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Another linguistics note: ¨Pinga¨ means drip or drop and is a colloquial term for cachaca. They are the same thing. Pinga comes from the dripping action as the liquor is collected from the still.

Chopp(e) is simply draft beer as opposed to bottled beer. Most of these are pasteurized macro-lagers produced by enormous conglomerates like Ambev. Unlike American draft systems, where kegs, lines and faucets are all refrigerated; due to the high relative cost of energy in Brasil, most kegs...