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beleza pura
. making drinks can be a pain, so if you’re feeling lazy i think this stuff is acceptable. it has good acidity and isn’t too sweet and beleza pura is a good cachaca.
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Mojitos!
find someplace that made a decent caipirhina . . . Hell, i’d even settle for a liquor store that had cachaca distilled for drinking rather than cleaning engine parts of running small lawnmowers.
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Capirhina recipe?
It’s called a caipirinha, and if you just do a web search, it’ll come up with loads of recipes. Basically chop up a lime, muddle it with some sugar in the bottom of a glass, add ice cubes, pour some cachaça (sugar...
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Caiparinhas - are they better in Brazil?
I think the type of cachaca used plays a big part. Playboy ranked the 20 best cachacas in 2007, a summary of which can be found below in portuguese....
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Seeking interesting cacacha drinks in LA
Fogo de Chao in Beverly Hills makes a very nice caipirinha. www.fogodechao.com Alternatively, you can buy cachaca at Bevmo and make caipirinhas at home yourself!
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caiprinhas in Toronto?
At Caju they make them correctly with Cachaca, not rum/vodka that most places use.
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Brazilian market in Raleigh area?
I am trying to locate a market selling food and spirits from Brazil, anywhere in the Triangle area but preferably in Raleigh. Specifically, I am looking for a good local spot to buy high quality cachaca, the rum-like alcohol used...
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New Hot Toddy Recipe
It is 17 degrees today—need a toddy—here it is: I made hot green tea, added some sugar and a shot of cachaca- pretty nice-enjoy
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What To Have With BBQ moved...
I like Mint Julip’s with BBQ. Brazilian caipirinha’s can be made with either cachaca or vodka. White wine sangria is nice and refreshing (use peach juice and flavors like that to make a more “robust”...
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Scallops wrapped in bacon
Samba-Le does a nice scallops wrapped in pancetta in cachaca pink sauce. http://petercherches.blogspot.com
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Columbian spirit- Aguardiente Cristal
. Wikipedia says Columbian aguardiente is a sugar-cane derived, anise-flavored liquor with 29% alcohol content. A (new-improved) search on the boards turned up a brief mention by the LA board’s jerome, saying it’s...
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iso tortuga rum cakes
You just know everything don’t you Carswell!! LOL In that vein, why can’t I get Cachaca here in Montreal???? Am loving the caipirinas... using the stuff we bought in North Carolina last summer. But alas we used up the...
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caipirinha in Boston?
first and make sure they have cachaca. Can’t imagine why they wouldn’t. Maybe not quite the atmosphere you’re looking for, but No. 9 Park does have multiple cachacas, so I’m sure they can make a good one as...
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newsletter has strange characters
Sounds like a problem with accented letters — Cachaca has a cedilla on the third c (I should know how to type that, but I don’t.) — though I don’t know why that would cause your email to think it was spam....
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Brazilian for birthday group dinner?
Third the Plataforma. The moonshine you’re thinking of is cachaca.
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