A trip to Brazil's Copacabana Beach may not be in the cards, but you might hear Samba music playing when you sip a cocktail made with cachaça, the South American country's national spirit. Not ...

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I did not go to Rio for the mist. But as I walked along the curve of Ipanema beach my first morning there, the sky was the color of a nickel and was drizzling down a fine, weightless rain. It had sent ...

If summer is for bottomless caipirinhas, winter is all about warming quentão. Here are recipes for both. If it’s not made with cachaça, it’s not a caipirinha.Credit...Bobbi Lin for The New York Times.

With the sweltering summer months on the way, it’s time to shake up your cocktail game. READ: 10 Low-Calorie Summer Cocktails And for some much-needed inspiration, we recommend heading down south, to ...

Mexico has tequila. Colombia has aguardiente. Cuba has rum. Brazil’s spirit goes by the name of cachaça, a rum-like liquor steeped in history. Unlike much rum, it is not made from molasses but from ...

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Outside of Brazil (where it is the best-selling spirit), cachaça is best known for its starring role in the caipirinha—a simple three-ingredient, lime-infused cocktail. Rum drinkers will find cachaça ...