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Cachaça is a liquor made from fermented sugarcane juice and is now recognized by the U.S. as a distinctive product of Brazil, instead of as a "Brazilian rum." With the World Cup and the Olympics turning the world's attention to Brazil in the next couple years, get ready for the cachaça blitz and arm yourself with new cocktail recipes — like this one!

Cachaça is a liquor made from fermented sugarcane juice and is now recognized by the U.S. as a distinctive product of Brazil, instead of as a “Brazilian rum.” In June 2014, the World Cup will be held in Brazil, followed by the Olympics in 2016. This could mean for cachaça what a similar sporting coup a few decades back did for tequila. A year before the Olympics were held in Mexico, the country signed a treaty with U.S., which led to a great increase of tequila being sold in the States.

So you’ll want to get a head start and mix up cachaça cocktails immediately. Like this one, which comes to us from New York’s Evelyn Drinkery in Alphabet City. It contains Cuca Fresca, a premium organic cachaça.