sugarcane juice.

Though Brasil has had a long and ardous history with sugarcane republics, for the first few months here I was actually oblivious to the abundant supply of sugarcane juice in Rio. Maybe it was because I didn't know the name, or maybe it was because I didn't see the machines, but they are in practically every suco stand, and are sometimes sold at the farmers markets (the ones in Botafogo definitely have them, and I'm pretty sure that the Friday farmers market in Ipanema has a stand as well). It's delicious and obviously super sweet-- but try it. It's called "caldo de cana" and when you enter a suco shop, juice try to look for the sugarcane press.