Bloody Limes!
One of my pet hates.
Nearly every blog I see that details the Brazilian caipirinha and/or gives a recipe, tells you to use LIMES! And, I saw another this morning.
A caipirinha is made with LEMONS!
Limes and lemons are totally different flavours; limes are not as sour as lemons.
The confusion arises because here in Brazil lemons are green; and everyone outside Brazil sees a green lemon and goes “Limes”. They are NOT Limes.
As green lemons get older they tend to develop a yellow tinge, limes do not.
Please help stamp out this erroneous bullshit!
If you can’t get green lemons, don’t use limes. Use a traditional yellow lemon, and if you want to have the ‘Brazilian green’ garnish with lime slices.
Recipe:
- 1 lemon cut into eight pieces.
- Sugar to taste.
- Mash the lemon and sugar in glass (or use a mortar and pestle), add ice.
- Fill glass with cachaça.
Once you have made the mix, you may need to add extra sugar because green lemons are ‘nipple puckering’ sour.
I was once gifted some Brazilian lemons and I could not convince my own mother for the life of me that they were not limes. Thank you for helping set the record straight!
LikeLike
December 10, 2014 at 10:44 am
>Boozy, my pleasure. Having been the victim of many a caipirinha, I feel qualified to tackle the matter. 🙂
AV
LikeLike
December 10, 2014 at 1:28 pm
Thanks for this clarification! What is your perferred choice of cachaça?
LikeLike
December 14, 2014 at 4:20 pm
>Swizzzle, yesterday I was using Sagatiba, but Ypioca is good too.
AV
LikeLiked by 1 person
December 15, 2014 at 8:45 am