Recommended Difford's Guide modern web export by Difford's Guide (2017) — Difford's Guide modern source record
| 60 ml | Cachaça (unaged) — {"raw_name": "Cachaça (unaged)", "raw_measure": "60 ml Cachaça (unaged)", "parse_status": "parsed", "mapping_status": "exact_existing"} | base |
| 0.5 | Watermelon (fresh) — {"raw_name": "Watermelon (fresh)", "raw_measure": "1⁄2 cupful Watermelon (fresh)", "parse_status": "partial", "mapping_status": "exact_existing"} | dilution |
| 0.5 whole | Lime (fresh) — {"raw_name": "Lime (fresh)", "raw_measure": "1⁄2 fresh Lime (fresh)", "parse_status": "parsed", "mapping_status": "exact_existing"} | other |
| 3 barspoon | powdered sugar — {"raw_name": "Powdered sugar", "raw_measure": "3 barspoon Powdered sugar", "parse_status": "parsed", "mapping_status": "exact_existing"} | sweetener |
- Select and pre-chill a HIGHBALL (MAX 10OZ/300ML) GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of stirrer (spoon, wooden lolly stick or stick cut from sugar cane).
- Cut a ripe lime in half (from pole to pole) and remove the core from each half by cutting a V-shaped groove. (You'll need one-half of the lime per cocktail.) CHOP into wedges and each wedge chopped in half before dropping the resulting 6 or 8 lime chunks into the base of shaker.
- Add 3 bar spoons caster sugar (or ½oz / 15ml sugar syrup 2:1) and MUDDLE.
- Add watermelon and MUDDLE some more.
- When sure fruit juice is fully extracted and the sugar dissolved, TRANSFER the muddled fruit and sugar into serving glass (preferably a 30cl / 10oz hi-ball glass).
- POUR cachaça (stored in the freezer) into the rocks glass (used to muddle) and swirl to rinse glass before pouring cachaça into serving glass.
- STIR to ensure all ingredients are well mixed.
- Fill glass with ice. (If using large ice cubes, crack (rather than crush) four to five large ice cubes using an ICE TAPPER and drop into serving glass.)
- Briefly STIR before topping with more ice.
- Garnish with stirrer (but no straws).
Garnish: Prepare garnish of stirrer (spoon, wooden lolly stick or stick cut from sugar cane). Garnish with stirrer (but no straws).
Ice: ice
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Modern provenance preserved separately; do not merge with historical recipes on name alone.