Caipiroska
The Caipiroska is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 3 ingredients, shaken and served in a rocks glass. That makes 124 ml in the glass: a middling measure.
MethodShaken
GlassRocks glass
In the glass124 ml
Strength19.4%
Ingredients
- 22.5 mlfresh lime juice
- 60 mlvodka
- 15 mlrich sugar syrup
Method
- Muddle the lime wedges in the base of the shaker.
- Add the vodka and syrup and shake with crushed ice.
- Pour everything into the glass without straining.
Garnish: None: the muddled lime stays in the glass.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It sits between bitter and sweet: 0.1 out of 10 of bitterness, 70th of 186 for sweetness.
- round → sour
- Acidity leaves it halfway: 80th of 186, and the acid comes from fresh lime juice.
- light → strong
- 19.4% after dilution: the middle band, 49th of 186.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on vodka.
Five that come close
- Clover ClubBuilt on gin and with gin in place of vodka.
- Mai-TaiBuilt on rum and with gold rum in place of vodka.
- DaiquiriBuilt on rum and with white rum in place of vodka.
- IllegalBuilt on tequila and with mezcal in place of vodka.
- BrambleBuilt on gin and with gin in place of vodka.
Every drink near the Caipiroska on the map
Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026