Compare and Buy Cachaca Online at Comparethedrinks. Chose by Brand/Producer such as Beija Flor, Cabana, German, Boca Loca, Bossa and others. Brazils national spirit has been produced for around 500 years, and is a type of rum, also referred to in its native land as Aguardente de Cana. As it is distilled from the fermented juice of the sugar cane (rather than the molasses that is a by-product of the sugar-making process), cachaca is similar to the Martinique rhum agricole. However, it is distilled to a much lower strength (around 75%) and therefore retains various flavour characteristics of the cane from which it was produced.
Brazil’s national drink, cachaça ( pronounced ‘cash-assa’ ), is a type of rum made from freshly crushed sugar cane. The resulting juice is distilled and then either bottled immediately or left to rest in tanks and/or wooden barrels. Whereas the young, clear cachaças are mainly used as an ingredient in cocktails, the older, darker and more complex cachaças are usually enjoyed neat, much like a malt whisky.
Brazilians often say that the best cachaças originate from the state of Minas Gerais, in the South East of the country. However we at Go Brazil would argue that fine cachaça is dependent as much as on attention to detail in the handling and production processes, as its place of origin.
For a product that remains almost unknown in the UK cachaça is, remarkably, the world’s third most consumed spirit – superseded only by vodka and whisky. Although consumed mainly in its home market of Brazil, cachaça exports have grown significantly in recent years.
In Germany, for example, they consume more cachaça than wine, mostly in the form of caipirinha cocktails. Simplicity itself, a caipirinha ( pronounced ‘kai-pee-reen-ya’ ) is made only from cachaça, sugar, muddled limes and ice. Deceptively strong but delicious.. !
Go Brazil is delighted to be representing Cachaçaria Weber Haus, a multi-award winning family producer from Rio Grande do Sul, the same state from where our wines are sourced.
