Brazilians consume 1.4 billion liters of cachaça a year. The national spirit, made of sugar cane, seems to have seduced the American president in his recent visit to Brazil. But Barack Obama most certainly missed one of the funniest aspects of cachaça culture: the bottle labels. Inspired, campy, erotic or self-deprecating, they are an eloquent portrait of the country’s irreverence.
Here are some examples, divided according their inspiration:
Celebrities
Erotic
Self-deprecating
And last but definitely not least
Sources: A Chave de Ouro, Good Friend and Boteco Móvel
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These are great!
It is a pity we still can’t taste things through the web. I bet some of these cachaças taste like hell, in the good, weird sense.
Ameie ! Eu ri muito ! I will share this !
Please, please, do that Anita. The more, the merrier!