Cachaça
How to drink
You can drink it pure or in exquisite drinks. As the most classic one, Caipirinha.
- Straight, as a shot;
- On the rocks;
- The perfect caipirinha, or
- With fruits or juices;
- Cooking – yes, try to add some cachaça to your recipes!!!
Check it out on our Recipe Page !!
Capirinha Culture
Cachaça became a Brazilian identity through it’s most famous drink “Caipirinha”, that combines great taste, originality and the true Brazilian vibrant soul.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT “CAIPIRINHA” MEANS? : It means “girl from the countryside” as the drink was invented in the 19th century in the interiors of Sao Paulo state, where the sugar cane farmers were looking into a way to replace whisky, which was expensive and difficult to obtain.
Caipirinha is a piece of Brazilian culture and embodies a set of rules, myths and terminologies.
It´s a ritual for happy moments with friends and loved ones.
Learn all you need to know to make your caipirinha moments even more enjoyable. Click Here!
How it's made
Manual Cutting
To guarantee our quality and a sustainable process, all production comes from our producer's sugarcane fields. Modern techniques of cultivation, selection of special varieties, well-maintained fields and manual cutting are the foundations of our great ABOUT cachaças.Milling
Extracts the fresh sugar cane juice. Think on sustainability, the milled stalks are used on the boiler fire or as a natural fertilizer.Fermentation
The sugar cane juice is fermented using native yeasts, which convert sugar into alcohol. The strictly controlled process is critical to determine to the cachaças's bouquet.Distillation
After fermentation, small batches will be distilled in copper stills. Only the heart (the best part) is utilized in a completely handmade process.Storage
Cachaça is stored in wooden barrels or rested in stainless steel vats for at least 6 months.Bottling
Our strict quality control ensures the bottling of the product within the highest standards. In the case of ABOUT Brazil Gold a blend is made among different batches, creating a product of unique personality.Woods
Amburana
Features intense color and a strong and characteristic bouquet, with notes of vanilla and slightly sweet flavor.
Cachaça or rum?
Cachaça |
Rum |
| Cachaça is made of freshly sugar cane juice extraction | Rum is made generally of boiled sugar cane juice |
| Alcohol content 38 to 48% | Alcohol content 35 to 54% |
| Can be aged in different types of wood barrels that provides distinct aroma, color and flavors | Traditionally aged in oak barrels |
| 100% Brazilian | Comes from different Latin American countries mostly in the Caribbean Region |
Cachaça
Rum
- This difference in the process results in a unique chemical composition, which distinct the spirits and brings different sensory properties. Boiling the sugar cane juice alters the substances present in the product, such as aldehydes and higher alcohols. This ends up modifying the final taste of the drink.