Pour the vodka and sugar into a cocktail shaker and stir (or swirl) until the sugar is dissolved. Add the lime and muddle well. Fill a rocks glass ¾ full of crushed ice and then dump the ice into the shaker. Shake and pour everything back into the rocks glass.

• 2 oz vodka
• ½ oz Cointreau
• ½ oz lime cordial
• 2 lime wedges

Squeeze the lime wedges into a cocktail shaker and drop them in. Add the other ingredients and ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.

• 2 oz vodka
• 2 lime wedges, halved
• 2 slices ginger
• 1 tsp sugar
• ginger beer

Muddle the lime wedges, ginger, and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add the vodka and ice, and shake. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and top with ginger beer. Lime wedge garnish.

• 2 oz cachaça
• ⅓ oz brown sugar
• 1 lime, cut into eighths

Muddle the lime eighths and sugar in a rocks glass. Fill the glass with crushed ice, pour in the cachaça, and stir.