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Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 oz cachaça
- juice of 2/3 fresh lime juice
- 1/3 oz simple syrup
- chopped limes
- pineapple chunks
- 3 tsp brown sugar
- 1 oz pineapple juice
Garnish: pineapple wedge
Muddle pineapple and limes with brown sugar. Add cachaça, lime juice, simple syrup and pineapple juice. Shake with ice and pour into rocks glass. Garnish with pineapple wedge and flower (optional). (Cocktail created by Kittichai, 60 Thompson St., New York City, 212 925 2971)
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While cachaça is labeled as Brazilian rum in the U.S., it stands apart from most rums in both production and taste. Sugarcane is the main ingredient in both spirits, yet rum is made from molasses, a by-product of sugar refineries, while cachaça is distilled from fresh pressed sugarcane juice.
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