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Something you'll be happy to hear: the "Aracuan" actually is a bird. It's the speckled chachalaca (promise I'm not making it up); or Aracuã in Portuguese.
So I'm a huge fan and recently concocted a mixed drink (or hope I did I dont know if it exists) it is fruity and sweet 1/2 oz absinthe 2 oz vodka 2oz cherry simple syrup 1oz fresh squeezed lemon juice (Shaken with ice then strained into glass without ice) Add 5 or so ounces of Sprite and stir. Garnished with (icecream sunday) cherries and a lemon skin cut to form wing shapes It's called the red spriggen (play on words cause spriggens are fairies)
Cachaça (with a ç) is pronounced "kah-shah-suh" edit: ffs I summoned every single Brazilian on the internet to explain how to pronounce Cachaça on this comment section
I'm brazillian, it's cachaÇa as others pointed out. The caipirinha is great, but there's always a controversy if it should be shaken or just mixed, purists would say it's just mixed, but I don't care, if the drink you like is in the glass...
@@TheBrothergreen another tip is to not drink righ after muddling, you need to wait the ice defrost a little, this will make a huge difference on the drink...
You can also drop the lime wedges skin down and you'd have the same scraping effect. I usually muddle onto the flesh of the lime so the skin would be pushing down or a bit to the side. In any case I think muddling with sugar should extract a fair amount of essential oils.
Thank you for finally doing a show on one of my all time favorite drinks - yes, yes, yes! I have visited Brazil many times and always love this drink. Note that no matter how you prepare it, you will never match what the street vendors on the beach in Rio can do. There are different types of cachaca, make sure you are using a young (clear) cachaca, not the aged (dark) cachaca. Get real Brazilian cachaca, not rum from another country. The center core of limes can impart a bitter flavor, so cut the center white part out while quartering. Brazilian ice comes from water that is somewhat basic, so try to use basic water rather than slightly acidic water. If you water is acidic for making ice, then dilute the drink slightly with a basic still (no gas) mineral water. Also note that the ambient heat and humidity in Brazil will cause the ice to melt quickly, which is part of the flavor. If you are making this in a cold environment, consider diluting the drink slightly with appropriate mineral water (see above) for the absolute proper flavor. Although straws are evil from the environmental point of view and forbidden in some locations, this is a drink that is absolutely best sipped through a fine cocktail straw, which you can use to stir to aid in the dilution.
You wont see this, but the "secret" is 51 pirassununga, which us a 51% alcohol based cachaça, the cheapest and most popular cachaça in brazil. And i agree with you. The way they do it on the beach is unmatchable, and its like less than 2 dollars, i think.
Anthony Bourdain in reference to this drink: "One drink: not sure I like that. Two drinks: actually that's pretty good. Three drinks: where are my pants?"
You can't imagine how happy I was when I saw that Greg was making Caipirinhas! Beside his hard time with pronunciation (it's actually super hard for non-latin language speakers to say it) he did a really good job. Although, I don't shake my Caipirinhas I just stir them. Nice job, guys!
Saw the title, clicked faster than anything in my life. THIS was the drink that got me into bartending! I was obsessed with all the Caipirinhas and all their variables! It is such a versatile simple and fun drink! YES! YES!!
I saw the title and knew you were gonna have a tough time pronouncing everything haha. Brazilian guys at my work have always pronounced it “cashasa” not sure why google is steering you wrong
two reasons, 1. the second c is not a simple c, it have diacritical below (Ç), which means the c should be a soft c, like the two S's in saSSAfras. 2. greg asked google to pronounce the word in (US) american pronunciation, nor Brasilian Portuguese pronunciation;.
As a native brazilian, who worked as bartender and drinks a lot, I can say the only mistake you made was the pronouce of the word "cachaça". It's more like "caXAsa" then "ka cha ka", but besides that, you nailed it. It's strange to be in this channel not to learn, but to explain something. I particulary, at home, use simple syrup instead of sugar, and sometimes I also use some carboneted drink to make volume (like some ice vodka, soda pop or something like that.) You can also use vodka or sake instead of cachaça, then you call it caipiroska or sakeroska. I really recomend the sake one. Here we also exchange the fruit. Lime, lemon, orange, strawberry, jabuticaba, watermellon, kiwi. Have a good juice, you can use it. I would love to taste a blueberry or cherry one (there is no blueberry and cherrys in Brazil) Keep the awesome work my dude!
Actually maybe three mistakes though. 1. His wrong Cachaça pronunciation. Kah-shaa-Suh 2. He should have cut ends of lime and middle white center of the lime because that adds bitterness to the drink 3. He adds all ingredients in and shakes all at same time. The last ingredient he should have add was the Cachaça AFTER shaking all other ingredients first.
@@titaa56 What would he even be shaking at that point? Just lime, sugar, and ice. I doubt you would get the sugar to even dissolve in that amount of liquid, the result would just be beating up an already muddled lime some more.
@@titaa56 brazilian from the future. *PLEASE* take off lime's white parts. Caipirinha is a sweet, summerish, easy-to-drink cocktail. Doesn't add bitterness to it. Bitterness belong to a lot of another drinks, but not Caipirinha. It embraces sweetness and easy pleasure 💖🇧🇷 it represents a easy afternoon at the beach: lush sun and calm sea breeze while beautiful people just live their lives. Brazil is effortlessly beautiful. Caipirinha represents it.
I dont really drink but as someone who is really into the culinary arts, this series has made me appreciate the taste of cocktails and spirits, thanks!
The wife has been singing "Copa, Copacabana..." all week and her squeal hit a previously unheard note when you also started singing it. Also thank you, this is my brothers favorite drink and he has many beautiful stories from it.
