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Hot drink · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 3/5

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A hot Chianti and Jamaica rum drink with sugar, lemon, boiling water, and nutmeg.

Served in Punch glass.

Variants (2)

Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages by William Schmidt (1896, p.29) — Fancy Drinks and Popular Beverages 1896, No. 35

1 slicelemon acid
0.33 drinkJamaica rum base
3 lumpsugar — Source says two or three lumps.base
0.5 glassboiling water dilution
0.67 drinkChianti other
gratenutmeg other
  1. Dissolve sugar in boiling water in a hot punch glass, add Chianti, Jamaica rum, and lemon, grate nutmeg on top, and serve.

Garnish: Lemon slice and nutmeg

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.66)

1 glassJamaica rum — Jamaica Rumbase
2 lumpssugar — Sugarbase
water — Boiling waterdilution
water — Boiling waterdilution
1 glassRed Burgundy — Red Burgundyother
  1. Dissolve sugar in a little boiling water in a heated tumbler, add the rum and Burgundy, fill with boiling water, and serve.

Garnish: Lemon slice and optional grated nutmeg