THE finest MOCKTAIL ever – ESPRESSO CAIPIRINHA

When I believe of the word mocktail, I normally have the picture of something full of wonderful fruit juice as well as over-compensating garnishes. Not something I might happily switch for a full-fat drink. However, this espresso caipirinha mocktail truly hits the spot.

Whether you’re driving, expecting or on a detox, discovering an alternate alco-free tipple can be hard. I did dry July once. The next year I did dry Feb since it’s a shorter month – however I’d forgotten it was a leap year. That additional day broke my heart.

Throughout those months, I tried to discover something tasty to drink instead of the normal orange juice or other soft drinks you discover in pubs, however none of them truly did much for me. as well as for all the sugar in them, I may also have had a beer!

And I’ve never truly seen eye to eye with mocktails either. They all tend to be rather wonderful as well as unsatisfying. however the other day we were provided one of these: an espresso caipirinha mocktail.

Caipirinha (pronounced /kaypirinya/) is a Brazilian mixed drink made with a wonderful rum type liquor called cachaça (pronounced /kashassa/), lime as well as sugar. It’s a firm much-loved in Brazil.

You may have likewise heard of the caprioska, which is similar to a caipirinha however made with vodka.

Well this drink has neither, however it’s still absolutely delicious.

Espresso Caipirinha Mocktail

Serves 1

Here’s what you need

? ½ lime – sliced into segments
? 3 spoons raw sugar
? 15ml sugar syrup (make your own with equal parts caster sugar as well as hot water)
? 50ml lemon juice
? 50ml espresso coffee – chilled
? Ice

Here’s what you do

1. Muddle the lime as well as sugar together in a highball glass.
2. add ice then the sugar syrup as well as lemon juice.
3. pour the coffee over the top to provide the layered effect.
4. Garnish with a lime slice as well as a straw.

These mocktails took it a step even further, utilizing the Nespresso decaffeinated coffee, the drinks were even a lot more vice free.

Our tips:

We utilized Nespresso coffee pods to make these cocktails, which worked brilliantly. If you don’t have a Nespresso machine, you might utilize a stovetop or French press plunger coffee maker.

Alternatively you might utilize a coffee liqueur like Mr Black – yum!

You can make this a mixed drink instead of a mocktail by adding a shot of booze in before you add the coffee. If you have cachaça, that’s fantastic however it’s exceptionally costly in Australia. A great white rum would work okay or otherwise just utilize a great vodka.

What do you drink if you’re out as well as have to stay sober? would you have the decaf mocktail version of this or go full throttle as well as take the caffeinated alcoholic version? tell us in the comments!

Images courtesy of Nespresso.