(6:15) The computer gave you the wrong pronunciation because you did not spell the word correctly. The "ç" near the end has a different sound than a regular "c".
@@CorvusCorone68 it's okay, dude. what alex said was understandable. however and hungarian SZ? I coulda say it's pronounced like a germanic ß (called "sz") which would help precisely noone except german speakers
Oooh, my favorite all-time drink! By the way, that peanut butter note you're getting is actually more of a texture thing where the natural cane syrup texture of the cachaça is blending with the oils from the lime peel and highlights the slight lime peel bitterness combined with the sweetness of the alcohol and sugar. There is definitely an excellent balance of sweet/tart/bitter combined with the slightly creamy but sublimely refreshing and fresh smooth liquid texture that makes this drink so phenomenal.
I’m brazilian, and we usually stir the drink. Today I tried and had to come back and say to everybody that we were wrong. Believe it or not, but shaking makes a difference. Just one thing we do also different, for that amount of lemon, we usually put a little more of cachaça or vodka for those who don’t like cachaça. Never said anything before, but your channel is the best on drinks in my opinion.
After watching half of this I immediatley ran to the store to get lime. I have a Cachaca 51 unopened in my storage for 2 years but never got a chance to open it. Poured myself one of these and it was great while enjoying the sunset. Thanks!
My favorite Brazilian steakhouse uses a rocks glass which fits a boston shaker tin, and makes them tableside. They put the lime in the glass, then the sugar, then muddle, then pour cachaca and ice into shaker tin, and shake. So you could even build it in the glass, if you want.
Works well with Vodka too! And you can use some other fruit like Strawberries. Also, the reason the computer gave you that pronunciation is because there actually a special type of 'c' in portuguese with a little tail called a "cedilha", which makes it supposed to be pronounced like an S. History Lesson: The reason cachaça and sugar are so prevalent in this drink is because in colonial times, sugar cane was one of the prime plants cultivated in Brazil, especially in the northern region. A "Caipira" is slang for someone who works the fields, and since there were a lot of sugar cane fields, the name became associated with them.
I watched this then found myself in the car driving to buy a bottle of Cachaca and a bag of limes. Its summer here in Australia and its hot. A summery drink fit the bill and this did not disappoint. Its cold and zesty. A limeade with a kick, perfect for the season. Thanks Greg for introducing me to this one.
I never think to pick up a bottle of cachaca when I'm at the store, but I got one of these at a Brazilian steakhouse before. Delicious. Like a better mojito almost.
as a brazilian viewer: very nice episode! We also do some variations of this drink such as "caipirosca", in which you just use vodka instead of cachaça and the "caipirissimo", in which you use rum instead of cachaça. All of them are great! Keep up the great work. Cheers from Brasil!
Happy to see the caipirinha in your show! Two things worth pointing out: -some bars will remove the central portion of the lime to tone down on the bitterness. This is particularly useful if the fruit is too ripe. - the peanut butter you tasted might not be out of place. Some cachaça age in different woods, and peanut is amongst the most Noble! Great show, keep it up!
And though it is, grammatically, a diminutive of caipira ('hillbilly'), I don't think there's much of a relation. Caipirinha is a Beach drink, and our caipiras are everywhere but the beach :)
There is relation cause as times pass by things that comes from other words, even being diminutives they can pretty much gain it's own meaning and most things history happen like that! There is more to It, but this is a Quick explanation
So I'm a huge fan and recently concocted a mixed drink (or hope I did I dont know if it exists) it is fruity and sweet 1/2 oz absinthe 2 oz vodka 2oz cherry simple syrup 1oz fresh squeezed lemon juice (Shaken with ice then strained into glass without ice) Add 5 or so ounces of Sprite and stir. Garnished with (icecream sunday) cherries and a lemon skin cut to form wing shapes It's called the red spriggen (play on words cause spriggens are fairies and the whole green fairy thing)
I swear after finding your channel I can’t stop binge watching. Something about the slow motion pour I guess. It’s great! Very envious of your friends when the come for drinks at your place. Keep up the fantastic work!
I make a version of this every day. My mom picked it up from a bartender in Cuba. I muddle one whole lime and two tablespoons unrefined cane sugar, add three or so ounces of white rum, ice....shake....pour....consume. They’re tasty
The Caipirinha is my favorite cocktail to drink and make. I generally use only 1/2 lime, personally. But the lime is very pronounced in this drink, and the sugar does help cut the tart bite.
I love what Anthony Bourdain had to say about this drink. I am eager to make it for a hot summer day. I hope to enjoy this as much as the host did, and as much as Mr. Bourdain did.
it is pronounced "ca-shas-sa". the letter "ç" sounds like "s". purists never shake the drink, because it is meant to be assembled and stirred - however, many people agree that it tastes better when shaken. also, the word is "aguardente", with an "r". it means "burning water".
Ok, watching this at work - just loudly snort/laughed at the "bad cork!" bit. World has gone mad, and we can come here be entertained, get a good laugh, and learn a little something about a cocktail or two. Cheers, Greg - keep us smiling.
One of my favorite drinks of all time. It is always a hit. Ihave always seen them made with demerara sugar though. My friend Chris Stanley introduced me to those.
How appropriate that this came out the day that Bossa Nova king Joao Gilberto passed away. RIP to a legend. I suggest you enjoy this drink while listening to the great album Getz/Gilberto.
