{"id":1049,"date":"2010-05-04T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2014-07-23T18:02:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T18:02:51","slug":"how-is-cachaca-made-brazilian-sugar-cane-liquor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/how-is-cachaca-made-brazilian-sugar-cane-liquor\/","title":{"rendered":"How is Cacha\u00e7a Made?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past week I was visiting my family in Minas Gerais, a state in Brazil famous for its friendly residents with funny accents & sayings<\/a>, p\u00e3o de queijo<\/a> <\/em>(or cheese, overall)\u00a0and cacha\u00e7a!<\/em><\/p>\n

Cacha\u00e7a is a traditional Brazilian liquor made of sugarcane juice (as opposed to molasses which is the difference between cacha\u00e7a and rum) and is appreciated by those who are familiar with the drink worldwide. \u00a0In Minas, almost every farm has an <\/span>alambique<\/em>, a still for cacha\u00e7a usually made of copper, and this past week, I had the opportunity to visit a farm that produces Cacha\u00e7a Ibituruna<\/a>, a premium artisan cacha\u00e7a, and got a personal tour which was tons of fun! And then of course, bought myself a bottle of the stuff \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Since I didn’t memorize what I learned, I found this great article on the history of Cacha\u00e7a<\/a> plus the Cacha\u00e7a Ibituruna<\/a> site gives you step by step instructions in Portuguese and English on how their cacha\u00e7a is made by clicking on the menu item, “A Cacha\u00e7a.”<\/p>\n

Have you tried Cacha\u00e7a? Did you like it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

This past week I was visiting my family in Minas Gerais, a state in Brazil famous for its friendly residents with funny accents & sayings, p\u00e3o de queijo (or cheese, overall)\u00a0and cacha\u00e7a! Cacha\u00e7a is a traditional Brazilian liquor made of sugarcane juice (as opposed to molasses which is the difference between cacha\u00e7a and rum) and…<\/p>\n

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