Cocktails with cachaça Cocktails with cachaça There are many cocktails made with cachaça, the national spirit of Brazil. Caipirinha is by far the most popular and internationally well-known. The Caipirinha is Brazil's national cocktail made with cachaça, ice, sugar, and lime. It is the drink most commonly associated with cachaça. If vodka is used instead of cachaça, it is called a caipiroska or caipivodka; if rum is used it is called a caipiríssima; if strawberry or some other fruit is used instead of lime, it is usually called a batida or caipifruta. Batida is a Brazilian cocktail made with the national alcoholic drink
Ita Mai Tai the seamount subsided and lies now at depth below sea level. Ferromanganese crusts as well as pelagic oozes were deposited on the submerged rocks. The name "Ita Mai Tai" comes from the Tahitian language and means "no damn good". The name was coined by Bruce C. Heezen and is probably a reference to unsuccessful attempts to obtain drill cores during the early research history of the seamount. The seamount has also been named OSM1 and Ita Matai. The Deep Sea Drilling Project drill cores 202, 201 and 200 were taken at Ita Mai Tai, a drill site selection that was