Drinks of the world / by James Mew and John Ashton.

  • Mew, James.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Drinks of the world / by James Mew and John Ashton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    German Liqueurs. Eau de Sultane Zoraide. Lemon peel, 8 ounces; orange peel, 8 ounces; figs, 8 ounces ; dates, 4 ounces ; jessamine flowers, 4 ounces; cinnamon, 3 ounces ; spirits of wine, 60 o.p., 19 quarts; orange-flower water, 2 quarts; pure water, 12 quarts; capillaire, 8 quarts. Colour} rose. Eau Nuptiale. Parsley seed, 6 ounces; carrot seed, 5 ounces; aniseed, orris root, 2 ounces each; mace, ounces; spirit, 60 o.p., 19 quarts ; rosewater, 7 pints ; water, 11 quarts ; capillaire, 9 quarts. Colour, yellow. Eau dAmour. Bitter almonds, lemon peel, 12 ounces each ; cinna- mon, 6 ounces ; mace, 1 ounce ; cloves, i^- ounces; lavender flowers, 8 ounces; spirits of wine, 60 o.p., 19 quarts; Muscat wine, 8 quarts; oil of amber, 36 drops ; water 7 quarts ; capillaire, 7 quarts. Colour, rose. Eau de Yalpa. Marjoram, cinnamon, 3 ounces each ; fennel seed, thyme, sweet basil, bitter almonds, figs, balm, 2 ounces each; carrot seed, sage, 1 ounce each; cardamom, 1 These colours by which soi-disant connoisseurs profess to determine the excellence of the liqueur, are in most cases merely adscititious. Rules are given for their manufacture. Rose, for instance, is the outcome of cochineal or sanders wood steeped for a fortnight in spirits of wine. Blue, of indigo and sulphuric acid. Yellow, of saffron. Pink, of cudbear, a corruption of the name of the chemist, Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, who first employed this lichen; and green, of blue and yellow mixed.