Brazilian flag found in Caipirinha’s DNA

Cachaça 51 has commissioned a series of high-tech photographs looking at the Caipirinha cocktail through a microscope, and found the colours of the Brazilian flag embedded in its DNA.

The photos of a frozen Caipirinha under the microscope display some rather vivid colouring

The traditional Brazilian cocktail, which contains cachaça, lime juice and sugar, has been given a new lease of life beyond taste and smell through the photographs, taken by Paulo Eduardo Dulla from Sao Paulo.

“Our purpose with this project was to create the possibility of appreciating the famous Brazilian cocktail in a new way,” said Darleize Barbosa, export manager of Cia Müller de Bebidas, which produces the world’s best-selling cachaça.

“Just a bit of curiosity was enough to realise the amazing images we see when we get really close to a Cachaça 51 Caipirinha glass.”

The cocktail was frozen to around -20°C before being crystallised on a microscope slide.

Dulla used a digital camera and high technology microscope to capture the vibrant images, and discovered the colour of the frozen, enlarged cocktail transformed depending on the temperature and other settings.

Ironically, it displayed hues of green, blue and yellow, all colours of Brazil’s national flag.

The whole process took around 25 days to complete.

The photographs have been taken ahead of National Cachaça Day in Brazil on 13 September.

Of course the Cairpirinha isn’t the only cocktail to originate in Brazil. These other Brazilian cocktails are a great way to celebrate cachaça.