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El Diablo,


Id really like to expand my drinking taste. I don't like beer at all and I've pretty much stuck to drinking Vodka with either OJ or Red Bull but I'd like to add something more adult and sophisticated. I don't like tonic water.

Ideas for a new vodka drink, and recommendations for a liquor I should try given my affinity for vodka

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You might try the Caipirosca.

1/2 lime, quartered
1 tsp fine sugar, or 1/2-3/4oz sugar syrup (brown sugar is a good variation)
2oz vodka

Muddle the lime and sugar/syrup together in a rocks glass, add cracked ice and the vodka, then stir.

The Caipirosca is a variation on a traditional Brazilian drink - the Caipirinha, which is essentially the same except that the liquor used is cachaca and not vodka. Good cachaca isn't the easiest thing to find cheaply here, and white rum is a perfectly good substitute.

Not too far from these drinks is the Mojito:
1 sprig mint
1oz simple syrup (again, fine sugar works but this requires less mixing)
3/4oz lime
1.5oz rum
dash of Angostura bitters (optional)
soda water

Muddle a mint sprig with the simple syrup and lime, add everything else (but the soda water) and shake over ice. Strain over cracked ice into a highball, top with the soda water. You can substitute champagne for the soda water and make this into an Old Cuban, which is one of my favorite drinks.

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Wow awesome those sound so grown up, exactly what I was looking for.

would these be available in most bars?

also pronunciation for Caipirosca?

cap-ir-oh-sca?