About Town Cocktail Book by Joe Fitchett (1925, p.32) — About Town 1925
| 1 cup | rum | base |
| 4 teaspoonfuls | tea | base |
| 1 quart | boiling water — Boiling Water | dilution |
| 0.5 slice | lemon slice — Lemon | garnish |
| 1 cherry | Maraschino cherry — Maraschino Cherry | modifier |
| 1 teaspoonful | sugar | sweetener |
- Pour the boiling water over the tea and let it stand five minutes.
- Put the lemon, cherry, sugar, and rum into each cup and pour the tea over them.
Garnish: Lemon slice and maraschino cherry
This matters because it preserves hot tea service as a live mixed-drink form rather than merely a punch base.