Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry & Black Pepper Caipirinha (Cachaçagora

April 22, 2009

Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry & Black Pepper Caipirinha

By way of the Vancouver Sun, here is the strawberry and black pepper caipirinha, attributed to Justin Taylor of the Yew Restaurant and Bar at the Vancouver Four Seasons.

Strawberry and Black Pepper Caipirinha

1 oz. cachaça
1/2 oz. black peppercorns
4 large, fresh strawberries
1/2 oz. lime juice
1/2 oz. agave nectar
Garnish: 1 lime wedge, 1 strawberry, quartered

In a mixing glass, muddle pepper and berries. Add all other ingredients (except the garnish) with ice, cover and shake well. Place ice, lime wedge and quartered strawberry into a rocks or old-fashioned glass; double strain the drink over the ice and garnish.

Posted by Phil Gomes on April 22, 2009 at 08:46 PM in Cocktails | Permalink

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I realize this is a very late response, but I happened to come across this post about the "creator" of the Strawberry and Black Pepper Caipirinha. I am not a fan of bartenders "borrowing" original recipes from magazine articles and claiming them as their own. This cocktail in particular is one that I have also made after reading about it in Food and Wine magazine, if I am not mistaken.
I would encourage you to edit this post and remove the connection to the "attributed" bartender.

Posted by: RC | February 23, 2012 at 10:07 AM

Web rot fixed the problem for me. The link is dead.

Besides, the post is accurate in saying that Canada.Com attributed the drink to Justin Taylor. If you have the source for the actual creator of this recipe, I'd be happy to amend the post.

Posted by: Phil | February 23, 2012 at 10:20 AM

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Hi. My name is Phil Gomes. By day, I work at a public relations firm as its senior vice president of digital integration. I'm a proud SF East Bay native who currently lives in Chicago.
I was introduced to cachaça by my wife, a Carioca. Her mom, in turn, is the president of the Confraria de Cachaça do Copo Furado, a group that meets monthly to talk about Brazil's indigenous spirit. I participated in one of their meetings when I vacationed in Rio in July 2008.
This started me thinking about the basic question of whether cachaça in the U.S. is today where, say, tequila was some decades ago.
So I decided to start this blog as a means to record and share the cachaça-related items I've been seeing day-to-day. I hope to be sharing recipes, impressions, and random thoughts as the U.S. continues to catch on to the potential for this particular spirit.
Oh... The name? "Cachaçagora" is a portmanteau of "Cachaça" and "agora", which is the Portuguese word for "now". In Greek, "agora" also means public square. I hope to meet the expectations of both.
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April 22, 2009