Comments for Trying to Make Brazilian Cachaça a Household Word in the US at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:48:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6318/1/#pc_3289 Cachaça!!!! Forget about those little things they sell at the Corcovado Mountains or Pão-de- açucar (sugar loaf) . They are a pain in the butt to cary around while you just want to be completly free to have fun. Isn´t that right? I bought coffee for the good boys and girls...and cachaça for the also very good boys and girls!! I could pass through immigration customs because I got it at the duty free shop inside of the the airport. Make sure you buy the cheaper white cachaça for the caipirinha or the more expensive stuff (whisky color) for the people who enjoy to drink on the rocks. They will sure dance and sing Há...EU Tô maluco!!!! (MALUCO is crazy in portuguese, or better translated as ...HÀ ..I am going nutts!!! ) Enjoy. If you have a free spirit personality or wnat to become a little bit like one, you will not regret to go to MY beautifull BRASIL. - Guest Sun, 07 May 2006 19:16:59 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6318/1/#pc_3373 I have had caipihrinhas, and they do bite! I would hate to try getting really blasted on it. The hangover would be a killer. - Guest Sun, 07 May 2006 18:59:02 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6318/1/#pc_3384 I visited my friend in 2004 in Rio de Janiero, staying in a hostil in the Batofogo district. I had heard of Cachacha from my friend and new I had to have a Caiparinha, which happened to be the welcome drink at the hostil. The people at the hostil became good friends and the last Friday of my stay they had a birthday party for one of the local girls. Cachacha was the drink of the night. I then had to buy a few bottles (no I wasn\'t legal on my way through immigration at the US airport) and have tried all that I brought back. My advise, try all that you can while there and buy some at the local beverage stores. The caiparihna is so simple to make with a cut up and crushed small lime, lots of sugar, which doesn\'t disolve, ice in a rocks glass, cover with cachacha, swish and swill. think of it as the Brazillian mint julip, a drink that comes up from behind and taps you on the shoulder with a two by four. They recommend having it with their local version of a rice, bean and meat dish, and I do too because too much cachacha is like any good liquor. - Guest Sun, 07 May 2006 10:53:37 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6318/1/#pc_3288 I once bought a bottle of 51 in the US for 20 bucks! I explained to my friends that this was about the worst national cachaca there was (local brands can get much worse or better) they had to try it. I almost killed us that night. - Guest Sat, 06 May 2006 21:59:06 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6318/1/#pc_3379 The brand is called Ethanol ! 5 or 10 years from now, when new technologies will come downstream with Fuel cell engines in cars, ethanol will become your National beverage that every Brazilian will have to drink to the tune of 100 litres per capita/year, decree signed by Lula himself. Knowing how Lula is a good citizen and patriot he already drinks 500 litres/year to show you : it can be done ! - Guest Sat, 06 May 2006 10:01:59 +0100