Batida de Coco Cocktail Recipe
Cachaça blended with coconut cream and condensed milk — thick, white and unapologetically sweet.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 12%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
Ingredients
- Cachaça50 ml (1.7 oz)
- Coconut cream60 ml (2 oz)
- Sweetened condensed milk30 ml (1 oz)
- Fresh lime juice10 ml (0.3 oz)
How to Make It
- Blend everything with a cup of ice until smooth and thick.
- Pour into a tall glass.
- Do not add more ice.
- Scatter toasted coconut on top.
Garnish
Toasted coconut
What it tastes like
The sweetness is pronounced, there is pineapple and passion fruit in it and the texture is creamy.
The technique
Blended. Everything goes into the blender with crushed ice. Cubes strain the motor and leave shards behind; crushed or pellet ice gives a smoother drink. Rule of thumb: about a cup of crushed ice per serving. More ice than that and you are drinking a slush with no flavour left.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Thickened milk with sugar already in it — it is the sweetener, so no syrup is needed. With none, add about a third of its weight in sugar to evaporated milk.
- Fresh lime juice
- Freshly squeezed lime. Bottled lime tastes cooked and flat; one lime gives about 30 ml. If you have none, half lemon and half grapefruit juice comes closest.
The Story
Batida means shaken, and Brazil makes one with every fruit it grows; the coconut version is the one that travelled.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Batida de Coco mixed?
- It is blended and served in a highball glass.
- How strong is a Batida de Coco?
- Roughly 12% ABV as served — right around a glass of wine — an aperitif or an early-evening drink.
- Can a Batida de Coco be made without alcohol?
- Simply leaving the spirit out does not work — the body and the bitterness go with it. The 86 alcohol-free recipes in the catalogue are built to hit that balance from the start.
- Is a Batida de Coco hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
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