Abelha Gold 3Y Organic 38° cachaça

€ 41.00 / 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.

Cachaça with a golden color and green reflections. The sweet and complex nose starts with notes of moist tobacco and honey, caraway and curry. It evolves into saffron, plum and tarragon. In the mouth, light and silky, conceals honey, spices and fresh herbs, with a floral sweetness that is increasingly present. Long and bitter aftertaste, with notes of roasted spices and mirabelles

Has aged for three years in small 250-gallon garapa wood barrels - one of the 26 different types of wood used to ripen the cachaça in Brazil, and is known for its honey influence - this eau-de-vie has a delicious sweetness and a rare balance that makes it a real luxury indulgence

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