Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks by William Terrington (1869, p.215) — Terrington 1869

12 wholelemon juice acid
4 wholelemon peel — thin rind of lemonsacid
0.5 pintarrack — old arrackbase
1 quartbrandy base
1 quartrum base
0.5 pintgreen tea — strong-made green teadilution
2 quartsmilk — pure milkdilution
2 quartswater — boiling waterdilution
2 poundspineapple — pine-applegarnish
1 stickcinnamon — Well bruised.other
12 wholecloves — Bruised.other
30 wholeCoriander seed — coriander seedsother
1 wholenutmeg — Grated.other
9 poundssugar — lump-sugarsweetener
  1. Combine all ingredients except the milk in a vessel, stir together, and tie a bladder over the top.
  2. Let the punch steep undisturbed for two days.
  3. Boil the milk and add it to the other ingredients, mixing thoroughly.
  4. After an hour filter the punch through a clean tammy bag, bottle it, cork tightly, and keep it in a good cellar.
  5. Ice before serving.

Ice: Ice before service

The Francatelli attribution gives this recipe high witness value as a luxury-punch formula circulating in Victorian England.

This is an advanced keeping punch whose steeping, milk addition, and tammy filtration are all structural, not incidental.

See also: Bannister's Milk Punch, Tea Punch, Oxford Punch

Terrington calls it truly excellent and specifically recommends icing it for use.