{"id":1494,"date":"2010-09-08T00:07:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T00:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2014-07-24T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T13:39:15","slug":"the-caipirinha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-caipirinha\/","title":{"rendered":"The Caipirinha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best known elements of Brazilian culture outside of Brazil, gringos can&#8217;t get enough of the <strong>caipirinha<\/strong>! But it helps to know about its origins, what it means, and how it&#8217;s made.<\/p>\n<p>Popular folklore says that Queen Carlota Joaquina of Portugal <a href=\"http:\/\/pharisfaces.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/carlota-joaquina-criadora-da-caipirinha.html\">invented the drink<\/a> when she lived in Brazil, mixing her beloved <em>cacha\u00e7a<\/em> with fruit and sugar. Supposedly, she drank incredible quantities of the liquor, and the palace had to order dozens of bottles for her each month. Later, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.derivanbar.com\/cAIPIRINHAiba.htm\">the drink<\/a> was a favorite of Brazilian writers, such as Oswald de Andrade , M\u00e1rio de Andrade, Monteiro Lobato. In the 1920s, Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral shared the drink with friends in Paris, when <em>cacha\u00e7a <\/em>was rare in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The word itself, <em>caipirinha<\/em>, comes from the word <em>caipira<\/em>, or someone from rural Brazil. Roughly translated, this drink is actually called &#8220;little redneck&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>While this cocktail is traditionally made with <em>cacha\u00e7a<\/em>, crushed limes, sugar, and ice, it has become so popular that it now has dozens of variations. The Caipivodka, or Capiroska, are made with vodka, and the Caipirissima is made with rum. The Caipir\u00e3o is made in Portugal from a local liqueur, and the Sakerinha is made with Japanese sake. The Caipifruta is a caiprinha made with different kinds of fruit, like kiwi, passion fruit, pineapple and mango.<\/p>\n<p>Next time, we&#8217;ll take a look at some <em>caipirinha<\/em> recipes and learn how to make it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/09\/caipirinha.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/09\/caipirinha.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2010\/09\/caipirinha-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p>One of the best known elements of Brazilian culture outside of Brazil, gringos can&#8217;t get enough of the caipirinha! But it helps to know about its origins, what it means, and how it&#8217;s made. Popular folklore says that Queen Carlota Joaquina of Portugal invented the drink when she lived in Brazil, mixing her beloved cacha\u00e7a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-caipirinha\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":1497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8681,11206,11207,60,379364,114],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cachaca","tag-caipirinha","tag-cocktail","tag-drink","tag-history","tag-origin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5677,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions\/5677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}