Just like the coronavirus, the Spanish flu caused by the Brazilian force has a seal. In this context, the Caipirinha, the most famous cocktail of the country, was considered a powerful remedy to relieve the onset of illness.
In this era a popular baby compound made from flour, butter and lemon was used to combat the common flu, but in 1918, with the allegation in the country of the Spanish flu, it is clear that the remedy case involves a mayor “therapeutic effect” and is complemented by cachaza, the canine waste produced in Brazil, which is used for these fines.
Accordance with Professor Jairo Martins da Silva, a student of the cachaza, with more than 25 years of experience in the subject, the prescription of cured remedies based on herbs, fruits and alcohol formed by the recipient of the popular medicine of the epoca y los médicos no se oponían a su uso.
“During the Spanish flu season, a very powerful remedy was used, as long as the lemon, flour and milk were used to make the fries happy,” he explained to EFE.
The number and its popularity
Less than two years later, when the Spanish flu pandemic took over, the flour was replaced by sugar and changed to ice by ice, debilitated by the climate of Brazil.
The number that is popular among Brazilian cocktails with excellence is also read by this era inspired by the inhabitants of the rural area of Sao Paulo, where it was invented -Caipirinha, wine of “caipiras”, as known to campers in this region.
“When the Spanish flu ended, at least in 1920, Caipirinha began to cry, a number that consolidated in February 1922 during the Semana de Arte Moderno,” Martins said.
Various versions val saam in that the blame of the popularity of the Brazilian baby on the Brazilian artist Tarsila de Amaral, reconciled globally by being one of the main exponents of Modernism in Latin America.
To the artist and his wife, the poet and writer Oswald de Andrade, he likes to promote in his elementary paths of Brazilian gastronomy, like the Caipirinha.
Amaral was unable to assist in the release of ’22nd Week’, but Caipirinha was promoted to all of her contestants and various shows, which she experimented with in the French capital where she began to popularize the Brazilian artist.
La cachaza, alma de la Caipirina
The cachaza, alma mater of the popular Caipirinha, is currently the baby’s most consumed in Brazil and the third in the world, following the dates of the Brazilian Institute of Cachaza (Ibrac).
six types of cachaza: puree, azucarada, almacenada, añeja, premium and extra premium. As a matter of fact, as is the case with 40 types of nursing and home care products, there are more than 150 classes for this baby.
In addition to Brazil, Germany is one of its major mayors, it is responsible for the purchase of 25% of the cachaza exported to the South American countries.