Hey! A fan from Brasil here! There's a tipical brazillian combo you should try (it's not actually a cocktail but it would be pretty fun to watch you try it) Have a dose of cachaça and a lemon on the table, and put some salt on the back of your hand. First drink the dose of cachaça, Then lick the salt out of your hand Then suck the juice right out of the lemon. Each step makes you go through a tasty and emotional trip
Such a wonderful drink! Very refreshing. The way I've always had it was with thinly sliced lime muddled in the glass with sugar, ice added, then the cachaça added over it. Fantastic drink.
I first discovered this on a trip to Poland. It's my favorite cocktail now, I've only seen it in parts of Europe. The few bars I've gone to back home in the US never had it.
I love watching your vids I love mixing cocktails theres just something so relaxing about it that truly is just amazing and It is entertaining when you can shpw off to others and mix for them.
Hi! I'm brazilian and this is a recipe from a bar that I've worked: 50/50 (cachaça and lemon juice; 50ml each one); three spoons of sugar, about 70g.; an amount of ice, and mix everthing. It's ready, very, very simple.
One little tip from a brazilian guy, when u cut the lime, u should cut that white line in the middle as well. It will make the cocktail more sweet and more pleasuring to drink. (btw, sorry about my english, i used google translate as well) edit: that line leave a pretty bitter taste, so you will problably like it even more
First, congratulations on your channel. I am Brazilian and would like to tell you that there are different ways to prepare caipirinha, it is a very private drink. I usually remove the white part of the lemon because it makes the caipirinha taste more sour. Caipirinha is a drink that you can prepare directly in the glass too, there is no need to use the cocktail shaker.
Well you just made me go out and buy a pretty set of glasses, a shaker, muddler stick thingy and Cachaça. My wife better like the drink otherwise I will get scolded for the purchase like a big man-child!
Love this drink. The Brazilians I drank it with said it is meant to be shared, and I believe it. One of my drinking friends at the bar today was telling me about a drink called Mamajuana from the Dominican Republic. Maybe you could do an episode on it? Sounds complicated and delicious.
Caipirinha aficionados crush the limes with the sugar, so it becomes a light "syrup", and they make sure to take the white part of the lime out, it adds sourness
Add a float of Gran Mariner, infused with tobacco, and a splash of lemon lime soda and you have a version of the caipirinha from a cigar lounge in Las Vegas that is excellent.
A little cultural rant about Caipirinha: *There are actually three common variations of caipirinha with three different names, and they differ on the spirit you use: if you use cachaça, it's the classic caipirinha. If you use VODKA, it's a CAIPIROSKA. If you use RUM, it's a CAIPIRÍSSIMA. *The classic recipe will have the limes going first on the shaker, than the sugar, for when you muddle them the sugar flakes will scrape the zest off the lime and give it more flavor. *The classic recipe also follows this procedure: once you've muddled everything and your muddler is filled with sugar and lemon juice, you 'wash' it inside the very shaker with the very spirit you intend to use, to return all that sugar and juice to the mixer and not lose any content while already starting to 'alcoholize' the mixture. *The classic recipe will also have the spirit going in AFTER the ice, not before, because this way you can either mix it or shake it. Plus, you have a better control of how much alcohol you want in it.
YESES FINALLY THE DELICIOUS AND FAMOUS CAIPIRINHA!!!! When I first came across this drink I simply wanted to buy a muddler for the first time and a long bar sugar spoon and get into making my concoction!!! Something very special in its preparation. And then so very very delicious refreshing taste you simply FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS DRINK!! Drink a CAIPIRINHA while listening to Aqualera Do Brasil by Joao Gilberto...and you are drifting OUT OF THIS WORLD into a blissful universe!! Try it my friends!! Obrigado (Thank you) for making this very important video finally!!👏💗😊👌👌🍸🍸🍸
Great episode, but caipirinha in Brasil is made stirred and not shaken. Never tried it shaken... Damn, look what you've done. Gonna have to make me a shaken caipirinha now...
I've never had this drink, but if I am gonna add sugar crystals to a drink, I want it shaken. Stirring it will be a gritty affair, and all of the sweetness will be sitting on the bottom of the glass. Sometimes the "way things are done" are simply done that way because that is how someone originally did it, whether it is the best way or not. Honestly, I would have gone for syrup. I am sure had syrup been readily available and common when this drink was invented, it would have been used instead. "Officianados" are generally annoying people who have no imagination, and as someone whose hobby is cooking (not making cocktails), I don't let that sort force me to do anything a certain way. Like the man says, if what's in the glass is good, then you've succeeded.
Hey, just loved the respect you had and laughed all the way to the end on that pronounciation. Just some pointers from a brazilian who did some bartending, some improvements to prevent sourness from your limes: If you're not doing caipirinhas by the hundreds, cut the limes in quarters and cut off the white stem in the middle. Then, after adding sugar to the lime, don't press it too hard, you want only the oils and the juices, so just pressing gently and rotating whatever you're using will release them and still keep the bad stuff at bay on the peels. That's it, you pretty much nailed our national drink. And when pourists are not watching you can try using other fruits, such as pineapple, watermelon, grapes, and strawberry, just adjusting your sugar accordingly. Other spirits will also work, people over here love using vodka (caipiroska) and sake too (caipisake), specially if we had kiwi fruit. Pineapple and lime or pineapple and grapes used to sell like crazy too. Kindest regards and keep up the awesome work!
