Cachaça

16.06.2012 21:21

It doesn’t take long to appreciate Brazilian liquors, especially when they’re paired with fruits. The most basic is cachaça, a sugar cane rum. The good stuff is good; the bad stuff…think bad tequila. With cachaça you make capirinhas by adding muddled lime and sugar, or have it vodka instead and call it a roska. Even better add fruit, like a mangaroska. The best, though, are the herb and fruit infused cachaças, like the ones below in an artisan shop in Cachoiera. We tried all kinds: jenipapo (a musky, berry like flavor), cacau branco (the white part of the cacao fruit), caju (an sweet, citrusy fruit), and even crave (clove). They come in every variety imaginable!