School 1: Sugarcane

School 1: Sugarcane

An ongoing series evaluating the schools outlined by Mapa da Cachaça in an article from several years ago. UPDATE: After writing and publishing thi...

Cachaça Schools

Cachaça Schools

Several years ago, Mapa da Cachaça, one of the foremost online publications on cachaça in Brazil , came out with an article, more of an analysis re...

Life is a Dance: The Confraria and Cachaça

Life is a Dance: The Confraria and Cachaça

 Life is a dance.   Cachaca culture is a celebration, an accompaniment of this dance. It’s a quick stop to remind us of our senses, to lighten our...

Silver Cachaça: A Treasure Hidden in Plain Sight

Silver Cachaça: A Treasure Hidden in Plain Sight

Many Brazilians, particularly those who have an affinity for cachaça and are, let’s say, getting long in the tooth, have extreme feelings about any...

What is a Cachaça Blend?

What is a Cachaça Blend?

When consumers hear the word blend in reference to distilled spirits, most automatically think about whisky or whiskey. It’s the distilled spirit t...

How I drink cachaça

How I drink cachaça

Drinking alcohol is often a period of celebration. It’s a time to be with friends. It’s a time to relax. Over the months, years, really, since I ...

More than two and a half years of Cachaça for Gringos

More than two and a half years of Cachaça for Gringos

It’s hard to believe, especially since I’ve been so delinquent in my duties lately, that I’ve been writing about cachaça for more than two years no...

Cachaça's Prolific!

Cachaça's Prolific!

It isn’t easy to understate the importance of cachaça during my time living in Brazil. For over a year, I’ve tried to learn as much as possib...