Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo R. Ensslin (1917, p.28) — Ensslin 1917

0.5 drinkItalian vermouth — Italian Vermouthbase
2 dashescreme de cacao — Creme de Cacaomodifier
4 dashescreme yvette modifier
0.5 drinkFrench vermouth — French Vermouthmodifier
  1. Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice.
  2. Strain and serve.

Ice: Cracked ice

This matters because it shows how floral and cacao modifiers could enter the aperitif field without abandoning vermouth structure.

The shaken service keeps the drink in the lightly aerated pre-war mode rather than later rigidly stirred vermouth orthodoxy.

Lineage reconciliation

See also: Perfect Cocktail, Merry Widow Cocktail