""Make what you like," he says."
""Christmas is hot in Brazil. We're in sandals and flip-flops," he explained as he muddled wedges of lime and slices of orange with what looked to be heaps of the caramel-colored sugar in a rocks glass."
""Here, it's hot chocolate and hot toddies, but there everything is iced.""
Thiago Leite runs holiday cocktail classes at Fairmont Pittsburgh and follows a simple philosophy: make what you like. He adapts Brazil's national Caipirinha into a Caipiroska by substituting Absolut Elyx vodka for cachaça and using brown sugar instead of superfine cane sugar, muddling lime and orange for a caramel-tinted, refreshing drink. Leite describes vodka as a "sponge" spirit that absorbs flavors. He contrasts Brazil's warm, iced-Christmas tradition with Pittsburgh's cold-season hot drinks. A second cocktail, the Bashful Boulevardier, mixes whiskey, Campari, cherry syrup and a dash of Chambord for a rich holiday option.
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