Sounds like someone needs a proper muddler
In a pinch you could always use one of those mini baseball bats, or even a chunk of dowel rod.
In a pinch you could always use one of those mini baseball bats, or even a chunk of dowel rod.
Mixed some up last night - Pretty tasty, but I think I need to adjust my method of attack slightly. I was using an actual (granite) mortar & pestle to crush the ice and the limes, and I suspect I was overdoing it on the limes. I found I had to add around 2 heaping teaspoons of icing sugar to get the flavour where I wanted it. Possibly the limes are to blame as well - they weren't super-ripe.
I'll probably try again tonight.
...When I was in college I had one of those old fashion ice grinders that you screw into the wall. The ICE-O-MATIC, I think it was called. It was AWESOME, I loved that thing. Can't believe I left it at my old apartment when I moved out.
I've got a tabletop version of the ice-o-matic, works great and you can adjust the grind from coarse to medium to fine. Usually anything-o-matic is going to be cool. You can find them for cheap in thrift stores and sometimes on ebay (don't know about lately, but there ya go). I've got a buddy who invested in the Snoopy snow cone machine to make specialty ice cones for tiki drinks, works pretty good too.
Kazeryu, what brand of Cachaca did you end up with? Just curious.
The brand I purchased is Sagatiba. On a related note, I discovered that they do sell it at one of my local liquor stores - this after chasing halfway across town trying to find some.
Been meaning to post my impressions for a while now. I picked up a 1L bottle of Ypioca. My liquor store had a half dozen brands or so. The only other one I recognized from discussions here was Leblon, but that cost double the Ypioca. They had both white and aged. I went with the white. All in all I quite like it. It certainly doesn't have the smoothness or complexity I look for in a sipping liquor but mixed into a Caipirinha it is damn tasty. Makes for a very nice (albeit potent) summer cocktail. I agree with others that the flavor is closer to tequila than Caribbean rum, but it is it's own beast. I may experiment with it a bit and try to find some other things to do with it. Or I may just go buy more limes. Good choice, thanks guys!
Just made a Caipirinha. 3 shots cachaca, 2 key limes, tablespoon of raw sugar, splash of soda water. Wish I was on a beach right now...
Think cachaca reminds me of tequila and some (not smokey) moonshine I may or may not have tried
Just made a Caipirinha. 3 shots cachaca, 2 key limes, tablespoon of raw sugar, splash of soda water. Wish I was on a beach right now...
Think cachaca reminds me of tequila and some (not smokey) moonshine I may or may not have tried