Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.188) — Terrington 1869

1 wholelemon peel — thin rind of a lemonacid
1 wholelemon and cloves — lemon stuck with clovesbase
0.5 pintwater dilution
1 wine-glasscherry brandy — cherry-brandymodifier
1 wholeallspice other
cinnamon other
1 bottleclaret other
2 wholecloves — In addition to those stuck in the lemon.other
ginger other
nutmeg — Grated.other
0.5 pintport wine or Roussillon other
0.5 poundsugar — loaf sugarsweetener
  1. Roast the clove-studded lemon before the fire until dark brown.
  2. Pound together the sugar, grated nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, extra cloves, allspice, and thin lemon rind.
  3. Place the spice mixture in a bowl by the fire and add the water, port or Roussillon, and claret, then strain through muslin and heat without letting it burn.
  4. Drop the roasted lemon into an empty warm bowl, press it with a spoon, add the cherry-brandy and hot mixture, and keep it hot for service.

Garnish: Roasted lemon in the bowl.

This recipe shows the older bishop tradition still alive inside an otherwise modernized cup manual.

Roasting, warming, and holding the bowl hot are all central to the drink's structure and aroma.

See also: Hot Claret Cup, Copus Cup, Port-wine Cup

Terrington notes the bishop can be made the previous day and mulled when required, and also used for port-wine cup.