Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.186) — Terrington 1869
| 0.5 pint | lime juice — lime-juice | acid |
| 0.5 pint | rum | base |
| 2 quarts | bottled ale | other |
| cinnamon — A little. | other | |
| 6 whole | cloves — crushed cloves | other |
| ginger — A little. | other | |
| nutmeg — A little. | other |
- Put the crushed cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg into the rum and let the mixture stand for an hour.
- Strain with pressure and add an equal quantity of lime-juice.
- Lengthen with the bottled ale and serve.
The comic alias suggests it was remembered as a punishingly strong or rough restorative rather than a genteel cup.
This is essentially a spiced rum-and-lime concentrate thrown into ale at service.