This and pisco sour are probably my favorite cocktails Pisco sour being the first... man what a great drink, how the egg and syrup and lime do magic in masking the potency of the alcohol on it, you feel like you drink a soft drink, but that mother kicks like a mule, for me this is what a cocktail is all about
an old friend of mine (before he moved back to Brasil) did his with brown sugar and added mint to the lime i miss both him and this drink an amazing summer drink, especially for an Australian summer
Wow. Never expected to hear yet *another* of my old favourites, _The Three Caballeros_ referenced on this video. Have you been to Bahia, my friends? No? Well, let's go! :D
1. Try cutting the lime in 8, it muddles better. 2. The sugar is there to sweeten, of course, but also to act as an abrasive to extract some of the oils on the lime's skin. 3. The little 'tail' underneath the third 'c' is intended to turn it from a hard 'c' to a soft 'c' - It's like "ka-sha-ss-ah". 4. It's not a drink to be nursed, as the pith will make the drink slightly bitter with time and the ice will make it watery.
Me: checks the fridge every 15 minutes to see if food suddenly appears. Greg: checks the internet every 15 minutes to see if the aracuan suddenly exists.
Alright man, I got hooked on your videos. Solid work! Now... help me out man! You've gotta do the Flaming Moe (or subsequently a Flaming Homer, your choice really). Balls in your court dude!
God I love you so much. Haha... Just so watchable! Fun little note- this came up the day after my dad was showing me old Woody the Woodpecker cartoons, and so, although unrelated, the thumbnail had me like "Whooooa" for a second.
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Something you'll be happy to hear: the "Aracuan" actually is a bird. It's the speckled chachalaca (promise I'm not making it up); or Aracuã in Portuguese.
Love all the episodes! Really hope I'll never have to drink that old garlic mix here in Portugal :D
So I'm a huge fan and recently concocted a mixed drink (or hope I did I dont know if it exists) it is fruity and sweet
1/2 oz absinthe
2 oz vodka
2oz cherry simple syrup
1oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
(Shaken with ice then strained into glass without ice)
Add 5 or so ounces of Sprite and stir.
Garnished with (icecream sunday) cherries and a lemon skin cut to form wing shapes
It's called the red spriggen (play on words cause spriggens are fairies)
How To Drink you should do a scorpion bowl
I found it tasted like a liquid limey jolly rancher, but we used Leblon. Novo Fogo is the best as I am told, especially the barrel aged one.
I'm an authentic Brazilian bartender, and man, your caipirinha is perfect, exactly the same as we do here in Brazil, congratulations!
Lol whut
Fun fact: If you ask 50 brazilians how to make a capirinha you'll get 50 different recipes.
mine is different and is very good, but I admit it has to have the "official" one
é verdade
48° brasileiro, chegando aqui só pra concordar hahahahahh
I have had it with mint olives and chilies in it. Outstanding
Unless you ask 50 children, and you'll just get 50 confused looks
Cachaça (with a ç) is pronounced "kah-shah-suh"
edit: ffs I summoned every single Brazilian on the internet to explain how to pronounce Cachaça on this comment section
Take it up with google!
@@howtodrink I did. Evek is right.
Or how I pronounce it to annoy my Brazilian wife... SHIKAKA!
@@howtodrink You spelled it wrong! There's a cedilla on the c.
the only reason i know how to say it is because of the 3 Sheets episode when Zane went to Rio.
You have summoned Brazilians to the comment section , enjoy..
Also: please com to Brazil!
chicoarraes **samba intensifies**
Nós fomos conjurados.
falou em cachaça e caipirinha os brazuca aparece na hora
é aqui que tão falando de caipirinha? bora fazer um churrasco depois da quarentena
ele fez batido... o negocio eh montado
I'm brazillian, it's cachaÇa as others pointed out. The caipirinha is great, but there's always a controversy if it should be shaken or just mixed, purists would say it's just mixed, but I don't care, if the drink you like is in the glass...
I've never seen it shakes to this day, but I have no say in this, I often sub white rum :P
If you don't shake, there's no liquid in the drink. It's just rum and sugar'd lime. You'd be serving the glass 2/3rds empty.
It so much better when shaken
@@TheBrothergreen no because it is not strained, all the ice comes in. But I find it so much better shaken.
@@TheBrothergreen another tip is to not drink righ after muddling, you need to wait the ice defrost a little, this will make a huge difference on the drink...
Tip: You should add the lime before dropping the sugar, so when you muddle it the sugar Scrapes limonene off the lime peels.
You can also drop the lime wedges skin down and you'd have the same scraping effect. I usually muddle onto the flesh of the lime so the skin would be pushing down or a bit to the side. In any case I think muddling with sugar should extract a fair amount of essential oils.
New title for the show:
Language is hard so let’s just drink
Thats a nice idea!
Bom ponto.
vdd mano, eu moro aq e não sei
@@uxoa8551 kkkk this man fala inglês man...
Thank you for finally doing a show on one of my all time favorite drinks - yes, yes, yes! I have visited Brazil many times and always love this drink. Note that no matter how you prepare it, you will never match what the street vendors on the beach in Rio can do. There are different types of cachaca, make sure you are using a young (clear) cachaca, not the aged (dark) cachaca. Get real Brazilian cachaca, not rum from another country. The center core of limes can impart a bitter flavor, so cut the center white part out while quartering. Brazilian ice comes from water that is somewhat basic, so try to use basic water rather than slightly acidic water. If you water is acidic for making ice, then dilute the drink slightly with a basic still (no gas) mineral water. Also note that the ambient heat and humidity in Brazil will cause the ice to melt quickly, which is part of the flavor. If you are making this in a cold environment, consider diluting the drink slightly with appropriate mineral water (see above) for the absolute proper flavor. Although straws are evil from the environmental point of view and forbidden in some locations, this is a drink that is absolutely best sipped through a fine cocktail straw, which you can use to stir to aid in the dilution.
You wont see this, but the "secret" is 51 pirassununga, which us a 51% alcohol based cachaça, the cheapest and most popular cachaça in brazil. And i agree with you. The way they do it on the beach is unmatchable, and its like less than 2 dollars, i think.
