{"id":1587610,"date":"2016-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1587610"},"modified":"2020-07-31T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:55:43","slug":"how-to-make-your-own-caipirinha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/how-to-make-your-own-caipirinha\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: Make Your Own Caipirinha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1 pk-dropcap pk-dropcap-borders\">The buzz is starting as\u00a0the Summer Olympics are\u00a0about to start in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\u00a0on Friday. It&#8217;s hot, humid, and the best time to mix up your own drink, so what better way to celebrate then with your very own Brazilian inspired &#8220;<em>Caipirinha<\/em>&#8220;, and you don&#8217;t even need a bartender!<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ingredients\">INGREDIENTS:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 1\u00be oz Pit\u00fa Cacha\u00e7a\u00a0(rum may be used as an alternative)<br \/>\n\u2022 Half a fresh lime (cut into wedges)<br \/>\n\u2022 2 tsp. white sugar<br \/>\n\u2022 Crushed ice<br \/>\n\u2022 Slice of lime for garnish<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"preparation\">PREPARATION:<\/h3>\n<p>1. Place fresh lime wedges into rocks glass and add sugar. Muddle the lime and sugar, fill rocks glass with ice and add Pit\u00fa.<\/p>\n<p>2. Stir ingredients until ice starts to melt. Garnish and serve with lime slice.<\/p>\n<p>For a unique <a href=\"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/canada-day-cocktails\/\">Canadian twist<\/a> on the traditional Caipirinha recipe, substitute the white sugar<br \/>\nwith 1 tsp. of maple syrup.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of the Olympics, Pit\u00fa has customized a cocktail in celebration of the events. Traditionally, the Caipirinha is the national cocktail of Brazil (and its most common distilled alcoholic beverage!), and the Cacha\u00e7a spirit is the primary ingredient in the recipe.<\/p>\n<p>Pit\u00fa Cacha\u00e7a is available across Canada. Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pmacanada.com\/products\/pitu-cachaca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">The buzz is starting as\u00a0the Summer Olympics are\u00a0about to start in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil\u00a0on Friday. It&#8217;s hot, humid, and the best time to mix up your own drink, so&hellip;<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/how-to-make-your-own-caipirinha\/\" class=\"button button-primary button-effect\"><span>View Post<\/span><span><i class=\"cs-icon cs-icon-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1600536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3005,7422,7420,7421,5042,3006,1762,3007,3008,3009,3010],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1587610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-food","8":"tag-brazil","9":"tag-brazilian-cocktails","10":"tag-caipirinha","11":"tag-caipirinha-recipe","12":"tag-cocktail-recipe","13":"tag-diy-summer-drinks","14":"tag-how-to","15":"tag-pitu-cachaca","16":"tag-rio-de-janeiro","17":"tag-rio-olympics","18":"tag-summer-olympics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1587610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1600536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587610"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=1587610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}