Valentine's Day cocktail from Fine Living

This Valentine's Day cocktail combines cachaça, prosecco and lemon sorbet. Yum!

White Sand recipe on Fine Living

Our "Meet the Mixologist" Series Kicks Off Tomorrow!

The first installment of our new monthly "Meet the Mixologist" series will go out tomorrow. The first mixologist to be featured is Rico Wisner, the winner of our "Shake Your Way to Brazil" national mixology challenge. If you haven't already joined our mailing list, you can do so at:
www.cucafrescaspirit.com

Semi-Finalists Chosen Today!

The semi-finalists for the Cuca Fresca "Shake Your Way to Brazil" contest will be chosen TODAY! Stay tuned for the results, and find out the top 20 Cuca Fresca cocktails out there!

On November 1, the 20 semi-finalists will be narrowed down to the top 5! The finalists will compete in a live mix-off on December 1 in Chicago. For more info on the Chicago event, keep in touch with Cuca Fresca by checking out our blog, website, facebook page and of course, CFCachaca on Twitter.

VOTE VOTE VOTE!

Don't forget to vote for your favorite Cuca Fresca drink at:
http://cucafrescaspirit.com/contest/index.html

Cocktails have been entered by top mixologists from across the country! Help determine who has "shook" their way to Rio- and try these recipes for yourself!

New Recipe! "Cool Head Punch"

Here's a brand new recipe from our "Shake Your Way to Brazil" Cocktail Competition. "Cool Head Punch (a creative blend of Cuca Fresca, lemon juice, and a variety of other flavors) was sent in from John Miller, bartender/owner of LEVEL SMALL PLATES LOUNGE, in Annapolis, MD. Try it for yourself!

Ingredients:
750ml Cuca Fresca Silver
750ml Fiji Distilled water
375ml Citrus Chamomile Gomme Syrup
187ml Fresh Lemon Juice
24 dashes or 10ml of angostura bitters
7 local maryland green figs (or any local/regional mission figs) washed & thinly sliced

Garnish with the Cuca Fresca Parrot Swizzle Stick Ice Pop

Method:
Gomme syrup. Steep four Novus citrus chamomile herbal tea bags in one quart of boiling water for five minutes. Remove bags. Add three quarts of pure can sugar. Return to boil, till all sugar is dissolved. Refrigerate overnight.

Combine all above ingredients in a large bowl/jar. Steep & refrigerate overnight (approx. 12-24 hours).

Serve five ounces of chilled punch in a highball glass, add & stir with swizzle stick ice pop. Salud!

Cuca Fresca- The (un)Official Cachaca of the 2016 Olympics!

(October 2, 2009) – After Rio was announced as the official host of the 2016 Olympic Games, Cuca Fresca Premium Cachaça was proudly declared the (UN)official cachaça* of South America’s first Olympic Games.

A consistently strong competitor, Cuca Fresca has garnered Double Gold and Gold Medals from some of the most prestigious spirits competitions including the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and the Beverage Testing Institute’s International Spirits Review.

As the (UN)official cachaça of the Olympics, Cuca Fresca will launch an international competition to find the (UN)official cocktail* of the Rio 2016 Games. This competition will be open to Cuca Fresca’s fans around the world and the winner will receive two roundtrip tickets to Brazil for the 2016 games. Details of the competition will be announced shortly.

*DISCLAIMER: Cuca Fresca is in no way affiliated with the 2016 Olympic Games. Cuca Fresca is also in no way the official or unofficial drink of Olympians.

Cuca Fresca Toasts Eco-Conscious Emmy Nominees at a Star-Studded Gifting Chateau in Beverly Hills!

(September 19, 2009) - Cuca Fresca Premium Cachaca served their signature organic Strawberry Basil Caipirinha and Lemonade 21 (made with fresh ginger, mint and orange zest) to LA's most eco-conscious celebrities at the Eco Emmys Gifting Chateau, a two day gifting suite held at a private estate in Beverly Hills.

Celebrities in attendance included 2009 Emmy nominee Sharon Lawrence, Camilla Belle, Colin Egglesfield, Malin Akerman, Trever Donovan, Rex Lee, Samm Levine, Maksim Chmerkovsky, Thomas Calabro, Shar Jackson, Sophia Milos, Danica Mckellar, Elliot Yamin, Esteban Powell, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Jay McCarrol, Ed Begley, Jr. & Rachelle Carson-Begley, Jennifer Lewis, Jo De La Rosa, Gretchen Rossi, Slade Smiley, Bil Horn, Scout Masterson, Marisa Theodore, Mark Saul, Candis Cayne, Alexander Gould, Jazmine Whitley, Alison Becker, Ashley Rickards, Daphne Zuniga, Paul Cruz, Robert Gossett, Deidre Hall, Sally Kellerman, Tanya Tucker and many more.

Cuca Fresca gifted celebrities with their THING GREEN? DRINK GREEN. cocktail sets which included a bottle of Cuca Fresca Premium Cachaca, an advanced copy of Paul Abercrombie's book Organic, Shaken and Stirred, recycled glass barware from Pottery Barn, and a hand carved muddler, all held in an eco-friendly, reusable canvas tote from Convention Totes.

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