Caipiroska
Also known as Caipivodka
Vodka, lime and sugar over crushed ice: the Caipirinha built on vodka instead of cachaça.
The Caipiroska is the Caipirinha with vodka, and it belongs to the 1970s, when vodka spread through Brazilian bars as a neutral alternative to cachaça. The build is unchanged — lime wedges muddled with sugar, spirit, crushed ice — so what the drink loses in cachaça’s grassy edge it gains in clarity. In Brazil it is often the drink a bar makes for someone who finds cachaça too assertive, which is both its purpose and its reputation.
- Fruit versions — passion fruit, strawberry, kiwi — became standard in Brazilian bars from the 1990s.
- Caipirinha (cachaça)
- Caipiroska with passion fruit
- Strawberry Caipiroska
“The name is a portmanteau of caipirinha and vodka; caipivodka is the other common spelling of the idea.”
Ingredients
- Vodka60 ml
- Lime1, cut into wedges
- Sugar2 tsp
- Crushed iceto fill
Method
Muddle the lime wedges with the sugar in a rocks glass, add the vodka and fill with crushed ice; stir before serving.
Rocks glass · crushed ice · lime