Street Fair · Sugarcane Juice
Caldo de Cana
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The pastel sold alongside it was popularised at São Paulo's street fairs by Japanese and Chinese immigrant families, who ran many of the stalls from the mid-20th century.
Raw sugarcane stalks fed through a metal press right in front of the customer, producing a pale-green, foamy juice served over ice, sometimes with lime or pineapple. It's a staple at São Paulo's street fairs, sold from the same stalls as pastel.
Why it's made this way: The pastel-and-caldo-de-cana combo became a defining São Paulo street-fair ritual, cementing the juice's place as the city's default fair drink rather than a generic Brazilian one.
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