Use it for the preparation of a "caiprinha" or other fruit cocktails. Alternatively drink neat over ice with a twist of lemon. Cachaça, also known as pinga, is a sugar cane liquor native to Brazil; in fact it is the drink most associated with that country. It is technically a brandy with a very high alcohol content, but many people assert that it tastes like a cross between rum and tequila, with a charred sugar-molasses twang. Mavens, however, assert that its taste is impossible to compare with that of any other drink. Originally it produced like moonshine among the poor, but it became progressively upscale. It is available in a few varieties, the most common being white cachaça, frequently used in caipirinha (a traditional, albeit touristy Brazilian drink.) True connoseurs of cachaça will always select the golden variety, however. A good brand is Velho Barreiro, which is ideally imbibed undiluted with a slice of Brazilian lemon.