What is cachaça?

Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice only in Brazil. Several countries, including the United States, have recognized i...

School 4: Standardization

This is the fourth in an ongoing series of stories about Mapa da Cachaça’s analysis of different cachaça styles. Perhaps nothing brings more sadnes...

School 3: High alcohol content

art of an on-going series analyzing Mapa da Cachaça’s “schools.”   As we continue our journey through Mapa da Cachaça’s schools, we reach what they...

School 2: Fermentation

This is the second in a series of posts about Mapa da Cachaça’s analysis of different cachaça producing philosophies.   Mapa da Cachaça’s next two ...

School 1: Sugarcane

An ongoing series evaluating the schools outlined by Mapa da Cachaça in an article from several years ago. UPDATE: After writing and publishing thi...

Cachaça Schools

Several years ago, Mapa da Cachaça, one of the foremost online publications on cachaça in Brazil , came out with an article, more of an analysis re...