Rio De Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro: 9-Recipe Boozy Brazilian Cooking Class
Take advantage of your time in Rio with a hands-on Brazilian cooking class and make traditional dishes and Caipirinhas. Choose between 2 menu options...
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History
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.
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Make it at home
Ingredients
- 1 Tahiti lime (limão taiti), cut into 8 pieces
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 60ml cachaça
- Crushed ice
Method
- Put the lime pieces and sugar in a short glass.
- Muddle gently, pressing the lime to release its juice without crushing the rind.
- Add the cachaça.
- Fill the glass with crushed ice and stir.
- Serve with a short straw.
Tip from the editors. Cut out the white pith at the lime's core and muddle gently; pressed hard it turns the drink bitter.
Where to eat caipirinha
Caipirinha in Rio de Janeiro
Academia da Cachaça ★ 4.2
Academia da Cachaça lists caipirinhas such as the Acadêmica and fruit batidas at its Leblon bar in Rio de Janeiro, open since 1985 and known for its feijoada.
DrinkAcadêmica: lime, honey and Salinas cachaça
FoodFeijoada, bobó de camarão and baião de dois
TipThe Leblon house stays open to 01:00 on Friday and Saturday; the Barra branch keeps shorter hours, so check which one you book.
Jobi ★ 4.2
Jobi has served chope and bolinho de bacalhau on Avenida Ataulfo de Paiva in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, since 1956, and stays open until 03:00 every day.
OrderBolinho de bacalhau, pork ribs or a filet mignon sandwich with a 200 ml chope.
TipThe 200 ml chope known as a Robertinho is the best-seller, at R$8.50 in Time Out's listing; the bar opens at 11:00 and closes at 03:00 every day.
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