![]() ![]() "I think cachaça, when it's well made, is one of the most interesting spirits in the world. The country's first sugarcane mills date back to the discovery of Brazilian territory in 1500, and since then the cachaça market has continued to evolve and the spirit's quality has improved. ![]() and Brazilian governments has established that all Brazilian sugarcane spirit arriving in the U.S. But as of two years ago, an agreement between U.S. Up until 2013, in the United States, cachaça was sometimes labeled as "Brazilian rum," causing consumer confusion with rum produced in other places, such as Caribbean countries. Best known for its role in the Caipirinha, cachaça-a spicy, sweet, and fruity clear liquor distilled from fermented sugarcane juice-must, by law, be produced in Brazil and contain alcohol by volume of 38 to 48 percent.Īs Brazil’s most popular spirit, cachaça is distilled throughout the country, from small home distilleries to large industries, yielding 800 million liters of the spirit annually-30 percent of which comes from small-batch producers. If Mexico has tequila, America has bourbon, and Russia has vodka, then cachaça is the spirit of Brazil. ![]()
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