Anthony Bourdain in reference to this drink: "One drink: not sure I like that. Two drinks: actually that's pretty good. Three drinks: where are my pants?"
wasn't this for the negroni? haha
where can i find this
Seeing as my first experience with this drink was during Carnival in Brazil ... that description is FAR TOO ACCURATE.
Doesn't matter if you're 80 or 800 pounds. Two is the limit.
miss him
You can't imagine how happy I was when I saw that Greg was making Caipirinhas! Beside his hard time with pronunciation (it's actually super hard for non-latin language speakers to say it) he did a really good job. Although, I don't shake my Caipirinhas I just stir them. Nice job, guys!
Saw the title, clicked faster than anything in my life. THIS was the drink that got me into bartending! I was obsessed with all the Caipirinhas and all their variables! It is such a versatile simple and fun drink! YES! YES!!
I love how he's murmuring Garota de Ipanema at the beginning, as a Brazilian, this is epic.
Tom jobim tem cada música
My wife turned me on to that, it's great!
Yeah “the girl from impanema” is popular here as well frank sinatra made it very popular back in the day
I saw the title and knew you were gonna have a tough time pronouncing everything haha. Brazilian guys at my work have always pronounced it “cashasa” not sure why google is steering you wrong
It's not a c, it's a ç, so google gets confused. Cachaça (kah-SHA-ssa)
@@BillyTheBranco1 He also has the pronunciation set to American which probably doesn't help.
two reasons,
1. the second c is not a simple c, it have diacritical below (Ç), which means the c should be a soft c, like the two S's in saSSAfras.
2. greg asked google to pronounce the word in (US) american pronunciation, nor Brasilian Portuguese pronunciation;.
It's because he spelled it wrong
@@noname_atall rookie mistake. Probably found out about google yesterday.
As a native brazilian, who worked as bartender and drinks a lot, I can say the only mistake you made was the pronouce of the word "cachaça". It's more like "caXAsa" then "ka cha ka", but besides that, you nailed it. It's strange to be in this channel not to learn, but to explain something.
I particulary, at home, use simple syrup instead of sugar, and sometimes I also use some carboneted drink to make volume (like some ice vodka, soda pop or something like that.)
You can also use vodka or sake instead of cachaça, then you call it caipiroska or sakeroska. I really recomend the sake one. Here we also exchange the fruit. Lime, lemon, orange, strawberry, jabuticaba, watermellon, kiwi. Have a good juice, you can use it. I would love to taste a blueberry or cherry one (there is no blueberry and cherrys in Brazil)
Keep the awesome work my dude!
Actually maybe three mistakes though.
1. His wrong Cachaça pronunciation. Kah-shaa-Suh
2. He should have cut ends of lime and middle white center of the lime because that adds bitterness to the drink
3. He adds all ingredients in and shakes all at same time. The last ingredient he should have add was the Cachaça AFTER shaking all other ingredients first.
Credentials: I drink a lot xD
@@titaa56 What would he even be shaking at that point? Just lime, sugar, and ice. I doubt you would get the sugar to even dissolve in that amount of liquid, the result would just be beating up an already muddled lime some more.
@@titaa56 brazilian from the future. *PLEASE* take off lime's white parts. Caipirinha is a sweet, summerish, easy-to-drink cocktail. Doesn't add bitterness to it. Bitterness belong to a lot of another drinks, but not Caipirinha. It embraces sweetness and easy pleasure 💖🇧🇷 it represents a easy afternoon at the beach: lush sun and calm sea breeze while beautiful people just live their lives. Brazil is effortlessly beautiful. Caipirinha represents it.
I dont really drink but as someone who is really into the culinary arts, this series has made me appreciate the taste of cocktails and spirits, thanks!
The wife has been singing "Copa, Copacabana..." all week and her squeal hit a previously unheard note when you also started singing it.
Also thank you, this is my brothers favorite drink and he has many beautiful stories from it.
(6:15) The computer gave you the wrong pronunciation because you did not spell the word correctly. The "ç" near the end has a different sound than a regular "c".
It also used the "American pronounciation"
My guy, when you see the little curve under the c 'ç' in French and portuguese, it means it's pronounced like an 's'. Cheers from Montreal!
ç would sound like the Hungarian *SZ*
@@Perririri as if anyone outside of Hungary knows an hungarian SZ
@@JOhnDoe-nl4wj Jesus
@@JOhnDoe-nl4wj Alex just said how to pronounce the c with the curve under it, and thus one could infer how to pronounce the SZ
@@CorvusCorone68 it's okay, dude. what alex said was understandable. however and hungarian SZ? I coulda say it's pronounced like a germanic ß (called "sz") which would help precisely noone except german speakers
Oooh, my favorite all-time drink!
By the way, that peanut butter note you're getting is actually more of a texture thing where the natural cane syrup texture of the cachaça is blending with the oils from the lime peel and highlights the slight lime peel bitterness combined with the sweetness of the alcohol and sugar.
There is definitely an excellent balance of sweet/tart/bitter combined with the slightly creamy but sublimely refreshing and fresh smooth liquid texture that makes this drink so phenomenal.
I’m brazilian, and we usually stir the drink. Today I tried and had to come back and say to everybody that we were wrong. Believe it or not, but shaking makes a difference. Just one thing we do also different, for that amount of lemon, we usually put a little more of cachaça or vodka for those who don’t like cachaça. Never said anything before, but your channel is the best on drinks in my opinion.
Where in Brazil? In Rio we definitely shake it.
"Butcher" the language implies some skill in dismantling it. You blindly hacked at it with a machete.
