Can you use white rum instead of cachaça?

Caipirinha, Brazil’s national drink is made with cachaca, a potent sugarcane liquor. You can substitute light rum if you can’t find cachaca.

What is the best rum for Caipirinha?

The 5 Best Cachaças for a Caipirinha

  • For an Ultra-Refreshing Caipirinha: Leblon Cachaça $26.
  • For a Fruity Caipirinha: Avuá Prata $35.
  • For a Savory Caipirinha: Novo Fogo Silver Cachaça $30.
  • For a Funky Caipirinha: Yaguara Cachaça Branca $27.
  • For a Rich Caipirinha: Avuá Amburana Cachaça $48.

What can you mix with white rum?

What Drinks Are Good Mixers For Rum?

  • Tonic Water. The first of the good mixers for rum is tonic water.
  • Lime Juice With A Slice Of Lemon.
  • Ginger Ale.
  • Orange Juice.
  • Coconut Water.
  • Cranberry Juice.
  • Grapefruit Juice.

What mixes well with cachaça?

We say: The bittersweet herbal notes from the vermouth and amaro combine harmoniously with the cachaça. With: Cachaça, strawberries, basil, lime and sugar. We say: Succulent ripe strawberries are delicious in a Caipirinha but so much better with basil. With: Cachaça, red grapes, Sauternes wine, lime, and sugar.

Is cachaça like rum?

Difference from rum The major difference between cachaça and rum is that rum is usually made from molasses, a by-product after a refinery boils the cane juice to extract as much sugar crystal as possible, while cachaça is made from fresh sugarcane juice, fermented and distilled.

Is Orange Juice Good with white rum?

You can actually mix it with almost anything: Whiskey and Orange Juice is just as good. Why pair rum and orange juice? The sweetness of the OJ melds well with the mellow, fruity rum.

What goes with caipirinha?

1 2/3 oz Cachaça
2 Teaspoons brown sugarHalf a lime cut into 4 wedges
Caipirinha/Ingredients

What do you serve with caipirinha?

You can drink Caipirinhas with the same sort of snacks you’d eat with a Margarita, Daquiri or a Mojito – salsa fresca and tortilla chips, guacamole and empanadas (of which there is a Brazilian version at Mocoto) but I enjoyed the Pasteles de Palmito, little deep-fried pastries stuffed with palm hearts and cheese.