Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.61)
| 1 spoonful | sugar | base |
| 1.5 wine glass | sherry — sherry wine | modifier |
| 1 | egg — fresh egg | other |
| 0.5 glass | ice — fine ice | other |
| nutmeg — Grate on top. | other |
- Shake the sugar, sherry wine, egg, and fine ice well.
- Strain into a fancy stem glass, grate a little nutmeg on top, and serve.
Garnish: Nutmeg.
Ice: Fine ice
Daly's nourishing and harmless gloss makes this a useful example of restorative language attached to a cold cafe drink.
The shake-and-strain service puts it closer to a cold flip than to the direct-glass egg services nearby.