Delicious and Easy Cachaça Cocktails for At Home Mixing

Cachaça isn't as well-known a spirit as some of the others, but man, it makes for a crazy good cocktail.

Here are a few suggestions for the best simple and easy to make at home cachaça cocktails.  These will have you savoring delicious flavors in no time. 

All recipes courtesy of Abelha Organic Cachaça.

The Classic Caipirinha

A long-time bartender friend - she really knows her stuff - said of this one, "It makes a damned good Caipirinha and the flavor doesn’t disappear when you add lime juice."

1.5 ounces Abelha Organic Cachaça Prata
2 tsp sugar (caster or superfine if you have it)
1 lime 

Method: Muddle half a lime with the sugar in a glass.  Add crushed ice, then pour the cachaça atop and stir. Top up with a bit more ice and enjoy!

The Latin Fashioned

Enjoy this in front of a fire or as an after-dinner drink for a Brazilian riff on an iconic cocktail.

2 ounces Abelha Organic Cachaça Ouro
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 sugar cube
few dashes plain water
Orange slice and luxardo cherry to garnish

Method: Place sugar cube in an old-fashioned glass and saturate with bitters, then add a dash of plain water. Muddle until dissolved. Fill the glass with ice cubes and add aged cachaça. Add an orange slice and a cocktail cherry if you're in the mood.

Drinkware recommendation: switch it up with Nautical Rocks Glasses. 

The Plantaçao

A beautiful pink hue and a taste to match. 

1.5 oz Abelha Organic Cachaça Prata
0.75 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
0.33 oz sugar cane syrup (or simple syrup)
1 barspoon Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur

Method: Shake all ingredients with ice and fine-strain into a chilled coupe. Twist a lime zest over top and discard. Cocktail cherry on top if it suits!