Pitu 38° Cachaca do Brasil

€ 27.14 / 70 cl

May only be produced in Brazil. Used in cocktails such as Caipirinha and is the 4th best-selling beverage, after vodka, Korean soju and whiskey, in the world with more than 20 million sales per year. The secret of success is most likely its subtle sweetness and pleasant aroma.

Cachaca is an incredibly popular spirit in Brazil and it is slowly starting to make an impression elsewhere. Pitu Cachaca comes from the State of Pernambuco in north-east Brazil. It is made with pressed sugarcane juice and is allowed to sit in wooden vats for several weeks before being bottled to unveil all the lovely flavours. Perfect for those Caipirinhas you've been thinking of making. The trademark of Pitu is a shrimp that is found in the region where Pitu is produced. Only the best, selected sugar cane is used to produce Pitu, distilled and processed to the highest technical standards. Brazilians prefer to drink Pitu pure, as Caipirinha or as Batida.Tasting notes:Typical fruity and dry taste.

Food pairing

The basic ingredient of a lot of cocktails

Alcoholcontent

38 %vol

Caipirinha recipe

Caipirinha is the diminutive derived from the Brazilian word caipira. This is a Brazilian condescending term used to refer to unskilled (sometimes naive or even stupid) rural residents

Ingredients for one cocktail

Cachaça - 5 cl

Lime - 1 piece (you use a half)

Cane sugar - 2 tsp (white or sugar syrup)

crushed ice

Preparation

ash the lime thoroughly and roll back and forth with the palm of the hand to loosen the juices.

Cut the lime in half and then in four, cut away the hard white fleece as much as possible and remove seeds that have a bitter taste . Put the lime wedges with skin in a wide layer of glass, like a whiskey glass. Sprinkle cane sugar to taste.

Stamp the limes with a muddler, do not pound too hard, because the inside of the green skin (the white membrane) can release a bitter taste. Fill the glass up to the edge with crushed or garted ice (not too fine).

Pour the ice with the cachaça and stir the cocktail well with a stirrer