Declan Murphy wrote:
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> I do have a bottle of Brazilian cachaca (Velho Barreiro) in stock, and 
> cachaca is a form of arguardiente. But without shitloads of ice, papaya 
> juice, pineapple juice or some other tropical fruit juice, it simply 
> tastes like shit. I don't speak Spanish or Portuguese, but one of the 
> local Brazilians tells me Cachaca basically translates as fire 
> water/burning water.

That must be aguardente (agua ardente). More like "hot" as in "hot pepper".
I'm not much into cachaca/aguardente/pinga but I know that Velho 
Barreiro is certainly low-end. I liked one Nega Fulo, but it's pretty 
expensive. Like 1000 yen. For that price you can buy 2 bottles of 
regular Chilean wine.
Of course there are many other brands in between, but I don't know them.

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Rafael Caetano