Caipirinha
Sours · Cachaça
- Strength
- 17.8%
- Std. drinks
- 1.35
- Calories
- 202
- Sugar
- 16.5 g
- 2 ozCachaça60 ml
- 1Lime, cut into small wedges
- 4 tspWhite cane sugar
The ratio · 2 : 1 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Daiquiri.
Head to head
Caipirinha and Daiquiri side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference
Spirit, lime and sugar in both. The Daiquiri shakes white rum with lime juice and serves it up; the Caipirinha muddles whole lime wedges with sugar in the glass, adds cachaça and cracked ice, and comes out chunkier and sweeter.
By the numbers
The Caipirinha uses cachaça where the Daiquiri uses white rum; both have lime juice and sugar. In parts, a Caipirinha is 2 cachaça, 1 lime and ¾ sugar; a Daiquiri is 3 rum, 1 lime and ¾ sugar. By volume, the Caipirinha is 52% spirit, 26% citrus and 22% syrup and sugar; the Daiquiri is 65% spirit, 21% citrus and 14% syrup and sugar.
The Caipirinha is the stronger drink in the glass (17.8% ABV against 16.6%), but being smaller it holds about the same alcohol (1.35 standard drinks each). The Caipirinha has more calories (about 202 against 169) and more sugar (16.5 g against 8.3 g). The Caipirinha is built and served in a rocks glass; the Daiquiri is shaken and served in a coupe.
Sours · Cachaça
The ratio · 2 : 1 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Daiquiri.
Sours · Rum
The ratio · 3 : 1 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Caipirinha.
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Caipirinha vs.
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