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Saturday Sipper: Boca Loca Cachaca and the Homecoming Caipirinha

Saturday October 3, 2009

The Caipirinha is one of the easiest cocktails to experiment with because if you take the base of cachaca and a muddled fruit and sweetener you can take it anywhere your imagine wanders. We are going to one of those far off places, with a touch of autumn, in this week's sipper, the Homecoming Caipirinha.

Homecoming Caipirinha Cocktail
Homecoming Caipirinha
Photo Courtesy of: © Boca Loca Cachaca

In this cocktail Anika Zappe of Root Down in Denver, Colorado has decided that the fruits of choice is a mix Fuji apples and lemon, which are muddled with fresh sage (experiment with different sages as well, I'm thinking pineapple sage would be a nice touch). The sweetener is a cinnamon-infused agave nectar (see recipe notes on how to do this) and it is all rounded off with a splash of organic apple juice. These flavors enhance the sweetness of Boca Loca, one of the great cachacas available in the U.S., for a finished drink that screams autumn deliciousness.

Homecoming Caipirinha cocktail recipe...

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