Cocktails with Cachaça
Cachaça is a Brazilian spirit distilled from fresh sugarcane juice, essential for the Caipirinha. It has grassy, funky character distinct from molasses-based rum.
3 drinks with cachaça
What it tastes like
- aroma
- Fresh grass, Sugarcane, Tropical fruit, Vegetal
- taste
- Grassy, Sweet cane, Funky, Vegetal
- finish
- Clean, Grassy, Medium
History
Cachaça is Brazil's national spirit and one of the world's most consumed distilled spirits. Production began in the 1500s on sugar plantations. While similar to rum, cachaça must be made from fresh cane juice rather than molasses.