Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.165) — Terrington 1869

3 wholelemon juice — Strained.acid
0.5 gillbrandy — pale brandybase
12 wholecloves — Bruised.base
2 bottlesSoda water dilution
1 liqueur-glassnoyeau, Curaçao, or Maraschino modifier
1 gillsherry modifier
6 wholeallspice — Bruised.other
borage and lemon verbena — borage leaves and verbenaother
1 bottlechampagne other
3 bottlesclaret other
1.5 pintsice — lump iceother
2 lemonsoleo-saccharum — oleo-saccharum of lemonssweetener
0.25 poundsugar — pounded sugarsweetener
  1. Bruise the cloves and allspice and digest them in the sherry and pale brandy for three hours, then strain.
  2. In an iced vessel place young borage leaves and verbena, pour on the spiced spirit and chosen liqueur, then add the sugar, oleo-saccharum, strained lemon juice, and claret.
  3. Sweeten to taste, withdraw the herbing, add the champagne, soda water, and lump ice, cover closely, and serve quickly.

Ice: Ice bath and lump ice

This is one of Terrington's clearest examples of the highly elaborated Victorian wine-cup style.

The spice is pre-digested into spirit so the cup can be served bright rather than muddy.

See also: Claret Cup a la Brunow, Cambridge Claret Cup, Champagne Cup a la Ariadne

The liqueur accent may be noyeau, Curaçao, or Maraschino.