Although cachaça and rum are both products of Sugar Cane with an origin coming from nearby places in South and Central America, respectively, we can list many differences between the two drinks.
1)Cachaça is not a Brazilian Rum
Cachaça is recognized as a genuine Brazilian drink. In the United States, for example,cachaça is recognized as distinctive Brazilian productafter was signed in 2013 an agreement with Brazil, in which it will drop the use of the Brazilian rum term. Also in 2015, Mexico have signed a declaration calling for therecognition of cachaça.
2)Alcohol content and barrels
As previously mentioned according to the Brazilian legislation the alcohol content of cachaça must be between 38% and 48%. while the rum may range from an alcohol content of 35% to 54% in volume. Regarding the aging of the wood, the rum is concentrated in oak barrels while thecachaça has a wide variety of woods.
3)Cachaça is protected by law
The term cachaça is protected by law and the production is restricted to Brazil. According to Brazilian legislation, cachaça is a typical and unique designation for the sugarcane liquor produced in Brazil, with an alcohol content of 38% to 48% in volume percent, at twenty degrees Celsius (°C), obtained by the distillation of fermented sugar cane juice.
4)Garapa X Molasses
On the one hand, cachaça has been made with fresh sugarcane juice calledgarapa,on the other hand, rum is made with boiled sugar cane juice, calledmolasses. Different methods and processes result in different products, don`t you think ?
5)Different origins
According to researchers, the origin of the cachaça begins around 1532 in São Vicente, where the first sugar mills emerged in Brazil. Rum emerged in the early 17th century in the British colonies in the Caribbean,originated from by-products of the sugar industry in the thesis advocated byWayne Curtisin "A Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in 10 Cocktails" (Crown, 2006).
Okay, now we know the difference. Butwhat is cachaça?
For further details on the subject we recommend reading the paperComparison between Cachaça and Rumusing Pattern Recognition Methods
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