The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock (1917, p.43) — Bullock 1917
| 1 orange | Orange — Roasted before a fire or in a hot oven and cut in quarters. | base |
| cloves — A few cloves. | other | |
| nutmeg — Grated on top. | other | |
| 1 quart | port wine — Hot Port Wine | other |
| 6 lumps | loaf sugar — Cut Loaf Sugar | sweetener |
- Roast the orange, cut it in quarters, and simmer it with a few cloves, the hot port wine, and the sugar for thirty minutes.
- Serve in stem glasses with nutmeg grated on top.
Garnish: Grated nutmeg
This matters because Bullock preserves a hot bishop line in a period often remembered mainly for chilled cocktails.
The roasted-orange preparation is the core historical fact and should remain explicit.