Cachaça is a distilled spirit made from fermented sugarcane juice. Also known as pinga, caninha, and other names, it is the most popular spirit among distilled alcoholic beverages in Brazil.

Is cachaça like tequila?

This is hard liquor, after all. Cachaça: Starts out sweet, like the rum, and then explodes into a whole bouquet of... ... A bit smoky, a bit vegetal - it doesn't taste quite like tequila, but it's got that little extra something that makes tequila not quite as well-behaved as the other liquors.

Is cachaça a rum?

Cachaça is also known as Brazilian rum. In the United States, cachaça is recognized as a type of rum and distinctive Brazilian product after an agreement was signed in 2013 with Brazil in which it will drop the usage of the term Brazilian rum.