What is cachaça?
Cachaça: Brazilian spirit distilled from fresh sugarcane juice, the base of the Caipirinha.
- Category
- Spirit
- Taste
- Grassy, vegetal and funky, rougher than most rum.
- Strength
- About 40% ABV
- Similar to
- rhum agricole, white rum
- Also called
- cachaca
The story
Brazil has distilled cane juice since the 1500s, which makes cachaça one of the oldest spirits in the Americas. The Caipirinha started as a folk remedy of lime, garlic and honey before it became Brazil's national drink.