Transport to Brazil With This Quick Frozen Caipirinha Recipe

This summertime cocktail is the perfect refresher.

Frozen Caipirinha Recipe
Marisa Chafetz / Supercall
Marisa Chafetz / Supercall

As the national drink of Brazil, the Caipirinha is quite popular with our South American friends. But as more and more quality cachaças become available in the United States, the cocktail is becoming more and more common on restaurant and bar menus across the country. The drink’s simple mix of cachaça, lime juice and sugar is simple to make and easily customizable. You can muddle in-season fruit into the cocktail or use an aged cachaça for a richer, warmer flavor. And just when you thought the libation couldn’t get any more refreshing, we took the whole thing and dumped it into a blender with ice to create the ultimate summer sipper: the Frozen Caipirinha.

This crowd-pleasing cocktail is easy to batch for a crowd, and it doesn’t require any fancy syrups or expensive ingredients to get it right. If you choose a quality cachaça (we love Leblon and Avua Prata) and use fresh lime juice, the Frozen Caipirinha tastes like summer in a glass. We suggest sipping it poolside, serving it at your next backyard barbecue or simply whipping up a glassful at the end of a long, hot day.

Frozen Caipirinha

FLAVOR PROFILE
Sour
STRENGTH
DIFFICULTY
easy

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 oz Cachaça
  • Lime juice
  • 2 Bar Spoons sugar
  • .5 Cup ice
  • lime wheel

INSTRUCTIONS

Step one

Place all ingredients, save for the garnish, into a blender.

Step two

Blend until smooth. Pour into a rocks glass and garnish with a lime wheel.

Contributed by Supercall