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Obrigado, Brazil!

written by Gail Sotelo April 17, 2015

I have been looking at the 2shots readership data and was so wonderfully surprised to find out that I have regular readers from (gasp!) Brazil.

I honestly don’t know anyone from Brazil… Except for the cardiologist named Bruno I met on the plane for my flight back to Asia (who is also into wine).

It is, however, one of the places Chad and I would want to go to at one point in our lives… See the Carnival, live like a cariocca, and just chill out in Rio with a cocktail in my hand while listening to samba.

Needless to say, I would like to dedicate this post as a means to be able to say, Obrigado Brazil!

With that in mind, I decided to research and attempt different cocktails using Brazilian ingredients (that I could find in our stores here). To be specific, I made a cocktail using coconut water, and another using Açai berry.

Açai berry is a small, round, grape-looking fruit. Weight-loss aficionados credit drinking copious amounts of this juice to maintain svelte figures.

Admittedly, it was tough to find the 100% pure Açai berry juice in Manila, so I had to make do with one that is blended with other fruits (boo).

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To make a glass of Açai Berry Sour, you will need:

  • 1 jigger Vodka
  • 2 jiggers Acai berry juice
  • 1 jigger lemon juice
  • ½ jigger simple syrup (1:1 ratio of water and sugar)
  • Ice

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Use a cocktail shaker to mix all the ingredients together. Shake well. Strain and serve in a rock glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Coconut water is the clear liquid inside young green coconuts. This beverage is found to aid in weight-loss, boost hydration (hence, it’s AWESOME for hangovers), facilitate digestion, reduce blood pressure, and restore electrolytes.

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To make a glass of Coconut Fruit Cocktail*, you will need:

  • 1½ jigger coconut water
  • 1 jigger white wine
  • ½ jigger orange juice
  • 1 drop pink or red food coloring (optional)
  • Fruits (I recommend passion fruit, pineapple, strawberries, and/or mango, all cut in small, bite-sized pieces)

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Use a cocktail shaker to mix the coconut water, white wine, and orange juice. Strain into a tumbler or wine glass with chopped fruits. Garnish with a fruit slice (or if you find the fruits in the glass attractive enough, you can skip this).

I hope you enjoy the cocktails. Saúde!


*In this particular experiment, I used Lipa, which is a sparkling coconut juice to add a little dimension. I decided to use it to top up the orange juice and white wine I have shaken and strained on the pineapples. 

Obrigado, Brazil! was last modified: August 19th, 2017 by Gail Sotelo

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