Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.182) — Terrington 1869

1 wholelemon juice — Strained.acid
0.5 gillbrandy — brown brandybase
2 bottlessparkling cider base
0.5 pintwater — boiling waterdilution
1 sliceCucumber garnish
0.5 gillCuraçao modifier
1 quartice — shaven iceother
1 lemonoleo-saccharum — lemon peel rubbed on sugarsweetener
0.5 poundsugar candy — sugar-candysweetener
  1. Dissolve the sugar-candy with the boiling water and let it cool.
  2. Add the brandy, cucumber, Curaçao, strained lemon juice, and lemon peel sugar treatment.
  3. After a few minutes add the sparkling cider and shaven ice and use immediately.

Ice: Quart shaven ice

This sits at the lively sparkling end of Terrington's cider-cup family.

The cider goes in late to preserve sparkle and avoid flattening under prolonged mixing.

See also: Cider Nectar, Cider Cup for a Gathering, Port-wine Cup