Like most other drinks you’ve tasted or heard of before, cachaça is a complex drink. It has it’s own little set of rules and comes in variations, which are visible through its texture, flavor, and aroma. In this article, we will…
Like most other drinks you’ve tasted or heard of before, cachaça is a complex drink. It has it’s own little set of rules and comes in variations, which are visible through its texture, flavor, and aroma. In this article, we will…
Many websites out there describe and define cachaça as being a sort of Brazilian rum, but is that really true? There seems to be a lot of confusion when it comes to understanding the differences between rum and cachaça, so…
There are literally hundreds of cachaça labels in Brazil. If you have tried cachaça before, then chances are that it was an industrial cachaça. Artisanal cachaças are much harder to find outside of Brazil and yet I mention them here…
For a long time, the barrel, a Gallic invention, was used only as a container to transport beer and wine. The use of barrels to age alcoholic drinks dates back to the early seventeenth century. Pasteur was the first scientist…
According to a Brazilian standardization, Cachaça is the typical and unique designation for the sugarcane liquor produced in Brazil, with an alcohol content of 38-48 volume percent, at twenty degrees Celsius (°C), obtained by the distillation of the fermented juice of the sugarcane. The cachaça business is…
In this article, I will show you how to make a very simple and delicious caipirinha, the Caipimentha. This is essentially a pineapple mint caipirinha, that not only looks good but also brings some “exoticness” to your table, using only some very…
One very hot topic when discussing the perfect Caipirinha is the topic of how to cut limes. Some people defend that just quartering the limes or cutting them into small pieces is perfectly fine. Others insist that the right way is…
So far we have learned all about the history of cachaça, then I showed you how to pick the perfect limes for your Caipirinha, and lastly, I shared with you my own personal little strategy for cutting limes for Caipirinha. So what now?…
I love açaí and if there is one thing that I miss most about Brazil, is waking up in the morning and having a nice cold bowl of açai with guaraná syrup and granola. In this article, I’m going to be showing…
Caipirinha is a 3-ingredient cocktail (cachaça, sugar, and lime) and none of these 3 ingredients plays a more tricky role than the lime. With most other cocktails, the end-taste is mostly dependent on the bottle, so if you get your…