mL vodka
2-3 thin slices fresh ginger, slightly macerated
Guarana Antarctica
Ice
Method
1. Macerate the ingredients well
2. Add crushed ice
3. Top with Guarana Antarctica
4. Serve in tall glass
Cocktail recipes courtesy of Brazillian Style Imports