Lol
Now can we pronounce 'machète' properly?
@@aspektx I have been ever since the Machète movie came out. "Oh, I've been saying it wrong the whole time?"
aspektx no one cares about your mucky-muck language
That's an insult to butchering with a machete, this is using a chainsaw on every limb, with bone splinters flying everywhere, including into your eyes
After watching half of this I immediatley ran to the store to get lime. I have a Cachaca 51 unopened in my storage for 2 years but never got a chance to open it. Poured myself one of these and it was great while enjoying the sunset. Thanks!
Good man! Kk
This guy have best kinda bar "ish" song background in history
Triple Dot -I completely agree. It works with every drink he makes
@@enticingFicus yeah dude
Triple Dot Agreed, but I wish he would save it for just certain sections. Listening to it the whole episode every single time is getting annoying
@MMM M ainda assim a caipirinha batida fica muito melhor... Sempre faço assim agora
I totally agree
I was introduce to this drink during an Xmas party many years back. It is now my goto Xmas cocktail. 😋
My favorite Brazilian steakhouse uses a rocks glass which fits a boston shaker tin, and makes them tableside.
They put the lime in the glass, then the sugar, then muddle, then pour cachaca and ice into shaker tin, and shake.
So you could even build it in the glass, if you want.
Came for the cachaca (been reviewing rum-style drinks recently); stayed for the nostalgia-powered 3 Caballeros references! So great dude
i just got back from a uni-study in brazil and honestly these things got me through the insane heat
Ace Venchurro alakka fair enough
Works well with Vodka too! And you can use some other fruit like Strawberries. Also, the reason the computer gave you that pronunciation is because there actually a special type of 'c' in portuguese with a little tail called a "cedilha", which makes it supposed to be pronounced like an S.
History Lesson: The reason cachaça and sugar are so prevalent in this drink is because in colonial times, sugar cane was one of the prime plants cultivated in Brazil, especially in the northern region. A "Caipira" is slang for someone who works the fields, and since there were a lot of sugar cane fields, the name became associated with them.
It's called caipirosca if you go with vodka
@@zequiel3057 and caipifruta if you put other fruits
Someone else remembers the Three Caballeros! I got so excited when I recognized that silly bird on the thumbnail. He was my favorite of the three.
I watched this then found myself in the car driving to buy a bottle of Cachaca and a bag of limes.
Its summer here in Australia and its hot. A summery drink fit the bill and this did not disappoint. Its cold and zesty. A limeade with a kick, perfect for the season.
Thanks Greg for introducing me to this one.
I will only take this kind of abuse of my mother tongue for you, Greg.
Oh the irony ;)
Right? Also, wrong intel
I forgive him. Only this once.
YC lmao same
Portugues Is such a difficult language to understand to people who don't speak other similar language
I never think to pick up a bottle of cachaca when I'm at the store, but I got one of these at a Brazilian steakhouse before. Delicious. Like a better mojito almost.
Ehh, mint is a huge part of the flavor of a mojito. It's closer to a cachaça margarita in my opinion. They are damn tasty though!
as a brazilian viewer: very nice episode! We also do some variations of this drink such as "caipirosca", in which you just use vodka instead of cachaça and the "caipirissimo", in which you use rum instead of cachaça. All of them are great! Keep up the great work. Cheers from Brasil!
I LOVE your original recipes, but I'm so glad to see you come back to this classic!
I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS SHOW FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS WAITING FOR THIS DRINK
I love the idea that you were just going over to young-greg's house in 1999, years before youtube, and just having him explain drinks at you.
TH-cam started at 2006
Happy to see the caipirinha in your show!
Two things worth pointing out:
-some bars will remove the central portion of the lime to tone down on the bitterness. This is particularly useful if the fruit is too ripe.
- the peanut butter you tasted might not be out of place. Some cachaça age in different woods, and peanut is amongst the most Noble!
Great show, keep it up!
And though it is, grammatically, a diminutive of caipira ('hillbilly'), I don't think there's much of a relation. Caipirinha is a Beach drink, and our caipiras are everywhere but the beach :)
Lmfaoo
There is relation cause as times pass by things that comes from other words, even being diminutives they can pretty much gain it's own meaning and most things history happen like that! There is more to It, but this is a Quick explanation
This is my favorite summer cocktail. Glad you got around to it!
So I'm a huge fan and recently concocted a mixed drink (or hope I did I dont know if it exists) it is fruity and sweet
1/2 oz absinthe
2 oz vodka
2oz cherry simple syrup
1oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
(Shaken with ice then strained into glass without ice)
Add 5 or so ounces of Sprite and stir.
Garnished with (icecream sunday) cherries and a lemon skin cut to form wing shapes
It's called the red spriggen (play on words cause spriggens are fairies and the whole green fairy thing)
I recently heard of this drink, I went and bought a bottle of cachaca, and I am now obsessively in love with this cocktail
This is definitely one of best cocktails ever. It's so good.
I swear after finding your channel I can’t stop binge watching. Something about the slow motion pour I guess. It’s great! Very envious of your friends when the come for drinks at your place. Keep up the fantastic work!
Tasting notes: "Nice lawn!" Exactly what I look for in a drink now I just have to try it!
I make a version of this every day. My mom picked it up from a bartender in Cuba. I muddle one whole lime and two tablespoons unrefined cane sugar, add three or so ounces of white rum, ice....shake....pour....consume. They’re tasty
The Caipirinha is my favorite cocktail to drink and make. I generally use only 1/2 lime, personally. But the lime is very pronounced in this drink, and the sugar does help cut the tart bite.
