Talk:Caipirinha
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I removed much of the content of this page, as it violates WP:NOT (see the section on "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information", point 8). However, the content is contained within the wikibooks article which I have linked to. --Xyzzyplugh 03:14, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation
I was having a hard time with the IPA editing of the pronunciation I added. Can someone fix it? (Or look at it at least?) Thanks!--will 08:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
- In Brazilian Portuguese, South-Eastern dialect: [kaj.pi.'ri.ɲɐ]. Notice that the first syllable has a secondary stress. jggouvea 02:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lemon or Lime?
Being a Brazilian-born alcohol drinker, who lived there for almost 30 years, I was a bit shaken (not stirred) to find that people everywhere else make the drink with limes. Well, the lime looks exactly like our lemon, but it doesn't taste the same (less acid). So what's the truth? Some people have reassured me that what we call a lemon is actually a lime; since I haven't seen a lime that tastes like the lemon I'm used to, I don't quite believe this theory. Does anyone have a definitive answer?
Meanwhile, I can say this to anyone wanting to make the drink: it can taste great with lemon or lime equally, but you need the most acid fruit you can get, and not sweet at all. The regular ("key") limes are too soft for a good caipirinha. LaloMartins 10:52, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- Preparing capirinha with limes is the closest you can get to a sacrilege if you are in Brazil. People will not drink it because the exact proportion of sugar that is used in the recipe makes the drink too sweet. We use lemons. Only lemons. And we don't even use ripe lemons, but slightly unripe ones. The point of caipirinha is the combination of sour and sweet on the top of a strong spirit. Remove either the sour or the sweet and you spoil it completely. But I am not really surprised, since I've heard that foreigners only eat our tasty Cheese buns with fillers (usually sweet ones)!. jggouvea 02:49, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Caipiroska vs Caipivodka
The Caipivodka was just added to this article as an alternative name to Caipiroska. At the moment (before a whole lot of other sites pick this change up from Wikipedia), there are only about 668 Google results for Caipivodka, and 165,000 results for Caipiroska (which is also the name identified by the International Bartender Association). Most of the sites that refer to Caipivodka appear to be written in Brazilian Portuguese (which I do not speak or read), so I cannot judge if they are reliable sources, or just sites with user-submitted drink recipes and the names are local variations.
In short, I'm not sure how notable the name Caipivodka is, and if it is worth mentioning in the article -- especially with equal prominence to Caipiroska. I would appreciate any help in figuring this out. Thanks. --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 22:43, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
I am a newbie trying to learn how to participate in Wikipedia according the the rules. I own a marketing company that specializes in spirits, wines and beer and so have a pretty good knowledge base from which to contribute. Regarding the Caipivodka name, I agree that the name is not notable, in fact this is the first time I've even heard it. The name I'm familiar with for a Caipirinha made with vodka is "Caipiroshka" (note the added "h"). This is the name commonly used in on premise promotional materials, articles in the trade press etc.Batboy23 (talk) 21:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
