Beverages, Cocktails & Advanced Sweets

Caipirinha and its blender cousins lead, but the counter coffee culture — cafezinho, pingado — and the festa junina quentão are just as defining. The 'advanced sweets' corner holds the make-ahead desserts like mousse and doce de leite that every cook keeps in rotation.

11 recipes in this section of the archive.

• CaipirinhaLime Cachaça Cocktail
• Limonada SuíçaBrazilian Lemonade
• Batida de CocoCoconut Cocktail
• QuentãoHot Mulled Cachaça
• Rabo de GaloRooster's Tail
• CafezinhoFiltered Coffee
• Chá Mate GeladoIced Mate Tea
• Guaraná com LaranjaGuaraná Orange Mocktail
• PingadoCoffee with Milk
• Mousse de MaracujáPassion Fruit Mousse
• Doce de Leite CaseiroPressure Cooker Caramel