The Cocktail Book a Sideboard Manual for Gentlemen (1901, p.69)
| 3 limes | lime juice — juice of three limes | acid |
| 1 tablespoonful | sugar | base |
| water — Fill the glass. | dilution | |
| 0.5 glass | ice — shaved ice | other |
- Combine the sugar and the juice of three limes in a large glass.
- Fill the glass half full of shaved ice, add water, shake well, dress with fruit, and serve with straws.
Garnish: Fruit.
Ice: Shaved ice
This keeps limeade clearly separate from lemonade in the same domestic mixed-drinks chapter.
The shaved-ice build and fruit dressing mirror the service grammar of cobblers and fancy lemonades nearby.