Gelatin Free Caipirinha
Brazil's most beloved cocktail is refreshingly simple — just lime, sugar, cachaça, and ice — and every single ingredient is naturally free from animal-derived setting agents. That matters more than you might think, since some cocktail syrups, premixed drinks, and even certain wines and spirits are fined or clarified using gelatin during production. Here, there's nothing to second-guess. The magic is all in the muddling: pressing those lime wedges firmly with the sugar releases the fragrant oils from the peel alongside the juice, creating a bright, slightly bitter-sweet base that cachaça — Brazil's grassy, funky sugarcane spirit — absolutely loves. Crushed ice keeps everything cold and dilutes the drink just enough as you stir, rounding out the citrus punch into something dangerously smooth. It comes together in under two minutes and tastes like a beach vacation in a glass.
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1 serving
- 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
- 2 oz cachaça
- 1 cup crushed ice
Instructions
- 1
Place the lime wedges and sugar in a rocks glass. Muddle firmly, pressing and twisting the wedges until the juice is fully released and the sugar has dissolved into the juice, about 8–10 presses.
- 2
Fill the glass with crushed ice, then pour the cachaça over the top.
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