8 Enticing Cachaça Cocktails That Taste Like Sunshine

Make no mistake, cachaça is quite different from rum. A result of fermenting sugarcane juice, cachaça is as sweet by any of its other names, caninha or pinga included. While the nickname Brazilian rum isn't totally off base, cachaça is deserving of its own category. That means that cachaça cocktails are in a league of their own. A delicious league.

Arguably the most well known of cachaça cocktails, it's also the perfect place to start.

Ingredients

• 4 lime wedges
• ¼ ounce simple syrup
• 2 ounces cachaça
• Crushed ice
• Lime wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass, muddle lime wedges and simple syrup.
2. Fill with crushed ice.
3. Add cachaça.
4. Stir briefly to mix.
5. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Juicy, tropical, and smooth. What else are you looking for in a cachaça cocktail?

Ingredients

• 2 ounces cachaça
• 1 ounce passion fruit syrup
• ¾ ounce coconut milk
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Ice
• Pineapple wedge, cherry, and grated nutmeg for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, cachaça, passion fruit syrup, coconut milk, and lime juice.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a cocktail glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with a pineapple wedge, cherry, and grated nutmeg.

The Rabo de Galo is having a moment in the spotlight, and it rightfully should. Come join the cachaça fun.

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces cachaça
• ½ ounce sweet vermouth
• ½ ounce Cynar
• 2-3 dashes grapefruit bitters
• Ice
• Orange peel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass, add ice, cachaça, sweet vermouth, Cynar, and bitters.
2. Stir rapidly to chill.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4. Garnish with an orange peel.

Keep it classic with a riff on the Moscow mule, only vodka isn't the one to make this cocktail pop tonight.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces cachaça
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1-2 dashes aromatic bitters
• Ice
• Ginger beer to top off
• Lime wheel and ginger peel for garnish

Instructions

1. In a highball glass, add ice, cachaça, lime juice, and bitters.
2. Top off with ginger beer.
3. Stir briefly to mix.
4. Garnish with a lime wheel and ginger peel.

Whiskey smashes aren't the only cocktail to get the fresh fruit treatment.

Ingredients

• 1-2 fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 6-10 fresh blueberries
• 4-8 fresh raspberries
• 2 ounces cachaça
• ¾ ounce simple syrup
• Crushed ice
• Mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a rocks glass, muddle berries with simple syrup.
2. Fill with crushed ice.
3. Add cachaça.
4. Stir briefly to mix.
5. Garnish with a mint sprig.

Not quite as famous as Mambo No. 5 just yet, but we promise that Daiquiri No. 3 will still be a hit.

Ingredients

• 1 ounce silver rum
• 1 ounce cachaça
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• ½ ounce simple syrup
• Ice
• Lime wheel for garnish

Instructions

1. Chill a coupe glass.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, rum, cachaça, lime juice, and simple syrup.
3. Shake to chill.
4. Strain into the chilled glass.
5. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Did you think you could only enjoy your colada with rum or vodka? Oh, friend, we have great news.

Ingredients

• 2 ounces cachaça
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 1½ ounces cream of coconut
• ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
• Crushed ice
• Pineapple leaf and pineapple wedge for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, cachaça, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, and lime juice.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a highball glass over crushed ice.
4. Garnish with a pineapple leaf and pineapple wedge.

Your bottle of grenadine isn't just for the Shirley Temple mocktail, oh no. It gives this cachaça drink a beautiful, rosy glow, dontcha think?

Ingredients

• 2 ounces cachaça
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• ¾ ounce grenadine
• ½ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
• Ice
• Club soda to top off
• Blood orange wheel and mint sprig for garnish

Instructions

1. In a cocktail shaker, add ice, cachaça, pineapple juice, grenadine, and lemon juice.
2. Shake to chill.
3. Strain into a cocktail glass or wine glass over fresh ice.
4. Top off with club soda.
5. Garnish with a blood orange wheel and mint sprig.

Grab that bottle of cachaça off the shelf, right now. Or head to the store solely to bring some home. Enter into the world of Brazilian cocktails, all thanks to cachaça. It's about time to raise a glass.