Brazilian Cachaça, a tradition that has conquered the world

Cachaça is a genuinely Brazilian beverage that started being made as early as the XVII century. Sugar cane was introduced in the first years of colonization, beginning the sugar production in large mills. At one of these mills in the captaincy of São Vicente, the sugar cane wine (sour cane extract), from the raw brown sugar pans, which was left out inside wooden hods (????), was used. The mill landlords began to serve the beverage, called cagaça to the slaves. With the time they started to distil the cagaça and our cachaça was then born.
Cachaça was once used as currency in the purchase of slaves in Africa. As a symbol of Brazilianism, cachaça was present on the table of the supporters of Minas Gerais insurrection. It became a symbol of resistance against the Portuguese dominion.
Wonderfully combined with the flavor of Brazilian tropical fruit, cachaça features the cheerful and relaxed spirit of the people who have created it.
At parties, at the beach, on fishing trips, as an appetizer, in celebrations, sad moments or when the cold weather comes, cachaça is part of the lives of Brazilians.
Today people of good taste all over the world enjoy it.
Brazil is the reference country when cachaça is considered, as Scotland is for whisky and Mexico for tequila.