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Liquor · Rum

São Paulo Crystal Cachaça

Pay online, pick up at the shop, 2690 Broadway. Ready in about 2 hours during pickup hours. Orders placed after 5:30 PM (4:30 PM on Sunday) are ready the next day from 10:30 AM (11:30 AM Sunday).

The tasting card

Size

1 LITER

Importer

R. Fernandes LLC, Burtonsville, Maryland

Category

Cachaça

Producer

R. Fernandes & Cia, Engenho São Paulo

Distillery

Engenho São Paulo, Cruz do Espírito Santo

Region

Paraíba, Brazil

Proof

80 proof

Alcohol

40%

Mash bill

Juice pressed from fresh sugar cane

How it is made

Fresh cane juice is fermented and run through copper alembic pot stills, single and double distilled, keeping only the heart of the run. The spirit is then filtered through microfiber and charcoal before bottling.

Classic cocktails

Caipirinha

About this bottle

Engenho São Paulo is a cane estate in Cruz do Espírito Santo, in the Brazilian state of Paraíba, that has made cachaça since 1909. Its cane is cut by hand and trimmed to the core of the stalk, pressed, and the juice ferments for about a day with nothing added to hurry it along.