A genuine Brazilian drink, cachaça is the spirit most consumed in the country and the third in the world. The caipirinha drink (cachaça, sugar, lime and ice) is on the menu of bars and restaurants of ...

Mexico has tequila. Colombia has aguardiente. Cuba has rum. Brazil’s spirit goes by the name of cachaça, a rum-like liquor steeped in history. Unlike much rum, it is not made from molasses but from ...

Cachaça — fun to say (ka-sha-sa) and even more to fun to drink — is a variety of rum that’s tied to Brazilian culture and cuisine. And while rum can be made from molasses, raw sugar or anything in ...