Caipirinha

This is not just another summertime drink with Brazilian cachaça - it's the most popular drink with cachaça. Combining the spirit with lime gives you a sour that is spicy and with notes of musty fruitiness and honey. Be careful, this tipple is addictive.

6 cl cachaça

1 lime cut in four pieces

1 tablespoon brown sugar

Muddle the four wedges of lime in a rocks glass. Add crushed ice and cachaça. Stir vigorously.

If you haven't got a machine of some sort to crush your ice cubes, you just roll up you ice cubes in a towel and bang it with a meat pounder or a rolling pin.

Feel free to balance the ingredients to suit your taste.