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Caipirinha is cachaça muddled with lime and sugar over ice. São Paulo state claims its origin, but Rio listed it as intangible heritage in 2019, and its bars pour fruit versions.
Scholars agree the caipirinha was created in the São Paulo countryside; Luís da Câmara Cascudo places it among Piracicaba landowners in the 19th century, while the Brazilian cachaça institute dates it to about 1918 and a flu remedy of lime, garlic and honey with cachaça. By the 1930s it was served in Rio, which listed it as intangible heritage in 2019. A 2009 decree defines it as cachaça, lime and sugar.
2 editor picks for Caipirinha in Rio de Janeiro, ranked by editorial score. All Rio de Janeiro signature dishes · Caipirinha across every city.
Academia da Cachaça pours cachaça and serves feijoada on Rua Conde de Bernadotte in Leblon, a Rio de Janeiro bar-restaurant open since 1985.
OrderThe house feijoada, served with rice, collards, bacon, farofa and orange.
TipLive chorinho plays every Thursday from 19:00 to 22:00, and the Leblon house takes reservations through its website.
Jobi is a Leblon bar in Rio de Janeiro open since 1956, serving chope, caipirinhas and bolinho de bacalhau every day from 11:00 until 03:00.
TipThe 200 ml chope known as a Robertinho is the best-seller, at R$8.50 in Time Out's listing.
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