How to make a Caipiroska

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  The Caipiroska is usually served in either a highball glass, or an old fashioned style tumbler glass. You will want to take your half a lime, and squeeze the juice into the glass. Make sure you get the most out of your lime, since this is an essential addition to the cocktail! Place one of the limes into the glass.
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  You'll then want to add the both the sugars into the glass. Please note that it doesn't matter too much which sugars you use, but "natural brown sugar" is quite nice – in the UK this is called demerara sugar, and in the US, turbinado sugar. Using purely white sugar will result in a clearly cocktail, whereas all brown sugar will result in a more tanned colour drink. However, to begin with it's probably better to use a mixture of both – as recommended by Alcomixer! Muddle the sugar with the lime added in the previous step. Be careful not to over-muddle this, since you may begin to break down the skin of the lime, which would result in a bitter tasting drink.
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  You can now pour in your vodka of choice. A nice Russian vodka would usually be anybody's choice, but it's entirely up to you. Stir the ingredients together until the sugar is beautifully dissolved.
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  Add in a little crushed ice to your cocktail, and stir the ingredients again to melt the crushed ice just a little bit. You can now garnish the cocktail with a wedge or slice of lime