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[BCBG25]

All told, more than 12,000 Brazilians have been apprehended trying to cross the United States-Mexican border this year, exceeding the number detained in all of 2004 and pushing Brazilians to the top of the category known as "other than Mexicans."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/30/international/americas/30brazil.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=26299d6a40afe382&ex=1120795200&emc=eta1

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[sambista]

i read that. i was stunned. had no idea. a friend told me today she had watched "america" when she was in brasil recently. really good story.

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[caune]

[Admiral_Needa]

Thinking of making a run for the border BCBG?

Mojitos are Cuban
Caipirinhas are Brazilian

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[caune]

[BCBG25]

And caipirinhas are WAY better. Bibb and stupka can vouch for me on that one

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[Admiral_Needa]

[sambista]

yeah, brasilians don't drink no stinkin' mojitos! (i don't think they do . . .)

pirassununga 51 is pretty rot gut. i remember when it was in the grocery stores for about 50 cents. pitú is just a slight improvement, but it's what you'll find at the duty-free at the airport. i've been nursing a pretty nice bottle of velho barreiro, which my carioca sister brought up the last time. but the best i've ever had is fim de século, from paraty.

i've been seeing a lot of promotion lately for "beleza pura," a brand of cachaça i hadn't heard of (is it new, bcbg?). they seem to be poised to make cachaça more readily available in the states. they're sponsoring a brasilian film/media festival this coming week in conjunction with moma and some other ny venues. and the sunday after the asg (hope i can get back in time), they're having a forró party with a feijoada/caipirinha feast at s.o.b.'s . . . isso!

so, caune, if you wanna know about caipirinhas and other things brasilian, this beleza pura company has a pretty cool website that kinda branches out nicely.

http://www.belezabrazil.com/

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[caune]

[sambista]

ky-pid-EEN-yah

a caipirinha is made by mixing muddled sugar and lime wedges with cachaça, then shaking vigorously. it should taste more sweet than tart - otherwise, it's been done wrong. it goes down easy, but when you stand up, watch out! cachaça is a sugar cane rum from brasil. i don't drink rum (except this), but a former colleague who is a rum expert says he'd never tasted a rum quite like cachaça.

i honestly don't know how mojitos are made, but they have mint in them, and that is definitely not a caiprinha.

(my other favorite, which you'd prolly have to get from a real brasilian bar, is a batida de maracujá. that's a shot of cachaça and passion fruit.)

we'll find you a place, caune. besides, i'm getting thirsty.

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[sambista]

how 'bout this, caune?

http://www.fogoebrasa.com/

okay, i've seen the pictures and now i'm hungry, too.

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[herrade]

mel, i want to take you to this brazilian place i like when you are in town so you can tell me whether the caipirinhas are acceptable. my treat. this place made me covert from mojitos, so i think it's good, but i'm no expert.

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[jammerbirdi]

[caune]

[Admiral_Needa]