Virgin Caipirinha
The Virgin Caipirinha is an alcohol-free drink: 3 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a rocks glass. That makes 115 ml in the glass, soda included: a middling measure.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassRocks glass
In the glass115 ml
Strengthalcohol-free
Ingredients
- 30 mlfresh lime juice
- 10 mlsugar
- top uptonic water
Method
- Cut the lime into wedges, put them in the glass with the cane sugar and muddle.
- Fill with crushed ice and top with tonic water.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- It leans dry: 1.4 out of 10 of bitterness, 31st of 186.
- round → sour
- A sour through and through: 4th of 186 for acidity, carried by fresh lime juice.
- light → strong
- No alcohol to speak of: 115 ml in the glass and under one degree, so it sits at the bottom of the axis with the other alcohol-free drinks.
It is the most bitter of the group around it: 1.4 out of 10.
Five that come close
- Berry BlastWith cold black tea in place of tonic water and longer by 130 ml.
- Not so CosmoWith cranberry juice in place of tonic water and longer by 37 ml.
- Virgin MaryRounder and with tomato juice in place of tonic water.
- Sea Breeze7 degrees stronger and built on vodka.
- Saint ClementsSweeter and with fresh orange juice in place of tonic water.
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Recipe source: CocktailMag · checked on 3 November 2026