Say This Fast Three Times: Cachaça Caipirinha

Must the world be one big freaking conundrum?

Example. Many authorities say that cachaça ("ka-SHA-zha"), the national spirit of Brazil, should not be called rum, or a kind of rum, because it's distilled from pure sugar cane juice and not from molasses. Many rums, however, are made from sugar cane

juice, and, besides, the bottle of Leblon Cachaça that I us…