Quote Originally Posted by Nanci
What is cachaça? I already love the drink- I can tell- I love lime.
It's distilled from sugar cane. More cut and paste:

Cachaca is Brazilian liquor made from distilled sugar cane juice. While rum is distilled from molasses, cachaca is distilled directly from the juice of the unrefined sugar cane. Before distillation, the juice ferments in a wood or copper container for three weeks, and is then boiled down three times to a concentrate. Cachaca is always distilled in such a way that the scent of sugar cane and inimitable flavor typical of rum are retained.