Absolutely ecstatic that you're making my favourite drink! It's just so refreshing, not too sweet and not too sharp!
Aquarela do Brasil by Joao Gilberto - such a good song (rest in peace Joao)
The BEST song ever!!!💗👌
I love what Anthony Bourdain had to say about this drink. I am eager to make it for a hot summer day.
I hope to enjoy this as much as the host did, and as much as Mr. Bourdain did.
it is pronounced "ca-shas-sa". the letter "ç" sounds like "s". purists never shake the drink, because it is meant to be assembled and stirred - however, many people agree that it tastes better when shaken. also, the word is "aguardente", with an "r". it means "burning water".
Also this.
Ok, watching this at work - just loudly snort/laughed at the "bad cork!" bit. World has gone mad, and we can come here be entertained, get a good laugh, and learn a little something about a cocktail or two. Cheers, Greg - keep us smiling.
A favorite of the late Anthony Bourdain, RIP to him and thank you for this episode :)
Yep, the world is a little less awesome without that dude...
One of my favorite drinks of all time. It is always a hit. Ihave always seen them made with demerara sugar though. My friend Chris Stanley introduced me to those.
How appropriate that this came out the day that Bossa Nova king Joao Gilberto passed away. RIP to a legend. I suggest you enjoy this drink while listening to the great album Getz/Gilberto.
Agreed. Respect. 💗👌
About to make my first drink tomorrow since turning 21! Was planning on a caipiroska, glad to get some pointers. Love the show!
Hey! A fan from Brasil here!
There's a tipical brazillian combo you should try (it's not actually a cocktail but it would be pretty fun to watch you try it)
Have a dose of cachaça and a lemon on the table, and put some salt on the back of your hand.
First drink the dose of cachaça,
Then lick the salt out of your hand
Then suck the juice right out of the lemon.
Each step makes you go through a tasty and emotional trip
This week on How to Speak: kachaka. Kachaka? Haatchkhkcka
Cachaça is cashashka
Such a wonderful drink! Very refreshing.
The way I've always had it was with thinly sliced lime muddled in the glass with sugar, ice added, then the cachaça added over it. Fantastic drink.
I first discovered this on a trip to Poland. It's my favorite cocktail now, I've only seen it in parts of Europe. The few bars I've gone to back home in the US never had it.
Great show! You got the Brazilian vibe making this caipirinha. From your Brazilian fan
"An enemy cork"
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Is that a JOJO reference?
"But Greg, have you been to Bahia?" Hahah love the 3C reference, just shared this gem after rediscovering it on disney+.
The woman was right on the pronunciation! Next time listen to her. 😉
I love watching your vids I love mixing cocktails theres just something so relaxing about it that truly is just amazing and It is entertaining when you can shpw off to others and mix for them.
He trying to say "cachaça" made me laugh hard ahahaha
Thanks for giving us the history of every beverage you cover, It is the reason i watch
Ahhh finally, my favorite! And just in time for a humid NYC day!!! Also, as you probably figured out, the "ç" is essentially an "s" sound :)
Hi! I'm brazilian and this is a recipe from a bar that I've worked: 50/50 (cachaça and lemon juice; 50ml each one); three spoons of sugar, about 70g.; an amount of ice, and mix everthing. It's ready, very, very simple.
"eu amo isso"
hehehe
You're the man. I put you in there with Guy (Diners drive in and dives) as my favorite show and most entertaining host!
I love Guy and I am flattered by the comparison
One little tip from a brazilian guy, when u cut the lime, u should cut that white line in the middle as well. It will make the cocktail more sweet and more pleasuring to drink. (btw, sorry about my english, i used google translate as well)
edit: that line leave a pretty bitter taste, so you will problably like it even more
First, congratulations on your channel. I am Brazilian and would like to tell you that there are different ways to prepare caipirinha, it is a very private drink. I usually remove the white part of the lemon because it makes the caipirinha taste more sour. Caipirinha is a drink that you can prepare directly in the glass too, there is no need to use the cocktail shaker.
Also, it's "aguardente" and not "aguadente". Source: me, I'm portuguese.
@MMM M uhm... Portugal caralho, I guess!
Lmfaooo
Like "burning water". Right?
Fruitorsch yup
@@mimmikibilly Yes, literally. Looks like water, but it burns more than water.
I was also one of the few kids to grow up with The Three Caballeros; my favorite from Disney's acid trip animation period. :)
Well you just made me go out and buy a pretty set of glasses, a shaker, muddler stick thingy and Cachaça. My wife better like the drink otherwise I will get scolded for the purchase like a big man-child!
Love this drink. The Brazilians I drank it with said it is meant to be shared, and I believe it. One of my drinking friends at the bar today was telling me about a drink called Mamajuana from the Dominican Republic. Maybe you could do an episode on it? Sounds complicated and delicious.
Caipirinha aficionados crush the limes with the sugar, so it becomes a light "syrup", and they make sure to take the white part of the lime out, it adds sourness
You know some.of the things I know. Lol
Just use simple syrup, and don’t need to take the white part, it doesn’t affect if you do it right
Perfect drink for a warm day! Thank you!
Add a float of Gran Mariner, infused with tobacco, and a splash of lemon lime soda and you have a version of the caipirinha from a cigar lounge in Las Vegas that is excellent.
Casa Fuente in the Caesar Forum Mall. You can smoke a stogie there too. It is called Don Carlos’ caipirinha
Manage to butcher every single word in Portuguese. Still best video about Brazil I've seen in a while. Keep up the good work. Lots of love from Rio
A little cultural rant about Caipirinha:
*There are actually three common variations of caipirinha with three different names, and they differ on the spirit you use: if you use cachaça, it's the classic caipirinha. If you use VODKA, it's a CAIPIROSKA. If you use RUM, it's a CAIPIRÍSSIMA.
