Cocktails with cachaça

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[edit] Caipirinha

Main article: Caipirinha

The Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail made with cachaça, sugar, and lime. It is the drink most commonly associated with cachaça.

[edit] Batida (Shaken)

Batida
Type: Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:
Served: "On the rocks"; poured over ice
Standard drinkware:
Zombie glass
Commonly used ingredients:
Preparation: Mix and pour into chilled glass.

Batida is a Brazilian cocktail made with the national alcoholic drink cachaça. In Portuguese, batida means shaken or milkshake. It is made with cachaça, fruit juice (or coconut milk), and sugar. It can be blended or shaken with ice.

A variation is made adding sweet condensed milk or sour cream.

The drink is commonly made with vodka instead of cachaça (which has limited availability outside of Brazil).

The most common fruit used in a Batida are passion fruit and coconut.

[edit] Rabo-de-galo

Rabo-de-galo, which means "cock tail" (in Brazilian Portuguese cocktail is called coquetel), is a Brazilian drink made of cachaça and red vermouth. Alternatively, is known as a mixture of "everything you have in the bar" in some places. It is questionable whether the proportions in rabo-de-galo have ever been formally established. Most bartenders will simply "eyeball" the two ingredients, adjusting the proportions to the customer's taste. A quite common version calls for 2/3 of cachaça and 1/3 of vermouth. Rabo-de-galo is usually served straight up in large shot glasses. A popular variation in São Paulo, Brazil substitutes the vermouth with Cynar, an Italian bitter apéritif liqueur flavored with artichoke.

[edit] Caju Amigo (Friendly Cashew)

Caju amigo
Type: Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:
Served: "Neat"; undiluted and without ice (see also straight up)
Standard garnish: Slice of cashew
Standard drinkware:
Shot glass
Commonly used ingredients:
  • 1 part cachaça
  • 1 slice of cashew, or 1 part cashew juice
Preparation: The slice is placed on the tongue and chased by the shot of cachaça. Or the two ingredients are mixed in a shot glass and served straight.

Caju Amigo is a Brazilian drink made of cachaça and cashew juice. In some places, a slice of cashew is put in the drinker's mouth and chewed without swallowing, and a shot of cachaça is drank straight, swallowing the fruit and the drink at the same time.

[edit] Quentão (Hot Stuff)

Quentão
Type: Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:
Served: Hot
Standard garnish: citrus peel
Standard drinkware:
Mug
Commonly used ingredients:
Preparation: caramelize the sugar with the spices and peels, then add the liquids. Boil for a few minutes then serve hot.

Quentão, which means "very hot" or "big hot one", is a hot Brazilian drink made of cachaça and spices. It is often served during Festa Junina. The sugar is first caramelized with the the spices, ginger and the peels. This mixture is then boiled with water for 10 minutes. The cachaça is added and boiled for another 5 minutes.

It is very common in southernmost parts of Brazil to substitute the primary ingredient of Quentão, cachaça, for red wine, due to this region being the largest wine producer in Brazil.

[edit] Leite de Onça (Jaguar Milk)

Leite de Onça
Type: Cocktail
Primary alcohol by volume:
Served: "Neat"; undiluted and without ice (see also straight up)
Standard garnish: cinnamon or chocolate (optional)
Standard drinkware: mug (preferably a non-transparent one)
Commonly used ingredients:
  • 1 part cachaça
  • 1 part milk
  • 1 part cocoa liqueur
  • 1/2 part of condensed milk
Preparation: mix the condensed milk and the milk until they blend together. Add cachaça and let it rest. Add cocoa licor when it's ready to serve

Leite de onça (Jaguar milk) is a cold Brazilian drink made of of cachaça and milk. It is very sweet and has a very suave scent that evokes the homely atmosphere of a Festa Junina. It is not easy to replace the ingredients and achieve a similar result because its taste is very peculiar.

It is usually served cold, in plain mugs, without garnish (though often cinnamon or chocolate powder is sprinkled over) so that it looks like milk at a first glance.


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