A Mojito-esque South American drink with lime, raw sugar, and spirits. Cocktails on the fly Episode “Caipirhina” Alberta Strauss: Let’s get ready to rumble. Goal, Brazil. Ok flighty is going to take you south of the border today, way, way down south, to south America. And we are going to make a Caipirhina. This is a fantastic drink; it has got to be made with Cashasha though. I don’t want any Caipiraroska, that’s not a Caipirhina; we all know that it is made with vodka. But this drink is a special drink, and Cashasha is a special spirit. And it has got to be made with Cashasha. I have a great Cashasha here, it is called Toucano. You may be asking what the heck is Cashasha? Cashasha is a sugar spirit made from the first crush of the sugar cane. Instead of molasses, that rum is made from. So it is typically higher in proof and they age it in the same kind of barrels that they age tequila in. So a lot of times if you have a nice Cashasha it smell a little bit like tequila....