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Oh, and Bob? The very best Cachaça is home-brewed, so it is very much a "white lightning" sort of thing.

The other drink made from Cachaça or Aguardiente is called a Canelazo. The recipe makes about 20 hotshots, (which is how Canelazo is consumed)

10 oz Cachaça or Aguardiente, the stronger the better
10 oz Peach nectar
4 cinnamon sticks
2 cloves

Heat the peach nectar and spices in a saucepan until it's too hot to stick your finger in. Add the Aguardiente, decant into shooter glasses, and sock it back.

The very first time I was introduced to this form of drinking, I consumed 10 shots. It was a grave mistake. Aguardiente is an insidious liquor - you don't feel it at the time, but you become completely plastered about 1 hour after you stop drinking it (hence, it's safer to not stop.) I have never, in my life, been so chuchaqui (hungover) in the morning.