Originally Posted by wbl-mn-flyer
PS bring back as much of the liquor Cachaça as your country will allow, and perhaps a bit more if possible!
...cachaça is distilled from sugar cane which is milled to extract the juice. Rum makers first turn sugar cane into molasses, and then distill the beverage. Cachaça is a high-alcohol liquor – 40 proof, with a slightly musty flavor. When mixed with lime or other fruits, however, cachaça transforms itself into liquid fun. Cachaça is becoming widely available outside Brazil, in both stores and restaurants. Indeed, the Brazilian government has actually undertaken an effort to reserve the name cachaça only for Brazilian-made products and is promoting cachaça and caipirinhas as an expression of its culture...
Good advice as it's so cheap in Brasil. Rum is my tipple at home and I'm not adverse to othe dd Cuba Libre when I'm out but cachaça is a great drink if you're out on the town. Like Tequila it gives you a really lively buzz. Don't let the waiter persuade you into having some inferior domestic vodka in your caipirinha instead.
Availability is increasing overseas, my local off-licence sells 3 brands of cachaça i.e. Velho Barreira, 51 and Pitu as well as Skol and Antartica. Of course that may be due to the fact Roscommon town is now around 10-15% Brazilian.
