Caipirinha

Ingredients

• 2 oz Cachaça (a rum derived from cane juice that is not cooked)
• 1 lime cut into small wedges
• 4 teaspoons of white cane sugar
• Garnish: None

Instructions 

1. Muddle the lime wedges and cane sugar in an old fashioned glass.
2. Fill the glass with cracked ice.
3. Add Cachaça and stir to combine ingredients. 
   
4. Note: There are 3 other variations that change the base spirit.  These are; 
   1. Caipiroska - using vodka.
   2. Caipirissima using rum.
   3. Caipirão - using Licor Beirão.