Ep. 38: Hard to say, easy to make - Caipirinha and Brazilian Lemonade

Ep. 38: Hard to say, easy to make – Caipirinha and Brazilian Lemonade

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Welcome to episode 38 of The Art of Drinking with Join Jules and Your Favorite Uncle

What are we drinking this week?

The Caipirinha and its star ingredient, Chachaca are difficult to say, but give them the respect they’ve earned from their rich history. The national drink(s) of Brazil are easy to make and even easier to drink. Stick around for the tip today on how to deal with a hangover thanks to our friends, DrinkingBuddy (use code ARTOFDRINKING for a discount – this stuff WORKS)

Tip: Hangover remedies

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How do I make it Uncle Brad?

Brad, what do we need?

Chilled rocks glass
Cachaca
limes, about 2-3
knife & cutting board
Muddler
white granulated sugar
cocktail shaker
jigger
mixing spoon
Ice

Brad, how do I make it?

How to make a Caipirnha

Toss your cachaca in the freezer along with your rocks glasses
Cut limes and remove pith: Cut 1 lime in half, end to end or pole to pole. Then cut in half again, end to end. That white spine running through the middle of the lime, pole to pole, is called the “pith”. Cut the pith out. Taking 2 quarter wedges, cut each into 3 or 4 more pieces – you’ll have 6 to 8 pieces.

In your shaker

Add 6 – 8 lime pieces
Add 3 bar spoons or 1 tablespoon of sugar to shaker
***If using ice directly from freezer, add a ½ oz of cold water to shaker (BUT NOT ICE)
MUDDLE MUDDLE MUDDLE

Pour contents of shaker into your chilled double rocks glass
Add 2 oz of cold cachaca to your shaker and swirl it around to pick up remaining sugar and lime flavor and bits
Pour into your glass
Add ice and stir topping off with more ice. Garnish with a sugar cane stick or lime.

Jules, what do we need?

Rocks glass
Blender
2 limes
2 lemons
Filtered water
fine mesh strainer
4-cup measuring cup
Cachaca
Ice

Jule’s Cachaca Brazilian Lemonade Version

In your blender add:

2 limes, ends trimmed, quartered
2 lemons, ends trimmed, quartered
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk, plus more to taste depending on preference
4 cups water

Blend for about 10-15 seconds at high speed, then strain through a fine mesh strainer. Discard solids, or infuse some booze like a vodka or tequila, i mean why not?

In shaker add:

1.5 oz Cachaca
4 oz Brazilian Lemonade
Ice

Shake for 30 seconds, then strain into glass.

Garish with fresh lime wheels

Little history lesson

Cachaca: Origin – unknown. Consensus in academic communities say invented in the interior of Sa Paoulo, Brazil around 1918

Some say it was Alentejo, Portugal with popular recipe made from aguardiente de cana, lemon, garlic, and honey – medicine for Spanish flu

Another account says it’s based on Poncha (aguardiente de cana, honey, sugar, and orange juice or lemon, sometimes other her juices) from Madeira Portugal to cure common cold – main ingredient being Aguardiente de cana.

Aguardiente de cana is a spirit distilled from Sugar Cane and was largely produced on the island of Madeira) This is the ancestor to Cachaca. Cachaca is almost 500 years old, older than Rum.

What’s our tip?

Tip: Hangover Remedies

Step 1: drink water with every drink, that’s hopeful thinking I know

Step 2: drink an electrolyte package right before bed, chug up

Step 3: take a Drinking Buddy, which Brad we have a code now. First, I want to start by saying we’ve been talking with the founders of Drinking Buddy, really amazing brand and husband and wife team. We each tried their product, and our friends, and found it works for the most part to help our hangovers. So essentially you’ll take these two vitamin style capsules with your LAST DRINK or right before bed and it will help your body metabolize the alcohol overnight. Now, this isn’t a cure all but it sure does help. You can use our code: ARTOFDRINKING over on their website: drinkingbuddy.com

Now, step 4: morning of – obviously more water and electrolyte packages but I actually have a little tonic that helps which is:

Fill a glass with ice, add in Fresh citrus juice, preferred is grapefruit about 2 oz, generous dashes of aromatic bitters, topped with tonic water