*The classic recipe will have the limes going first on the shaker, than the sugar, for when you muddle them the sugar flakes will scrape the zest off the lime and give it more flavor.
*The classic recipe also follows this procedure: once you've muddled everything and your muddler is filled with sugar and lemon juice, you 'wash' it inside the very shaker with the very spirit you intend to use, to return all that sugar and juice to the mixer and not lose any content while already starting to 'alcoholize' the mixture.
*The classic recipe will also have the spirit going in AFTER the ice, not before, because this way you can either mix it or shake it. Plus, you have a better control of how much alcohol you want in it.
YESES FINALLY THE DELICIOUS AND FAMOUS CAIPIRINHA!!!! When I first came across this drink I simply wanted to buy a muddler for the first time and a long bar sugar spoon and get into making my concoction!!! Something very special in its preparation. And then so very very delicious refreshing taste you simply FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS DRINK!! Drink a CAIPIRINHA while listening to Aqualera Do Brasil by Joao Gilberto...and you are drifting OUT OF THIS WORLD into a blissful universe!! Try it my friends!! Obrigado (Thank you) for making this very important video finally!!👏💗😊👌👌🍸🍸🍸
Great episode, but caipirinha in Brasil is made stirred and not shaken. Never tried it shaken... Damn, look what you've done. Gonna have to make me a shaken caipirinha now...
Yeah, I've personally never seen it shaken so I was a little confused about how right that was 😂😂
I shake mine over here in São Paulo
I've never had this drink, but if I am gonna add sugar crystals to a drink, I want it shaken. Stirring it will be a gritty affair, and all of the sweetness will be sitting on the bottom of the glass.
Sometimes the "way things are done" are simply done that way because that is how someone originally did it, whether it is the best way or not.
Honestly, I would have gone for syrup. I am sure had syrup been readily available and common when this drink was invented, it would have been used instead. "Officianados" are generally annoying people who have no imagination, and as someone whose hobby is cooking (not making cocktails), I don't let that sort force me to do anything a certain way.
Like the man says, if what's in the glass is good, then you've succeeded.
I always thought it was built...like a mojito. No shaking, no stirring, just build it in the glass and add ice.
Matt Brown you sir are correct
Hey, just loved the respect you had and laughed all the way to the end on that pronounciation. Just some pointers from a brazilian who did some bartending, some improvements to prevent sourness from your limes:
If you're not doing caipirinhas by the hundreds, cut the limes in quarters and cut off the white stem in the middle. Then, after adding sugar to the lime, don't press it too hard, you want only the oils and the juices, so just pressing gently and rotating whatever you're using will release them and still keep the bad stuff at bay on the peels.
That's it, you pretty much nailed our national drink. And when pourists are not watching you can try using other fruits, such as pineapple, watermelon, grapes, and strawberry, just adjusting your sugar accordingly. Other spirits will also work, people over here love using vodka (caipiroska) and sake too (caipisake), specially if we had kiwi fruit.
Pineapple and lime or pineapple and grapes used to sell like crazy too. Kindest regards and keep up the awesome work!
It's pronounced kah-sha-sah. And it's basically sugarcane rum, but more of a byproduct of sugar refinement. The drink is pronounced kai-pee-reen-ah.
Khai-pee-ri-nyah
This and pisco sour are probably my favorite cocktails
Pisco sour being the first... man what a great drink, how the egg and syrup and lime do magic in masking the potency of the alcohol on it, you feel like you drink a soft drink, but that mother kicks like a mule, for me this is what a cocktail is all about
You used Curaçao before and you pronounced that right. That ç is the same S sound in Cachaça (even though Kuchakuh sounds pretty dope)
listening to him saying "caipirinha" makes every brazillian day better
Such a great summer cocktail. I know what I'm having with dinner.
an old friend of mine (before he moved back to Brasil) did his with brown sugar and added mint to the lime
i miss both him and this drink
an amazing summer drink, especially for an Australian summer
Wow. Never expected to hear yet *another* of my old favourites, _The Three Caballeros_ referenced on this video. Have you been to Bahia, my friends? No? Well, let's go! :D
1. Try cutting the lime in 8, it muddles better. 2. The sugar is there to sweeten, of course, but also to act as an abrasive to extract some of the oils on the lime's skin. 3. The little 'tail' underneath the third 'c' is intended to turn it from a hard 'c' to a soft 'c' - It's like "ka-sha-ss-ah". 4. It's not a drink to be nursed, as the pith will make the drink slightly bitter with time and the ice will make it watery.
"Because it probably doesn't wear a t-shirt" made me snort-laugh at my desk. Luckily no coworkers nearby
I make mine pretty much the same, but also add a splash of club soda/seltzer after shaking. Delicious...one of my favorites!!
Me: checks the fridge every 15 minutes to see if food suddenly appears.
Greg: checks the internet every 15 minutes to see if the aracuan suddenly exists.
It does exist btw
Love from Brazil! Your channel is great!
Alright man, I got hooked on your videos. Solid work! Now... help me out man! You've gotta do the Flaming Moe (or subsequently a Flaming Homer, your choice really). Balls in your court dude!
Three Caballeros is one of my favs, too! Gonna try this drink and listen to some samba...
God I love you so much. Haha... Just so watchable! Fun little note- this came up the day after my dad was showing me old Woody the Woodpecker cartoons, and so, although unrelated, the thumbnail had me like "Whooooa" for a second.
I had The Three Caballeros on VHS as a small lad. LOVED it!