cachaça

noun ca·cha·ça \ kə-ˈshä-sə \

|Updated on: 22 May 2018

Definition of cachaça

: a Brazilian liquor distilled from sugarcane

Recent Examples of cachaça from the Web

This cocktail combines cachaca with blueberry, ginger, demerara, lime and activated charcoal.

— shelbie lynn bostedt, RedEye Chicago, "Drink your way to health with these 'nutritious' cocktails," 8 June 2017
De Oliveira, a former Speed Rack cocktail contest winner, is mixing up a concoction dubbed All My Sisters Are Queens, made with Leblon cachaca, vermouth blanc, lime, rosemary, absinthe and Fever Tree tonic. 7-9 p.m.

— joseph hernandez, chicagotribune.com, "Good Food Expo, Fernet pop-up, free hot dogs and more to eat, drink, do this weekend," 22 Mar. 2018
There are plenty to call out, from the Hug A Wild Cat (cachaca, pisco, El Jimador Blanco with gooseberry jam and kumquat) to the Cocktail à la Louisiane (Johnny Walker Gold Reserve, oat husk infusion, absinthe and that voodoo smoke again).

— Condé Nast Traveler, "The Nightjar," 25 Aug. 2017
There are plenty to call out, from the Hug A Wild Cat (cachaca, pisco, El Jimador Blanco with gooseberry jam and kumquat) to the Cocktail à la Louisiane (Johnny Walker Gold Reserve, oat husk infusion, absinthe and that voodoo smoke again).

— Condé Nast Traveler, "The Nightjar," 25 Aug. 2017
There are plenty to call out, from the Hug A Wild Cat (cachaca, pisco, El Jimador Blanco with gooseberry jam and kumquat) to the Cocktail à la Louisiane (Johnny Walker Gold Reserve, oat husk infusion, absinthe and that voodoo smoke again).

— Condé Nast Traveler, "The Nightjar," 7 Apr. 2017

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