The National Drink of Brazil | How to Drink

What's up with the bird? ********************************** The Caipirinha is a drink with a long and strange history. In it's original form it was made with Augadente garlic and honey and used as a medicine for the Spanish Flu in 1918, obviously it didn't really help. But the drink migrated from Portugal to Brazil where it evolved to combine Cachaça (A spirit distilled from fresh cane juice, very similar to Rhum Agricole) sugar and lime and became so popular that it is of course now the National Drink of Brazil. It's easy to make, it's delicious to drink, refreshing, cool, perfect on a summer day. Making it made me think about one of my favorite Disney films The Three Caballeros. It's a weirder movie, one of the so called "Package Films" made on the semi cheap by combining a series of shorts, it's about Donald Duck receiving a series of birthday presents from his friends in South America, he and José Carioca take a trip to Bahia where they sing and dance with Aurora Miranda (Carmen Miranda's sister!) in a sequence that combines live action and animation and gets really weird. I love it. It's like a Fleischer Studios cartoon but produced by Disney. If you haven't seen The Three Caballeros I encourage you to do so (even though this episode isn't REALLY about the movie) and also, to drink a Caipirinha. Caipirinha Two Barspoons of Superfine Sugar 1 whole lime quartered 2 oz. -or- 60 ml. Cachaça Shake over ice open pour into glass Melt into a sunset. Most of the tools and gear I use on the show can be found on my gear page at: http://bit.ly/H2DGear BUT, here's a couple of links that everyone is almost always asking me about: Koriko Weighted Shaker Tins: https://amzn.to/2MvyOWs Koriko Hawthorne Strainer: https://amzn.to/2IAZrHr Leopold Jigger: https://amzn.to/2KsBu6B Imbibe! By David Wondrich: https://amzn.to/2Kv1dLN Liquid Intelligence by Dave Arnold: https://amzn.to/2N885jP Slowly but surely, I'm starting a mailing list so that I'm not fully dependent on YT's algorithmized notifications system. If you'll sign up, I promise not to abuse your generosity, or sell your info to anyone. It's over on the blog right here: http://bit.ly/H2DBlog *********************************** twitter: http://bit.ly/H2DTwit instagram: http://bit.ly/H2dIG Blog: http://bit.ly/H2DBlog Patreon: http://bit.ly/H2DPatreon Gear: https://amzn.to/2LeQCbW *********************************** Music by Glen Crytzer: http://bit.ly/2KjujSg *********************************** Incredibly Awesome Patrons who make this show possible! Shelby Benton Dennis Groome Rob L Rosemary H. Andrus Rob Hayward Ryan Wolfe Anthony Elias Trip Brennan Per Keckman Persson Aditya Choksi Rachel Keys Whiskey Tribe James Richards Sara Caudill Thomas D Choate William Madrid Tetas Duras Erik Språng Uri Sacharow Sean F. Nicholas Tsotakos