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The best caipirinha ever

Regina — Fri, 07 May 2010 06:32:53 +0000

"Cowpirinha", Cow Parade Expo, São Paulo, 2005

What makes caipirinha, Brazilian’s national drink, unique? A mix of lime, sugar, cachaça and ice – you will answer. Not so fast, my friend.

The same way you cannot make a bacteria by putting together a bunch of proteins and carbs, you won’t be able to produce caipirinha by simply [...]

10 Brazilian drinks as cool as caipirinha

Deep Brazil — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:15:22 +0000

Cachaças that are worth a meal

Caipirinha – a mix of sugar cane spirit (cachaça), crushed lime, white sugar and ice – is a big hit among foreigners that visit Brazil. It is pretty much everywhere in the country and many Brazilian families own the special wooden mortar used to prepare the beverage. Caipirinha and its variations, [...]

10 unforgettable Brazilian dishes

Deep Brazil — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:00:19 +0000

Selling tacacá in Belém

You most certainly heard of, or even tasted, churrasco (barbecue) and feijoada (a complex meal that includes a stew of black beans with pork and several side dishes, including rice, collard greans, pealed orange, cassava flour, red pepper sauce and our national distilled beverage, cachaça).

Now, can you tell me what a buchada [...]