Leblon Cachaça

The summer will be here sooner than you think, and there's no cocktail more refreshing than a caipirinha. 'What's a caipirinha Jacob?' I thought you'd never ask. To water it way way down, it's a mojito without the mint and replace rum with cachaça. 'What's cachaça Jacob?' I thought you'd never ask. Cachaça is a spirit made from sugar cane that originates from Brazil. Naturally sweet, round in texture, and awakens the olfactory like nothing else. It's like a distant cousin or rum (which is made from molasses - a byproduct of sugar cane), but goes down just as easy. You can toss a bottle of this delicious cachaça in the freezer and drink it neat, or make a caipirinha at the park. Either way, for this price, at this time of year, in this part of the country - you can't go wrong with Leblons.