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I did a road trip from the extreme south to São Paulo (1500km+) last month and found jambu-infused cachaça in the four different states I've been to. Def a recent thing though. I even saw jambu risotto and pastel (stuffed fried crust pie).

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So a recent thing indeed. Living in São Paulo I never heard of jambu (I also do not drink alcohol, and apparently it is more interesting to consume with alcohol, so it might explain).

São Paulo resident here as well... You may find it in several restaurants around Paulista avenue.

I've had jambu in São Paulo many times, although I admit that I visit the city multiple times a year just to eat. It's easy to find tacacá, pirarucu, chicken/duck with tucupi and so on.

I would imagine so. There is a lot of good things in SP, probably never heard of a lot of them.

First time I've heard of pastel outside of my mother's family. I thought it's a very local thing.

My mother is from Santa Catarina, but I grew up in south west Germany.

It's a very local thing in the sense that outside Brazil it isn't well known. But nearly everyone in the country will have eaten one, it's quite popular. Hell, I like them so much, my wife gets me birthday pastels instead of birthday cake.

What a keeper!

Pasteis are universally consumed in Brazil. One of the foods I've missed the most in my almost 40 years outside.

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