Cocktails: "Beija Flor" Cocktail Wins Cabana Cachaça Mixology Contest (Cachaçagora - Cachaça, Caipirinha, And Cocktails)

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September 18, 2008

Cocktails: "Beija Flor" Cocktail Wins Cabana Cachaça Mixology Contest

It would seem that Cabana Cachaça hosted a mixology contest in the Sens Restaurant in San Francisco. I'm actually in town on a business trip (staying at the excellent Hotel des Arts, where there was one heckuva open house). Wish I'd have known about this!

The winner was Mr. Trent Simpson's "Beija Flor". Here it is:

Beija Flor

1 1/2 oz Cabana Cachaça
3/4 oz Mint Infused Simple Syrup
5 Halves Muddled Farm Fresh Strawberries
3 Muddled Blueberries
Squeeze of Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Raspberry Ginger Brew
Navana Vanilla Cognac Float

Shake vigorously with love, strain over fresh ice in collins glass, garnish with home garden grown fresh Korean medicinal mint sprig.

UPDATE 2008-11-23: Trent posts a video of the event.

Posted by Phil Gomes on September 18, 2008 at 01:31 AM in Cabana, Cocktails, Events | Permalink

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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!
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