Leblon Has A Rio 2016 Cocktail, Plus Consolation Caipirinhas

About Cachaçagora

Hi. My name is Phil Gomes. By day, I work at a public relations firm as its senior vice president of digital integration. I'm a proud SF East Bay native who currently lives in Chicago.
I was introduced to cachaça by my wife, a Carioca. Her mom, in turn, is the president of the Confraria de Cachaça do Copo Furado, a group that meets monthly to talk about Brazil's indigenous spirit. I participated in one of their meetings when I vacationed in Rio in July 2008.
This started me thinking about the basic question of whether cachaça in the U.S. is today where, say, tequila was some decades ago.
So I decided to start this blog as a means to record and share the cachaça-related items I've been seeing day-to-day. I hope to be sharing recipes, impressions, and random thoughts as the U.S. continues to catch on to the potential for this particular spirit.
Oh... The name? "Cachaçagora" is a portmanteau of "Cachaça" and "agora", which is the Portuguese word for "now". In Greek, "agora" also means public square. I hope to meet the expectations of both.
Saúde!
cachacagora~~ at~~ gmail~~ dot~~ com

Rating System

Five barrels: Baptize your kid with this. Immediately.
Four barrels: This should be in your special stash. Hide it from your uncle and the guy who keeps wanting to borrow your truck.
Three barrels: Decent.
Two barrels: Almost guaranteed to turn into a four-barrel-rated cachaça after the third one. Cocktail-mixture is absolutely essential.
One barrel: If Wolverine from the X-Men wanted to go on a serious bender with this stuff, his mutant healing-factor would come in quite handy.
Zero barrels: Your engine block probably needs cleaning, doesn't it?
More details here.

Code Of Conduct

Comments here are unmoderated and are operated on a use-until-abused basis. I will adopt a moderation policy if I feel that my visitors abuse this privilege.

I will delete any comment that is lewd, crude, lascivious, racist, sexist, libelous, off-topic, or injurious to the privacy of a non-public individual. Such users will be forever banned from commenting on this site.

From time to time, certain comments will be investigated if they appear to be marketing spam. The offending company gets one free pass before public censure.

In short, treat me as your host and I will treat you as my guest.

October 05, 2009

Photo Credit: Leblon

Leblon is celebrating Rio's 2016 Olympic win with a green-yellow-and-blue take on the classic caipirinha — a lemon-lime version. Was hoping that it was an homage to the color scheme of this site but... yeah... they're probably using the Brazilian flag for inspiration.

Lemon Lime Caipirinha

2 oz Leblon Cachaça

3 Lime Wheels

3 Lemon Wheels

6 Blueberries

2 Teaspoons of Superfine Sugar (Or 1 oz. Simple Syrup)

Cut lime into (3) 1/8" wheels and cut lemon into (3) 1/8" wheels and place into shaker. Add 2 teaspoons of superfine sugar, or 1 oz of simple syrup. Muddle fruit in shaker for 10-15 seconds, extracting juice from lemon and lime wheels. Add Leblon Cachaça. Fill rocks glass to the top with crushed ice. Add 6 blueberries. Shake or stir, mixingthoroughly. Garnish with lemon, lime, and blueberry combination.

But wait... There's more!

Leblon has developed other caipirinha variations — one for each remaining candidate city.

Most intriguing are the versions for Tokyo (using sake and lychee puree and Spain (with chili and cilantro).

Check out the latest edition of Leblon's newsletter for the recipes.

Posted by Phil on October 05, 2009 in Caipirinha, Cocktails, Leblon | Permalink

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Blueberries!!?! Where do I get some?!

I've lived here for two years and have never seen a blueberry.

LOVE the blog. Thank you for your enthusiasm.

Posted by: Jim Shattuck | October 17, 2009 at 05:27 PM

Hey, Jim!

Thanks for stopping by!

For my money, I'll forgive a lack of blueberries for the opportunity to buy passionfruit for less than $5. *8-)

Posted by: Phil | October 17, 2009 at 05:38 PM

Hi ! Loved the blog ! I am carioca and live in Milwaukee, Wi.

I loved the 2016 caipirinha !!

Cheers,
Natali

Posted by: Natali | October 20, 2009 at 03:25 PM

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