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 Eastside.
Head to head
Caipirinha and Eastside side by side: what changes in the recipe, the balance, the strength and the calories.
The difference, by the numbers
Both have lime juice. Only the Caipirinha has cachaça and sugar; only the Eastside has gin, simple syrup, mint and cucumber. In parts, a Caipirinha is 2 cachaça, 1 lime and ¾ sugar; an Eastside is 2 gin, 1 lime and ¾ syrup. By volume, the Caipirinha is 52% spirit, 26% citrus and 22% syrup and sugar; the Eastside is 53% spirit, 27% citrus and 20% syrup and sugar. That makes them close cousins on the ratio map.
The Caipirinha is the stronger drink in the glass (17.8% ABV against 13.4%), but being smaller it holds about the same alcohol (1.35 standard drinks each). Calories are close (about 202 and 194), but the Caipirinha has more sugar (16.5 g against 14.4 g). The Caipirinha is built and served in a rocks glass; the Eastside is shaken and served in a coupe.
Sours · Cachaça
The ratio · 2 : 1 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Eastside.
Sours · Gin
The ratio · 2 : 1 : ¾
Highlighted: not in the Caipirinha.
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Caipirinha vs.
Eastside vs.