Cachaça Sapucaia is a specialty brand of
cachaça
''Cachaça'' () is a Liquor, distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice. Also known as ''pinga'', ''caninha'', and other names, it is the most popular spirit in Brazil.Cavalcante, Messias Soares. Todos os nomes da cachaça. São Pau ...
produced in
Pindamonhangaba
Pindamonhangaba is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Federative units of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil, located in the Paraíba Valley, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the co ...
,
São Paulo
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, Brazil, since 1933.
Production
The fermentation agent is maize flour (called fubá in Portuguese) and the distillation unit is a copper pot still. The resulting product comes out in 3 batches: "head", "core" and "tail". Sapucaia Cachaça uses only the "core", discarding the other two which have undesirable components.
Sapucaia cachaça is produced in five varieties:
*Sapucaia Florida — 2 years white (silver) and aged (gold)
*Sapucaia Traditional — 5 years (gold)
*Sapucaia Family Reserve — 10 years
*Sapucaia Royal — 18 years
The company has already made exports to the United States, South Africa and France and today maintains part of its sales abroad, to the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Scotland, England, Austria and Vietnam and recently started operation in the Brazilian city best known for the production of cachaça, Pirassununga.
See also
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List of Brazilian dishes
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Caipirinha
Caipirinha () is a Brazilian cocktail, of São Paulo (state), São Paulo origin, with cachaça (sugarcane hard liquor), sugar, Lime (fruit), lime, and ice. The drink is prepared by mixing the fruit and the sugar together, then adding the liquor. ...
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Cachaça
''Cachaça'' () is a Liquor, distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice. Also known as ''pinga'', ''caninha'', and other names, it is the most popular spirit in Brazil.Cavalcante, Messias Soares. Todos os nomes da cachaça. São Pau ...
References
External links
Official siteMuseu da Cachaça
Brazilian brands
1933 introductions
Cachaça
1933 establishments in Brazil
Pindamonhangaba
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