Cheers: Batida

You’ve got to love a country that’s so dedicated to the art of partying that it has a national liquor. Brazil’s signature sugar cane–based distillate, cachaça, has been steadily gaining popularity stateside for years. The sweet-and-sour caipirinha may be the best-known cachaça cocktail, but you can shake up more than limes and sugar with this rumlike concoction. If you’ve got your hands on some cachaça, why not try shaking up a little extra Latin sweetness with the batida? Meaning “milkshake” in Portuguese, this fruity cocktail packs more punch than you’d expect. Click here for our recipe.