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Caipirinha

Cocktail
Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail from São Paulo, made with cachaça, sugar, and lime. The drink is prepared by mixing the fruit and the sugar together, then adding the liquor. This can be made in a single large glass to be shared among... Wikipedia
Main alcohol: Cachaça
Ingredients: 1 2/3 oz Cachaça, 2 Teaspoons brown sugar, and Half a lime cut into 4 wedges
Preparation: Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça.
Served: On the rocks; poured over ice
Standard garnish: Lime and Sugar cane
Drinkware: Old Fashioned glass
IBA specified ingredients†: 60 ml cachaça; 1 persian lime cut into small wedges; 4 teaspoons white cane sugar